Ayanda Denge

Ayanda Denge
Born
Ayande Dange

1982
Port Elizabeth in South Africa
Died24 March 2019
Port Elizabeth of South Africa
Cause of deathmurdered
NationalitySouth Africa
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Occupation(s)South African trans woman and sex trafficking survivor
EmployerSex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) Sisonke Sex Worker Movement (Sisonke)
Organization(s)Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT)

Sisonke Sex Worker Movement (Sisonke) TB/HIV CARE Association SistazHood Asijiki Coalition for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work

the Women's Legal Centre (WLC)

Ayanda Denge (1982 – 24 March 2019) was a South African trans woman and sex trafficking survivor. She was an advocate for transgender people, sex trafficking survivors, and for the abolition of prostitution.[1] She was the chairperson of the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT). Denge has said that, "being transgender is ... a triple dose of stigmatisation and discrimination".[2]

  1. ^ Gontsana, Mary-Anne (26 March 2019). "Housing activist killed in occupied Cape Town building". GroundUp News. Cape Town, South Africa: GroundUp. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Transgendered sex workers face a triple threat of stigma - The Daily Vox". thedailyvox.co.za. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.