Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce

Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) is the first sex workers' rights organization to be established in southern Africa and is renowned as the most prominent sex worker movement on the continent, according to scholars.[1]

SWEAT's work primarily focuses on organizing, advocating for and delivering services to South African sex workers.[2][3][4][5] The organization supports the decriminalization of sex work.[6] SWEAT are affiliated with the transgender sex worker support group SistaazHood.[7]

  1. ^ Mgbako, Chi (2016). To live freely in this world : sex worker activism in Africa. New York. ISBN 978-1-4798-4464-7. OCLC 927438073.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Lockdown worsens mental health of sex workers". TimesLIVE.
  3. ^ "SWEAT". Global Network of Sex Work Projects. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Sex workers abandoned as Covid-19 crackdowns undo Africa's HIV efforts". The Mail & Guardian. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Study shows extent of PTSD problem among SA's sex workers". Medical Brief. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce Campaigns for Legal Reform in South Africa". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Meet SistaazHood: Cape Town's trans sex workers fuelled by fashion". LOVE. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.