Sweat
@SweatTweets
SWEAT advocates for the health & human rights of sex workers and the Decriminalisation of Sex Work in South Africa. [email protected] - 0800606060
🎬 Womxn: Working — a gripping doc on the sex workers' fight for decriminalisation — premieres tomorrow in Cape Town at #EncountersDocFest! 📍 Cape Town: 21 & 26 June 📍 Johannesburg: 26 June #WomxnWorking #DecrimNow #SexWorkIsWork 👉 sweat.org.za/2025/06/20/med…
“I want to be respected for my choices, not punished for them.” Sex workers deserve dignity, not criminalisation. #SexWorkIsWork #DecrimNow #
REPOST from @PaceSociety Many people choose sex work for income, flexibility, autonomy—or because it fits their needs, goals, or life circumstances. Like any form of work, it’s shaped by a range of factors, including access, opportunity, and choice. Assuming no one would…
🔥 Full house at the premiere of Womxn: Working! Powerful audience engagement & emotional conversations on sex worker rights. 📍Still time to watch: 📆 Cape Town & JHB – 26 June 🎟️ #EncountersDocFest #SexWorkIsWork #Decrimsexwork 👉 sweat.org.za/2025/06/20/med…
✏️ Youth Day Throwback! ✏️Our team showed up and showed off in classic school uniform style — reminding us all that while we may be older (and maybe wiser 😅), the spirit of youth, rebellion, and resilience lives on in everything we do!
Monday saw @Asijiki4decrim & @sweattweets set up desks outside the Department of Justice offices with a seat left open for government. A powerful call to fast-track the long-delayed bill to decriminalise sex work and enable safer working conditions. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…
When peer-led HIV clinics shut down, sex workers lose trust, safety, and life-saving care. This is a public health failure, writes @tianjohnson for @healthenews. health-e.org.za/2025/06/02/no-…
📍 It’s 2 June. 📢 Sex workers are outside DOJ offices across SA. We demand: 🗓️ A plan 🗣️ Consultation 📜 A BILL We won’t wait quietly. #WhereIsOurBill #DecrimSexWork
TOMORROW: Sex workers → DOJ offices in all 9 provinces. 📢 Peaceful protest. 📰 Media invited. 🗣️ DOJ: It’s been 2 years. We want answers. #WhereIsOurBill #DecrimSexWork sweat.org.za/2025/05/29/med…
What’s happening on 2 June - #internationalsexworkersday? Sex workers in all 9 provinces → DOJ offices 📄 People’s Drafting Desks 🎯 Peaceful, creative protest 🗣️ We want answers. #WhereIsOurBill #DecrimSexWork
📆 30 May 2023: DOJ withdrew the Decrim Bill. 🗣️ Promised: consultation, revision, action. 📆 30 May 2025: Nothing. On 2 June we ask: 👉🏾 #WhereIsOurBill #DecrimSexWork #SexWorkIsWork
2 years ago, the DOJ withdrew the Decrim Bill, promising consultations + a new bill. 📢 We’re still waiting. On 2 June we act. #WhereIsOurBill #DecrimSexWork #SexWorkIsWork MEDIA STATEMENT: sweat.org.za/2025/05/29/med…
Sex worker joy is resistance. Unity is power. Decriminalisation is the goal. At @SweatTweets, we fight for safety, dignity & rights for all sex workers. #DecrimNow because #SexWorkIsWork. 💪🏾
Why do we fight for decriminalisation? Because criminalisation harms. Because sex workers deserve safety, dignity, and rights. 🎥 Watch “Decriminalise Sex Work Now!” – real voices, real stories. ✊🏽 #DecrimNowSA #SexWorkIsWork 🔗 youtu.be/JXNJ55IJp-8?si…
A stark reminder of the deadly consequences of stigma and discrimination in our public health system and why specialised healthcare services for marginalised and key populations — like sex workers — were created: to ensure safe, non-judgemental access to lifesaving care.
For years, Nomaswazi Zulu travelled over 100km every 3 months to get her ARVs. This year, she tried a mobile clinic instead but it only gave her two weeks’ supply. When she went to Addington Hospital’s Gateway Clinic for help, a nurse allegedly told her that giving her ARVs would…
#SexWorkIsWork and on this #WorkersDay, a reminder that all labour matters—including sex work. Let’s fight for #DecrimNow and the dignity, safety, and rights of every worker. #LabourRights
There’s no real freedom while sex work is criminalised. 📢Decriminalise sex work. 📢Protect rights. 📢Save lives. #FreedomDay🇿🇦 #DecrimSexWork #HumanRightsForAll
🎉SWEAT is back on Instagram! 🎉 Join us on @sweatdecrim as we continue the fight for sex workers’ rights and full #decrimsexwork in South Africa! 💜 📲 Scan the QR code or tap the link to follow us now! 🔗 instagram.com/sweatdecrim?ig… #SexWorkIsWork #DecrimNow #HumanRightsForAll
We had such a lovely meeting with the @CGE_ZA Cape Town provincial office . Thank you for the continued support for #decrimsexwork, beyond simply words, but also a commitment to the work to realise the rights and dignity sex workers deserve 💜
