Hands Off II: reducing violence against sex workers
Hands Off II: reducing violence against sex workers
Stories
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19 August 2019
I feel empowered to speak up and own my work
It all started with smoking cigarettes. I smoked with these people from another ...
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19 August 2019
My income supports nine people
I grew up in this same family house that we still live in today. Our parents pas...
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19 August 2019
Some of the men in my neighbourhood are jealous because I own my house
My parents started fighting when he met another woman. I was about 13 years old....
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19 August 2019
Sex work is my career. I chose my job
I was born and grew up in Gugulethu. My mother raised me and my brother. My fath...
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19 August 2019
Sex work gave me the freedom to do what I wanted to do
I grew up very close to my family. I live in a cottage on the family property no...
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19 August 2019
I feel strong now
There wasn’t enough money to live at home so I grew up in a shelter in Khayeli...
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19 August 2019
Our health is the most important thing
I was working as a maid and providing for three children and my mother. The mone...
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19 August 2019
I feel empowered. I choose when, where, how and with who
My birth name is Bradley but I found out about myself at a young age. I had a hi...