Thread by @MakeWomenCount

#SexWorkers remind us sex work is about work. Like all workers they #deserve #rights and #protection against violence at workplace, stigma and discrimination in society.

#EndGBV #accesstoredress #16days #AwarenessToAccountability #dignityatwork

huffpost.com/entry/sex-work…

Current criminalisation (in majority of African countries) of sex work means #sexworkers are on the front-line of #GBV in that the perpetrator knows they are unlikely to report it, and that they are vulnerable and unprotected.

#EndGBV #accesstoredress #16days #dignityatwork

In the context of #MeToo: sex workers face judgement, stigma, blatant systematic discrimination. In media, they’re punished 4 their nonconforming sexuality by being criminalized/slut-shamed.

#EndGBV #accesstoredress #16days #dignityatwork #sexworkiswork

thenextweb.com/code-word/2019…

There have been spurts of hope for change as we see a rare moment where #Tanzanian leader calls for recognition of #SexWork

#EndGBV #accesstoredress #16days #dignityatwork #sexworkiswork

aswaalliance.org/rare-moment-as…

Similarly, @Sisonke_ZA a #SouthAfrica sex worker-led
movement, launched in 2003, has been speaking up and calling out the violence against them.

Read more about their movement building: redumbrellafund.org/wp-content/upl…

#EndGBV #accesstoredress #16days #dignityatwork #SexWorkisWork

@Sisonke_ZA CallForAction

#EndGBV #accesstoredress #16days #dignityatwork #AwarenessToAccountability #SexWorkisWork

@Sisonke_ZA #DecrimNow, gr8er #advocacy for punishing the perpetrators (clients), #funding sex workers’movements, emphasis on #equality before law as citizens, broader cultural shift, identify allies & #safespaces for critical conversations

#sexworkiswork #16days #EndGBV #accesstoredress

@Sisonke_ZA @threadreaderapp please unroll