Activism
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Sex Workers and Allies will be out and proud with SF Pride this year, come see all the great things we are doing:
The Prostitution law review committee of the Ministry of Justice in NZ has recently released their 5 year review of the decriminalization of prostitutioni (.PDF HERE). They have some interesting findings, after what is now 5 years of legal prostitutioni:
Some quotes from the Associate Justice Minister Lianne Dalziel:
“The report indicates that the numbers have remained more or less the same since the Act came into force and that most sex workers are better off under the PRA than they were previously, which was the intention of the Act.
May 19, 2008
Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Global Health Affairs
Room 639H
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Subject: Comments on Office of Global Health Affairs; Regulation on the Organizational Integrity of Entities Implementing Leadership Act Programs and Activities, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 73 Fed. Reg. 20,900, April 17, 2008
Dear Secretary Leavitt,
Dear Friends,
Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA and the US PROStitutes Collective are asking for your help in opposing provisions in House Bill HR 3887 passed in the US House of Representatives on December 4, 2007 and now before the US Senate.
HR 3887 is part of a campaign to use justifiable concern about trafficking to promote a moralistic and dangerous crusade against prostitutioni – a crusade we are determined to stop.
The International Sex Worker Harm Reduction Caucus is a working group of sex workers and sex worker rights advocates who are committed to increasing the participation of sex workers and their organizations in discussions of harm reduction at the international level. To see our key messages about sex workers rights and harm reduction issues select on of the .PDF files below:
Decent, realistic coverage of our profession out of the Spitzer scandal, including SWOP-NYC, our newest chapter!
New York Region
The Double Lives of High-Priced Call Girls
By CARA BUCKLEY and ANDREW JACOBS
Published: March 16, 2008
Three women provide glimpses into the underground world of prostitutioni.
Sex Worker Rights Day March 3rd
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Sex Workers Outreach Project-Northern California (SWOP-Norcal)
www.swop-usa.org
invites you and all our allies in San Francisco, to join us a as we march to celebrate:
International Sex Worker Rights Day
featuring the Brass Liberation Orchestra
December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. A small but meaningful gathering was held at Women Alive Access Center (an organization that focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention for Women of Color Communities in LA) which features Sharon Mitchell from AIM (Adult Industry Medical Center) and Dr.Annie Sprinkle, post porn modernist fame and the music of Mariko Passion, director of Sex Workers Outreach Project-LA.
Tomorrow, Saturday, December 1, is Worlds AIDS Day and the Sex Workers Project joins organizations and individuals worldwide to observe this important day. Below is the Sex Workers Project Press Release on the imperative role of sex workers as leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
