FACTSHEET: COUNTING SEX WORKERS IN FEMINIST FOREIGN POLICIES
For a feminist foreign policy to be truly inclusive and deliver on its transformative potential, rhetoric must be matched by feminist practice. This requires safeguarding the rights of structurally excluded groups, including sex workers. Too often, sex workers are poorly recognised in existing feminist foreign policy frameworks and yet are directly affected by foreign policies.
FACTSHEET: MYTHS VS REALITIES
There are a lot of misconceptions about sex work – read more about what those myths are and how to bust them! Click here to check out all the factsheets produced in the Counting Sex Workers In! Campaign.
FACTSHEET: COVID-19 AND SEX WORK
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and deepened existing inequalities experienced by sex workers, Under COVID-19 these challenges have become extreme and have driven many already-precarious sex workers into crisis, destitution and even death. Click here to check out all the factsheets produced in the Counting Sex Workers In! Campaign.
FACTSHEET: SEX WORK AND MIGRATION
Migrant sex workers face many challenges, including xenophobia from local sex workers and health and social service providers, language and cultural barriers, and restrictive migration laws and enforcement. Click here to check out all the factsheets produced in the Counting Sex Workers In! Campaign.
FACTSHEET: VIOLENCE IN THE LIVES OF SEX WORKERS
To a large extent, the violence in the lives of sex workers is created by the conditions of criminalisation. Sex work is not inherently violent, but discrimination and stigma against sex workers generate violence and limits sex workers’ access to justice. Click here to check out all the factsheets produced in the Counting Sex Workers In! […]
FACTSHEET: SEX WORK VERSUS ‘SEX TRAFFICKING’ AND UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE
There is a common misconception that all sex workers are victims of trafficking or exploitation. Worldwide, sex workers and sex workers’ rights advocates challenge this misconception. Click here to check out all the factsheets produced in the Counting Sex Workers In! Campaign.
FACTSHEET: FUNDING FOR SEX WORKERS’ RIGHTS
Sex workers in communities around the world are organising to end exploitation and violence, to access appropriate and respectful health care, and build movements for lasting change. However, due to criminalisation, discrimination and stigma, few institutions are willing to fund the fight for sex workers’ rights. Click here to check out all the factsheets produced in […]
FACTSHEET: THE FAR-REACHING IMPACT OF THE LAWS GOVERNING SEX WORK
There are a variety of legal models to regulate sex work around the world. A few countries have laws that respect the rights of sex workers, others have various levels of punitive, oppressive laws with devastating consequences for sex workers, their families and society at large. Unfortunately, the latter characterises the approach of most countries […]
FACTSHEET: SEX WORKERS’ RIGHTS ARE WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Sex workers’ rights are central to the fight for women’s rights and for achieving gender equality. Yet, there continues to be disagreement about how best to ensure women in the sex industry are free from violence and discrimination. Click here to check out all the factsheets produced in the Counting Sex Workers In! Campaign.
Count Me In! supports the new bill that fully decriminalises sex work in South Africa
1 February 2023 Full decriminalisation of sex work ensures that the workers have access to health, justice, education, and employment opportunities and can enjoy all fundamental human rights. In South Africa, the Department of Justice has recently published a draft Amendment Bill that intends to decriminalise sex work fully. The Count Me In! consortium (CMI!) […]
