By Buhle Zuma, University of the Witwatersrand Communications Officer

Taking on the government's challenge that society needs to continue to deliberate on the decriminalisation of sex work, the Wits Centre for Ethics is hosting a debate entitled Should Consenting Adults be Allowed to Pay and be Paid for sex? Sex work is a morally and emotionally charged topic, and goes to the core of questions about ethics and the role of criminal law, gender roles, the private/public divide, as well as public health and policy.

The public and the media are invited to attend.

Panelists include Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Lucy Allais (Wits Philosophy Department), Eusebius McKaiser (Wits Centre for Ethics), Mickey Meji (National Co-ordinator of the Africa Sex Worker Alliance) and Anneke Meerkotter (Southern Africa Litigation Centre).

Event details are as follows:
Date: 18 July 2012
Time: 18:00-20:00 (refreshments from 5:30)
Venue: Senate Room, 2nd Floor, Senate House, East Campus

For media interviews please contact Dr Lucy Allais on 076 025 3224.

[This event announcement was sourced from Link2Media: Should consenting adults be allowed to pay and be paid for sex work?]