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
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Co Antrim escorts speak out on law change
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In a Northern Ireland media first, escorts working in County Antrim speak to County Antrim Post reporter Andrew CoffmanSmith about proposed changes to prostitution laws, the media’s portrayal of them and the real story behind human- trafficking. By Andrew Coffman … 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
Northern Ireland: The prostitution proposal needs kicked to the kerb
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The Human Trafficking Bill – currently before the Assembly – is sponsored by a little-known Right-wing Christian pressure group, says Graham Ellison In an article in the Belfast Telegraph earlier this month, Lord Morrow once again sought public support for … Continue reading
South Africa; Sex work should be decriminalised and regulated – Institute for Security Studies report
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http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-07-31-report-says-sex-work-should-be-decriminalised This is from the Mail and Guardian, Johannesburg by DENISE WILLIAMS | PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – Jul 31 2008 15:19 Sex work should be decriminalised and regulated by the same labour legislation as other sectors of the economy, an … Continue reading
United States; Trafficking – a justification for increased deportations and a moralistic crusade against prostitution
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1. The public’s understandable concern for victims of trafficking including young people is being used to promote a moralistic and dangerous crusade against prostitution. The anti-trafficking campaign allied with law enforcement and the religious right claims that all prostitution is rape/sexual exploitation. It … Continue reading
India: The fight for ‘justice’ by a sex workers’ union sparkle a debate
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By M G Radhaakrishan For the group of sex workers on its usual rounds near the Thampanoor Railway Station in Thiruvananthapuram, the night of February 25 appeared no different at first: an altercation with the local autorickshaw drivers opposed to their … Continue reading