A national movement advocating for sex workers rights


Sisonke is a national movement advocating for sex workers rights’ access to health and human rights. Please receive attached is a Sisonke press release on 2018 national meeting for immediate release.

The meeting starting on 17-20 September 2018 attracted sex workers from all nine provinces, social activists, ambassadors acting as the movement’s volunteers’ and an invitation was extended to partners providing much needed health care services including; Lifeline Northern Cape, TB/HIV Care, Wits Reproductive Health Institute, Free State’s Qholaqwe, Humana, Centre for Positive Care, Oasis, Amaqhawe, Hlokomela, Sex Worker Education & Taskforce, Sotho, Munnandinnyi.

Sisonke National Coordinator, Kholi Buthelezi believes; “The national meeting reminded us the importance of Sisonke’s existence as the leading organisation in South Africa fighting for sex workers’ rights, accessibility to health services and link them to referral networks. The meeting strengthened partnership relations and with members with members and partners”.

The meeting also served as an opportunity for 44 new members to join Sisonke adding their much needed voice for sex workers’ daily struggles through indignities of continued violation of human rights and injustices in most cases perpetrated by law enforcement agencies like South African Police Service.

With support from South African National Aids Council, COSATU, Asijiki Coalition, Sonke Gender Justice and many other organisation supporting the call for accessibility to primary health care service, as an organisation Sisonke is ready for a robust public debate with government and all relevant parties to forge a way forward better the lives of sex workers and ordinary South Africans.

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