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IOL reports that human rights advocacy group Sonke Gender Justice (SGJ) says it is pleased with progress on calls for the decriminalisation of sex work in the country.
This was expressed after the Cabinet announced plans to pass and publish a bill decriminalising the acquisition and sale of adult sex work for public feedback. The Bill will seek to revoke the Sexual Offences Act and Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. SGJ specialist on sex worker rights, Jayne Arnott, said that after decades of fighting and advocating for the rights of sex workers in the country, they welcomed the proposed amendments. “We are happy to know that the bill is coming out and what it is proposing because it is a full decriminalisation of the sex work industry,” she said. Arnott pointed out that if sex work was legalised, sex workers would benefit from the protection provided by labour laws and health and safety guidelines, and police services could be approached by sex workers without concern for arrest. “This bill could also help reduce forced sex work and human trafficking as sex workers would be safe to work with police to prevent these situations, and that would be a huge change,” she noted.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sibuliso Duba at IOL
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