DEKRIMINALISERING NIE DIE ENIGSTE STRUIKELBLOK IN SEKSWERKERS SE STRYD OM ARBEIDSREGTE

Prostitution is at present still regarded as a criminal offence in South Africa. However, the possibility of the decriminalization of the sex trade enjoys serious consideration by the South African Law Commission. It is generally accepted that the position of sex workers (at present treated as illegal workers) regarding labour rights, will automatically improve with decriminalization. This article focuses mainly on whether indoor sex workers’ access to labour rights will indeed improve. The risk for sex workers of being treated as independent contractors, once decriminalized, in the main enjoys attention and becomes clear from a comparative study with theNetherlands and Victoria (Australia) where sex work has been practised as a legal occupation for several years.

DIE MOONTLIKHEID VAN VERPLIGTE MIV-TOETSING VIR SEKSWERKERS IN SUID-AFRIKA NA DEKRIMINALISERING

At present, the possibility of the decriminalization of the sex trade enjoys serious consideration by the South African Law Commission. With the spread of HIV still a big concern in South Africa, this article investigates the constitutionality of compelling sex workers to undergo HIV-testing, should the sex trade be decriminalized. This is done by examining existing South African case law and legislation in the field of compulsory HIV-testing. The South African position is followed by a comparative study with Nevada (USA) and Victoria (Australia) where sex work has been practised as a legal occupation for several years. Authors are of the opinion that the legislationof both these countries set a good example for South Africa in combating the spread of HIV through the sex industry, once decriminalized.

Unsettling Memories of Japanese Migrant Sex Workers: Carceral Mobilities of the Transpacific Underground at the Turn of the 20th Century

Between 1908 and 1909 and in 1912, Vancouver-based journalist Shohei Osada published a two-part series entitled “Exploration of Devil Caves” in a local Japanese language newspaper, detailing the lives of Japanese migrants involved in the sex trade in Canada. The series showcases the presence of underground networks that extended across the continent and the Pacific, or what I call the “transpacific underground.” Many characters in Osada’s series are transient migrants, who did not settle in any one specific nation but continued moving on across multiple borders seeking new opportunities, or sometimes, last resort for survival. By reading Osada’s writing closely, this article develops the notion of the transpacific underground as method to engage the history of migrant sex workers and understand it from a carceral space of migration regulated by multiple imperial and colonial forces, gendered nationalist ideologies, and human trafficking, making migrant women’s movements forced but also transgressive and open-ended.

Unbreakable Babu Culture and Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs) at Kandapara sex establishment, Bangladesh

The commercial sex trade with babu culture is a ubiquitous business that itself stands in an embarrassing platform, especially in a predominantly Islamic country like Bangladesh. This study aims to excavate the concept of commercial sex workers and unbreakable babus, the reasons for entering sex establishment, and also the perceptions about themselves for understanding and developing a meaningful relationship. The qualitative method was predominance for its nature and subject matter where in-depth interviews were carried out at Kandapara sex establishment in Tangail, Bangladesh. This study found that socio-demographic and economic factors badly influence them to attach to sex establishment. For commercial sex workers, both voluntary and involuntary factors are responsible to enter the sex establishment, alternatively, only voluntary factors are responsible for babus. This study also found that there are multi-dimensional and diverse perceptions among commercial sex workers and unbreakable babus about their fixed sex partners. The study also addressed taking initiatives for improving their social status in society and emphasizing the further implications of the research.

Protecting Children's Rights in Transnational Circumstances: Canada’s Role in Global Patterns of Movement for the Exploitation of Children in the Commercial Sex Trade

With the proliferation of international movement that has accompanied globalization, tourism is fueling a significant part of the demand for the consumption of sex, including the exploitation of children. The sexual exploitation of children has taken a transnational dynamic as consumers or perpetrators travel to specific international destinations with easier access to children for the purposes of sex. By looking in particular at the migratory phenomenon of the international travel of Canadians to countries in the global South and their engagement with the sexual exploitation of children, this paper will outline the need for further research and public awareness of Canadian contributions to these crimes overseas and highlight ways in which Canada has and can further honour its commitments to the protection [of] children's rights.

Protecting Children's Rights in Transnational Circumstances: Canada’s Role in Global Patterns of Movement for the Exploitation of Children in the Commercial Sex Trade

With the proliferation of international movement that has accompanied globalization, tourism is fueling a significant part of the demand for the consumption of sex, including the exploitation of children. The sexual exploitation of children has taken a transnational dynamic as consumers or perpetrators travel to specific international destinations with easier access to children for the purposes of sex. By looking in particular at the migratory phenomenon of the international travel of Canadians to countries in the global South and their engagement with the sexual exploitation of children, this paper will outline the need for further research and public awareness of Canadian contributions to these crimes overseas and highlight ways in which Canada has and can further honour its commitments to the protection [of] children's rights.