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Research for Sex Work 14: Sex work is work! Call for Abstracts

Research for Sex Work is seeking contributions for its 14th edition, themed ‘Sex work is work’. This theme reflects one of NSWP's core values: the acceptance of sex work as legitimate work. This value reflects the importance of labour rights as an important step in upholding the human rights of sex workers as individuals and as members of the workforce.

Posted 26 June 2014 by anelda grove
New Ordinance against Sex Workers Rights in Paraguay

Due to new municipal ordinance, sex workers from Encarnación, Paraguay are prohibited to work in the streets of the city. According to the national sex worker-led organisation UNES – Organización de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales del Paraguay – this prohibition regulates work and activities in public areas of the city, criminalises people who autonomously engage in sex work, and increases police repression and state violence against sex workers.

Posted 26 June 2014 by NSWP
New Drop-In Space Run by Fijian Sex Workers offers Peer Self-Health Information and Challenges Fiji’s 2009 Prostitution Offences Decree

Fiji’s national peer-led sex worker network, the Survival Advocacy Network, (SAN), recently opened its own autonomous shop-front and drop in centre in Nabu Township, 4 kilometres from Fiji’s national capital city, Suva. According to SAN’s trans* coordinator, Rani Ravundi, SAN chose the space due to its proximity to “Parisi”, an area which is popular for both trans* and women street-based sex workers.

Posted 24 June 2014 by NSWP
Dangerous New Trafficking Bill Introduced in the U.S.

Dangerous new legislation that conflates trafficking with sex work, and has the potential to impact diplomatic relati

Posted 24 June 2014 by NSWP
Closure of iconic West Javanese red-light areas, Dolly, Jarak, will have negative impact on livelihoods sex workers & informal business owners

Despite several weeks of protests attended by both sex workers and local residents leading up to 18 June, 2014; the Surabaya City Administration, West Java, Indonesia, officially closed the Dolly and Jarak red-light districts, effectively impacting on the incomes of both sex workers and local small business owners.

Posted 24 June 2014 by NSWP