Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Sisonke Movement speaks out about sex workers


SISONKE's sex worker movements are promoting the rights of sex worker employees and trying to guarantee their happiness, health and respect. They focus on solving problems such as discrimination, violence, and strategy faced by sex workers, and often cooperate with communities and local governments to improve sex workers.

In relation to the conditions on Olive Street and Tech Grounds in Ext 6, Lenasia, the Sisonke Sex Workers Movement have acknowledged the challenges residents are encountering while also emphasizing the larger framework in which these problems are taking place.

The reason why sex workers frequently work in public places might be due to the absence of safer and more private locations for their job. Many sex workers are marginalized, stigmatized and criminalized, forcing them to seek safety in less-than-safe environments.

The fact that sex workers and their clients have sex in public spaces is of major concern to local residents and activists alike. The Sisonke movement recognizes the discomfort and difficulty of the community caused by this action.


This initiative recommends to improve public healthcare measures, education, and consciousness to ensure that sex work is not only for workers but also for the entire community.

All aspects of sex work, such as purchasing and sales, management of prostitution, advantages, elections, and attempts to participate in sex work, are currently illegal in the state. This has been done under colonial law since 1957, except for the amendment of the Sexual Offences Act in 2007.

All sex workers are protected by a national sex work sector which uses a human rights programme and a national strategic plan. "I will accuse my sex workers who use sports fields as a business place in opposition to children's functions," said Katreego Rose Bells, the main members of the sex worker.

He added that the law enforcement service not only arrested sellers, but also stop purchasing sex for these reasons. Give your law your time. According to Roosevelt, decriminalizing sex work would be a solution to many social problems that are currently impossible to solve because of rules on immorality. This makes it difficult to regulate some aspects of the sector. For example, “police use sex workers, including their clients, as surveillance agents.” Clients are sometimes directed to ATMs to withdraw money. 

He concluded by saying that the movement is not seeking to legalise sex work, citing concerns that legalisation has left sex work in a vulnerable position in countries that have taken this route. Instead, they support the implementation of sex work bills previously rejected by government lawmakers, and support full protection of children.

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