Challenging the South African Law Reform Commission Report through unified voices of, sex workers, sex work activists and allies. On December 20, 2017 the leading political party (African National Congress-ANC) resolved for the decriminalisation of sex work at one of their conferences. This came as a victory after the party had rejected a decriminalisation proposal […]
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[Media Release] Transgender Day of Remembrance
Sistazhood, the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task Force (SWEAT), Gender DynamiX and the Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition (SRJC) remember our peers and comrades. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. You can read […]
See More[WATCH] September 28- Enca Interview
SRJC Chairperson, Marion Stevens, interviewed by Aarti Narsee of ENCA on the Choice in Termination of Pregnancy Act, and the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) proposed amendment to the Act.
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Reflections from September 28
Why does it cost people with uteruses their lives to have a choice? Why is the abortion conversation so mystified and highly contested when people die every year? The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that globally, every 8 minutes a woman dies from causes related to unsafe abortion? Death makes it a matter of urgency, […]
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Ukukhupha Isisu eMzantsi Afrika
SRJC steering committee and youth member, Nomtika Mjwana, published this blog post on Abortion in isiXhosa. Please read and share widely. Masikhathalele Abafazi. Ingcaciso: Kulombhalo “umfazi” uthetha wonke umntu ozalwe nelungu langasese lobufazi . Ndiyaxolisa kuba ndiyayazi kukho abantu abazalwe benelungu langasese lobufazi kodwa abangengobafazi. Ndisafunda kwaye ukuba ungakwazi ukundinika amagama angcono endinokuwasebenzisa, ndicela undixelele. […]
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Press Release(s): Safe Abortion Access: Resistance, Persistence and Our Bodies!
The Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition (SRJC), together with its partners and allies, recognise September 28, the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion. We join our international partners the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) and International Safe abortion Campaign who are also engaging in a range of activities […]
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UN: South African UPR Outcome Statement
On Friday, September 22, South Africa delivered an outcome statement of the country’s third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council 36th session in Geneva. With partners at the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU), and the Sexual Rights Initiative , we drafted and delivered a statement on the UPR outcome, […]
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Op-Ed: Why Zane Dangor should be the next UNFPA Executive Director
SRJC Deputy Chairperson, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, wrote a piece on why former Department of Social Development DG, Zane Dangor, should be the next UNFPA Director. Article originally posted on the Daily Maverick. “He has on numerous occasions described himself as being an activist bureaucrat and tried to instil this ethos within the National Department of Social Development […]
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[SIGN] Defending a People’s National Health Insurance – quality health for all, not private profit
Please support the petition below to support the People’s Health Movement in defending the National Health Insurance. “The SA National Department of Health (NDOH) is establishing the National Health Insurance (NHI) to achieve universal access to quality health care for all who live in South Africa. We welcome the commitment from the NDOH to a […]
See MoreBody Mapping for Reproductive Justice
By: Tlaleng Mofokeng/Vikar Singh The Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition (SRJC) advocacy team with partners from SWEAT, Mother’s for the Future and 1in9 Campaign hosted workshops on Reproductive Justice; which included Body mapping. This video summarizes some of the workshop outcomes, and activities for March 10, recognising Abortion Providers..
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