ABSTRACT
Selling sex is an important livelihood strategy for many people across the world. While in the planning phase of the project, the first author attended a Sisonke Creative Space, a monthly meeting for Sisonke members, to present what the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) and Sisonke leaders were discussing. When the Provincial Coordinator left Sisonke in 2016, Kagee stepped into the role of editor in chief. Since the workshops were no longer accepting new participants but training reporters, Kagee wanted to give other sex workers a voice in the newsletter. Participants, who are also partners in this process, have presented the Izwi Lethu project with the ACMS researchers at academic events. Patricia Leavy argues that arts-based research is “used often in social justice work because it can be configured inclusively and has the potential to jar people into seeing and thinking differently.
