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Stefanie Kotze

Stefanie Kotze is a legal adviser at the Centre Against Sexual Exploitation, South Africa, an initiative dedicated to defending human dignity and eradicating all forms of sexual exploitation in the country.

If sex work continues to be criminalised, sex workers will continue to be forced to work in unsafe, abusive and dangerous conditions. Photo: David Harrison

DECRIMINALISATION

7 DEC 2022

Defending a prostituted person’s dignity starts with saying ‘no’ to full decriminalisation

Re-opening of South Africa’s prostitution law reform debate makes the mistake of assuming it is work and not exploitation.

Stefanie Kotze

7 min read