In South Africa, the conflation of sex work with human trafficking means that migrant/mobile sex workers are often framed as victims of trafficking while arguments for the decriminalisation of sex work are discounted due to claims about the risks of increased trafficking. This is despite the lack of clear evidence that trafficking, including in the sex industry, is a widespread problem. Sex worker organisations have called for an evidence-based approach whereby migration, sex work, and trafficking are distinguished and the debate moves beyond the polarised divisions over sex work. This paper takes up this argument by drawing on research with sex workers and a sex worker organisation in South Africa, as well as reflections shared at two Sex Workers’ Anti-trafficking Research Symposiums. In so doing, the authors propose the further development of a Sex Work, Exploitation, and Migration/Mobility Model that takes into consideration the complexities of the quotidian experiences of migration and selling sex. This, we suggest, could enable a more effective and productive partnership between sex worker organisations and other stakeholder groups, including anti-trafficking and labour rights organisations, trade unions, and others to protect the rights and well-being of all those involved in sex work.

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南非的性工作，移民和人口贩运：从两极分化的争论到潜在的伙伴关系

在南非，将性工作与人口贩运混为一谈意味着，移徙者/流动性工作者经常被视为人口贩运的受害者，而对性工作非罪化的论点由于人们声称增加人口贩运的风险而被轻视。尽管缺乏明确的证据表明包括性行业在内的贩运是一个普遍的问题。性工作者组织呼吁采用以证据为基础的方法，以区别移民，性工作和人口贩运，而辩论则超出了对性工作的两极分化。本文通过与南非的性工作者和一个性工作者组织的研究，以及在两次性工作者的反人口贩运研究研讨会上的共同思考，来论证这一论点。这样，作者提议进一步发展“性工作，剥削和移民/流动模型”，其中考虑了移民和出售性行为的quotidian经验的复杂性。我们建议，这可以使性工作者组织与其他利益相关者团体（包括反贩运和劳工权利组织，工会等）建立更有效和富有成效的伙伴关系，以保护所有涉及性的人的权利和福祉工作。