Nearly 2,000 sex trade survivors, women’s and human rights advocates, anti-trafficking organizations, frontline service providers, and concerned individuals from over 60 countries signed an open letter urging the South African government to reject the Bill proposed by the Minister and Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola and John Jeffery, respectively.
The Bill repeals all criminal offences related to prostitution, effectively decriminalizing the sex trade (the “Jeffery Bill”).
Along with the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (Catw), the signatories include Cap International, Equality Now, the European Network of Migrant Women, the Sisterhood is Global Institute, Space International, the Survivor Empowerment & Support Programme (Sespe), and World Without Exploitation. American author and feminist activist Gloria Steinem is also among the signatories.
The letter outlines the grounds for opposing the Jeffery Bill, citing the devastating harms a decriminalized sex trade would unleash in South Africa. An estimated 131,000 and 182,000 people are currently in prostitution in South Africa,...
The Bill repeals all criminal offences related to prostitution, effectively decriminalizing the sex trade (the “Jeffery Bill”).
Along with the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (Catw), the signatories include Cap International, Equality Now, the European Network of Migrant Women, the Sisterhood is Global Institute, Space International, the Survivor Empowerment & Support Programme (Sespe), and World Without Exploitation. American author and feminist activist Gloria Steinem is also among the signatories.
The letter outlines the grounds for opposing the Jeffery Bill, citing the devastating harms a decriminalized sex trade would unleash in South Africa. An estimated 131,000 and 182,000 people are currently in prostitution in South Africa,...
- 1/10/2023
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