Barriers & Solutions
In August 2024, the SRJC launched our Access to Abortion research. This research examines providers’ perspectives, barriers to services and solutions to strengthening abortion services. The research also imparts knowledge that can be used to improve services overall.
A Low-Cost, Integrated Model for Sex Work Programming
“This is an example of a simple intervention that doesn’t require much but achieves a lot” — Mr Lundi Ncana (HTA Programme Manager, Eastern Cape Department of Health) Sex workers in South Africa continue to experience stigma and discrimination in society, which has many negative outcomes, including impacting negatively on health, and health-seeking behaviour. The launch […]
Say her name
The #SayHerName Campaign in South Africa was launched in 2016 to commemorate and honour female and transwomxn sex workers whose lives had been lost as a result of violence. The Campaign aims to protect and uphold human rights while celebrating the lives of sex workers. In the first report of the Campaign – for the […]
A touchstone document of peer-reviewed academic evidence on the decriminalisation of sex work
This document considers and summarises the research, evidence and arguments for the decriminalisation of sex work. Decriminalisation is the removal of all criminal laws directed towards the agreed sale of sex between adults. There is now powerful evidence that decriminalisation is the best legal model for protecting the safety, health and human rights of sex […]
