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Sex workers plead with new gov’t on grievances

Friday, April 18, 2025 | 710 Views |

On the streets: The country’s sex workers suffers all manner of discrimination and abuse

Sex workers are calling on the new government to hear their long-held pleas for equity. In a recent meeting, members of the marginalised group once again decried the discrimination and violence against their profession. NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE writes

A recent meeting organised by local rights NGO, Success Capital Organisation, experts and sex workers gathered to unpack the nuances of stigma and understand the social, health and legal implications of the experiences of sex work.

The Global Director of Nothing Without Us Society (NWUS), Beauty Bayley, also a sex worker, illuminated various issues like the current injustices and inequities that need to be addressed to protect the human rights of sex workers in Botswana.

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