The Policing of Sex Work in South Africa: The Positive Policing Partnership approach to catalysing positive change
Learn more about the Positive Policing Partnership by registering for the special Consultation on Gender in Public Health & Safety on the 18th & 19th of October at the CoSLA Conference Centre and participate in the discussion.
Read more about the Consultation and see the agenda here
To register for this satellite meeting go to the specific registration page for Gender in Public Health & Safety:
- Select > Day 1, Day 2 or Two Day meeting
- Select > Third sector, Student or Standard registration
(If you have already registered for the main conference you can modify your registration to add a satellite meeting)
Attend two day meeting (booking fee and VAT INCLUDED):
Standard £115
Third Sector £100
Student £85
LEPH2019 delegate £65
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Attend Day 1 or Day 2 only (booking fee and VAT INCLUDED):
Standard £80
Third Sector £70
Student £65
LEPH2019 delegate £40
The Policing of Sex Work in South Africa: The Positive Policing Partnership approach to catalysing positive change
The presenter is Donna Evans, LLB, Master of Social Change & Development, currently enrolled in a PhD program with RMIT University, Australia. She has 25+ years operational experience working across private practice, government and civil society as a lawyer, Court Registrar, specialist criminal justice project and programme manager, advocate and researcher in Australia, Vanuatu and South Africa. During her career, Donna has worked extensively with communities and law enforcement on legal, training and social justice initiatives. The presentation will briefly introduce the research report “The Policing of Sex Work in South Africa: Human Rights Challenges Across Two South African Provinces”, which was framed as an invitation to dialogue and collaboration between the sex work sector, government, law enforcement and other interested stakeholders. This strategic approach catalysed the South African sex work sector to form the Positive Policing Partnership (PPP) group as a vehicle to drive positive, solution-focused engagement on the operational policing challenges. The PPP approach is a move away from the historically adversarial complaint based advocacy, to a more collaborative and capacity building model. The presentation will focus on the positive outcomes achieved by the PPP approach to date, lessons learnt and future opportunities to drive measurable change in the policing experience of sex workers and other marginalised groups.
