“Sex work is essential(ly) work” – Feminist sex worker rights advocacy in South Africa

Abstract

abstract This Open Forum records a conversation between three activists who have worked within the field of sex worker rights in South Africa for close to two decades. Drawing on our experiences of organising, movement-building, documenting, theorising and creating art and activism on the impact of apartheid-era criminal law on sex worker lives, we explore questions relating to feminism, gender, power and feminist ways of organising on the decriminalisation of sex work.