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We advocate for partial decriminalisation – or the Equality Model – wherein the sellers are decriminalised and offered a way out of the system through comprehensive exit programs, and the buyers and third parties are criminalised: INFO FACT SHEET – OUR POSITION

Current Legal Framework on prostitution in SA: INFO FACT SHEET – LEGAL FRAMEWORKS

The system of prostitution places people exploited within it at high risk of HIV/AIDS infection. It is indisputable that total criminalisation – South Africa’s legal model regarding prostitution – worsens the position and compromises the safety of those vulnerable to infection in a number of ways: INFO FACT SHEET – HIV AIDS

There are a number of harms faced by prostituted people given South Africa’s current legislative Framework: INFO FACT SHEET – HARMS

Social, economic, political, cultural and legal factors place vulnerable people in a position where prostitution is the only option available for survival, therefore significantly decreasing chances of not only preventing entry, but exiting the system too: INFO FACT SHEET – EXIT

The Equality Law was first introduced in Sweden in 1999 and has been shown to be highly effective in reducing demand for prostitution and making the country in question a more hostile destination for traffickers:INFO FACT SHEET – EQUALITY MODEL