Sex work: discussion document 27-29 March 2012
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- Title
- Sex work: discussion document 27-29 March 2012
- Description
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This document is a Socio-economic Discussion Paper produced by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) for a session held between 27 and 29 March 2012. It argues for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa, framing the issue as a matter of human rights, labour protection, and social justice.
The text critiques the continued use of the apartheid-era Sexual Offences Act of 1957, asserting that criminalisation exacerbates the "miserable conditions" of the poor and the working class—specifically black women—who are disproportionately driven into the industry by unemployment and the "feminisation of poverty." COSATU advocates for a rights-based approach that recognises sex work as work, thereby allowing individuals to access the protection of national labour laws and occupational health and safety regulations. - Subject
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
- Shop stewards -- Training of
- Trade-unions -- South Africa -- Officials and employees
- Labour unions -- Study and teaching
- Collective bargaining -- Chemical industry
- Industrial relations -- South Africa
- Labour unions -- South Africa
- Labor education -- South Africa
- Shop stewards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68748
- Date Issued
- 2012
- Rights
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
- Rights Holder
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU),No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Genre
- text
- manual
- Extent
- 25 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- useGuidelines
- The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.
- Item sets
- Training Manuals and Workshops
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