4. “Each Other’s Keepers”: The Birth of Sex Worker Organizing in Africa

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction: “We Have Voices” 1
6. 1. “Our House’s Foundation”: Understanding Sex Work in Africa 19
7. 2. “In a Dark Place There’s No Light”: Criminalization and Human Rights Abuses against African Sex Workers 49
8. 3. Out of the Shadows: Multiple Stigmas against African Transgender, Queer, Migrant, and HIV-Positive Sex Workers 67
9. 4. “Each Other’s Keepers”: The Birth of Sex Worker Organizing in Africa 87
10. 5. Solidarity Is Beautiful: Intersectionality of Sex Worker, Feminist, HIV, LGBT, and Social Justice Organizing 114
11. 6. Watering the Soil: Key Organizing Strategies and Law Reform 136
12. 7. “Hearts Strong Like Storms”: Confronting Anti-Prostitution Activists, Religious Opposition, and Political Whorephobia 161
13. Epilogue: Africa and the Global Sex Workers’ Rights Movement 183
14. Notes 197
15. Selected Bibliography 227
16. Index 235
17. About the Author 245