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SWEATis a non-profit organisation situated in Cape Town, South Africa. We work with sex workers around health and human rights. We also lobby and advocate for the decriminalisation of adult sex work in South Africa. More about SWEAT...

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This is an educational site about sex worker rights and issues. The site contains adult information and it is not intended for children or persons who are underage.

Contact SWEAT

Tel: 021 448 7875
Fax: 021 448 5857
E-mail: info@sweat.org.za

Community House
41 Salt River Rd
Salt River
7915
Cape Town

Press Releases

International Day of No Violence against Sex Workers

14 December 2006 -- 3pm

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Around the world, International Day of No Violence against Sex Workers will be commemorated on Sunday 17th December 2006. In Cape Town, SWEAT has been working with sex workers at indoor and street based workplaces for the past 11 years.

2006 has been a particularly bad year for Cape Town sex workers, who have experienced high levels of violence ranging from racist abuse to beatings to murder.

Sexual Offences Bill altered just days before finalisation

7 September 2006 -- 2:30pm

Yesterday, the Justice Portfolio Committee added a new provision to the Sexual Offences Bill effectively aimed at criminalising the clients of sex workers.

This provision has not been subject to public participation along with the rest of the bill and SWEAT, who has been working with sex workers for 11 years, is gravely concerned about the possible wide ranging and extremely prejudicial consequences of including this provision in the current bill.

What We Do

fist SWEAT is involved in direct outreach work with sex workers around health and safety as well as public awareness and advocacy work.

Read more about our advocacy work or our programmes.

SWEATscene

SWEATscene is a newsletter produced every 2 months for sex workers. It is distributed on the streets and in local agencies. Through the newsletter SWEAT is able to share news and promote health and safety in the workplace.

View our latest SWEATscene pdf version (September / October 2006).

View the SWEATscene archives.

Sisonke Sex Worker Movement

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Sisonke's aim is to unite sex workers, to improve our living and working conditions and to fight for equal access to rights.

Read more about Sisonke...

Publications

SWEAT's annual reports, fact sheets and research reports are available online.

Latest paper: Coping with stigma, discrimination and violence: Sex Workers talk about their experiences. View full pdf or executive summary .

Read SWEAT's publications.

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