Tag: African Sex Worker Alliance

“We Fit in the Society by Force” Sex Work and Feminism in Africa

Ntokozo Yingwana. (2018). “We Fit in the Society by Force”: Sex Work and Feminism in Africa. Meridians, 17 (2): 279–295. Duke University Press [OPEN ACCESS for first 3-months]. Abstract: What does it mean to be an African sex worker feminist? In answering this question this essay draws from two qualitative studies with two African sex…

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“I’m not a feisty bitch, I’m a feminist!” Feminism in AWAKE! Women of Africa

Yingwana, N. (2017). “I’m not a feisty bitch, I’m a feminist!” Feminism in AWAKE! Women of Africa. Feminist Africa (22). [OPEN ACCESS] Abstract: Although being an African, a sex worker and a feminist are often considered to be incongruent identities, in certain embodiments they intersect and inform each other. This Profile highlights what feminism can learn…

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“Prostitution is a human right,” said nobody ever

[First published on the Why Dev website on 21 August 2015.] By Cheryl Overs & Ntokozo Yingwana You may have seen the Twitter storm that surrounded the recent Amnesty International bi-annual International Council Meeting in Dublin last week, where delegates discussed a range of issues and, among other things, adopted a resolution that calls for the decriminalisation…

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