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Sonke Gender Justice (SGJ) is a womxn’s rights organisation that is committed to feminist principles, using a rights-based and gender-transformative approach to achieve human rights and gender justice
The Sex Worker Rights’ Project within SGJ focusses on, inter alia, working within partnerships and coalitions to advocate and lobby for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa. Discrimination and violence have an adverse impact on the safety, health, and well-being of many sex workers, and ultimately compromise their socioeconomic advancements and development. This Project is therefore seeking the services of a consultant to conduct a research study and produce a report over July and September 2022 as outlined below.
Research Brief
SGJ is a member of the Positive Policing Partnership (PPP), a collective of organisations working towards supporting innovative civil society, policing and government collaborations aimed at positive change in the operational policing experiences of sex workers. The core of the PPP is around reframing advocacy strategies and engagements, particularly with policing authorities, from largely adversarial approaches towards more positive and forward-looking strategies.
SGJ has secured funding to begin to evaluate the impact of various inputs by the PPP as well as by other stakeholders towards addressing sex work sector and police engagements.
Profile
We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled, and flexible consultant who has excellent research, coordination, and communication skills. The consultant should be familiar with the sex work sector and have experience in working with diverse groupings that face stigma and discrimination. Preferably we are looking for someone who is/has engaged in work around advocacy for legal and policy change and rights- based services with regards to sex work.
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