On Sakhisizwe today, we spoke to Janine Hicks - Lead commissioner for Gender, Democracy and Good Governance at the Commission for Gender Equality. Jenny was speaking to us about the consultative dialogue on sex work legislative reform that they hosted together with COSATU’s National Gender Committee today at their head office. The purpose of this dialogue was to inform the development of their institution's individual position on this issue, and their subsequent submissions to Parliament and supporting campaigns. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is set to table legislation in this regard before Parliament, although it is not clear when this can be anticipated. According to CGE, the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) initiated legislative reform of the legal system’s response to sex work which resulted in the Discussion Paper (107) being issued to deliberate on the implications of options relating to full criminalization, regulation, legalising and decriminalization of sex work. For further information you can contact CGE on (021) 426 4080 or visit the website http://www.cge.org.za/ Do you think sex work should be legalised or decriminalised?
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