![]() ![]() Sometimes sex workers are charged for not dressing ‘normally’ or like other people in society. The Ivory Coast also has a law to make sure everyone dresses and behaves in a ‘traditional way’. Being a sex worker is defined under the law as a ‘breach of morality’. Third parties are also criminalised in the Ivory Coast. If a sex worker is found guilty of solicitation, they can receive up to a 3-year prison sentence. “There is no clause in the Ivory Coast law that says sex work is illegal, but it is illegal to solicit for the purposes of prostitution,” she said. Josiane told NSWP that in the Ivory Coast, sex work is not illegal but there are many laws surrounding sex work that make it impossible for sex workers to work legally. What is the legal context of sex work in your region?. ![]() She said, “I am looking out at the horizon, which represents a world of hope that the life and living conditions of sex workers will get better someday.” ![]() The photograph of her above signifies a lot to her. Josiane described herself as an activist for sex workers’ rights. In the local language, Bléty means ‘hope’. Josiane Tety Prunelle (photographed above) works for Bléty, a non-governmental sex worker-led organisation that was founded in Abidjan, the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. ![]()
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