Kholi Buthelezi
National Coordinator of SISONKE
Kholi Buthelezi has been a feminist activist since 2002. She is the National Coordinator of SISONKE national movement which is currently based & fiscally hosted within SWEAT. Sisonke was established in 2003 with Kholi as a founding member, and is a sex work led movement.
Kholi was a peer educator, an outreach and development worker, the country co-ordinator for the African Sex Worker Alliance country co-ordinator. Currently she is the coordinator for Sisonke and a member of the SWEAT Management Team.
Her passion and dream is to mobilize and organize sex workers regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity to claim their rights, including advocacy on setting standards for fair and safe working conditions, decriminalizing adult sex work, universal access to health, legal and social services, consistent safer sex practices and sex workers’ health and wellbeing. She works with other women’s organizations, engages in national, regional and international advocacy efforts targeting sex workers.
Kholi was a peer educator, an outreach and development worker, the country co-ordinator for the African Sex Worker Alliance country co-ordinator. Currently she is the coordinator for Sisonke and a member of the SWEAT Management Team.
Her passion and dream is to mobilize and organize sex workers regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity to claim their rights, including advocacy on setting standards for fair and safe working conditions, decriminalizing adult sex work, universal access to health, legal and social services, consistent safer sex practices and sex workers’ health and wellbeing. She works with other women’s organizations, engages in national, regional and international advocacy efforts targeting sex workers.