Dear Friends, We write as LGBTQ sex workers to ask for your support against proposals to further criminalise consenting sex. They are discriminatory and a breach of human rights, and will further endanger the lives and safety of sex workers, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Decriminalisation: New Zealand & others
Prostitute Rita Brown calls for legalised brothels in Stoke-on-Trent
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WORKING girl Rita Brown wrote to Prime Minister David Cameron from her prison cell – to ask for prostitution to be decriminalised. By Richard Ault The 60-year-old, who went by the name ‘Crystal’, was sentenced to eight months in jail … Continue reading
Decriminalising prostitution: a solution to the problem
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New Zealand took a big step in 2003 by decriminalising prostitution. The English Collective of Prostitutes is fighting for the same status in England. Benjamin Serra The Prisma Poverty and the recent economic crisis forces hundreds of women to work … Continue reading
Film: 17 Dec – Decriminalisation in New Zealand
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Monday, 17 December 2012, 7pm Film: Decriminalisation of Sex Work in New Zealand New Zealand decriminalised prostitution in 2003. This 30 minute film documents how the law was won and its impact as told by sex workers and activists working with the NZ … Continue reading
Decriminalisation remains world’s best practice, sex work forum told
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AUTHOR // Serkan Ozturk CATEGORIES // News + Politics | National | New South Wales A convention held in Sydney earlier this month looking at the gains made in NSW since decriminalisation of sex work was introduced in 1995 saw unanimous agreement by delegates … Continue reading
Sex workers from around the world call on NSW government to persevere with the state’s pioneering decriminalisation of sex work
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SEX workers call on NSW government to persevere decriminalisation of sex work
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NSW sex work laws an example to the world November 02, 2012 10:43AM SEX workers from around the world have called on the NSW government to persevere with the state’s pioneering decriminalisation of sex work. Experts from 11 countries have converged … Continue reading
The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) turns 25
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Friday, 26 October 2012, 11:48 am New Zealand Prostitutes Collective turns 25 The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) turns 25 this year. NZPC is holding an event to launch this at their National Office based in Wellington on Tuesday 6 … Continue reading
Safety First: petition to decriminalise sex work and prioritise safety
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To sign the petition-on-line click here ● The tragic murders of five young16 women in Ipswich caused an unprecedented outcry. Each of us deserves to be safe regardless of gender, occupation, sexual preference, race, age, nationality, immigration status or lifestyle. ● Prostitution is … Continue reading
Why We Are Campaigning to Abolish the Prostitution Laws.
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Abolition would: End the criminalization of prostitute women – we are being punished for refusing poverty and/or financial dependence on individual men. Black and other low-income women who, because of racism and other discrimination have fewer financial alternatives, bear … Continue reading