Association says they were unable to render some of their services due to a protest that left Desmond Tutu Hall in Khayelitsha damaged but they have been trying to contact everyone to arrange drop-offs. According to the City of Cape Town the “hall was
“They couldn’t fetch their medication, some didn’t have transport money to go to health facilities, and the system was too full with Covid-19 related issues and other medical needs [were] pushed aside. Others found themselves pregnant, and it led to a lot of frustrations because they couldn’t terminate. Covid-19 has been a disaster for sex workers and government didn’t put in place measures to include sex workers,” she says.
“Sex workers are mothers, sex workers are bread winners, and most of them are not in their home towns. They are renting, but there was no form of relief for them to be able to put food on the table for the people that depend on them. Some have been kicked out by landlords, there is no food and some of the sex workers were pregnant and couldn’t access health facilities due to limited movement,” Dlamini said.
Cox said conventional places of support, like churches which often step in to help communities, are not all available to sex workers and the LGBTQI+ community. “[Those] conventional structures of support are nonexistent.” She said Triangle Project has so far supported the LGBTQI+ community through partnerships with civil society organisations such as MSF, the department of health and community care workers.
“The numbers of people we see have dropped. Now we are doing about six procedures a day. There is a backlog of people who need services. Now people come to the facility expecting to have the abortion the same day, but it can’t be done. We are even booking abortions as late as the second week in September,” he explained. “We are trying to implement self-managed abortion up to 12 weeks, but these are still ongoing talks with the department of health.
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