Today, the Victorian Supreme Court accepted the plea deal struck between the Victorian police and the murderer of two Asian migrant sex workers, Yuqi Lou and Hyun Sook Jeon. This outcome is a disgrace to sex workers, migrants, and women everywhere, and reaffirms the dehumanisation sex workers in the legal framework.
The media is full of assumptions about the relationship between pornography and sexual violence, but where is the evidence? How do these conversations impact sex workers and how can we have more constructive conversations around these issues moving forward?
Scarlet Alliance and Touching Base unequivocally reject Minister Bill Shorten’s public declaration to exclude access to sex work services under the NDIS. We are currently engaging with allied peer and peak disability organisations, policy makers and media…
Porn, age verification and gendered violence has been in the media a lot recently. In response we’ve launched our Porn and Age Verification page. Check it out for our position on porn and age verification, and what the implications for sex workers are.
At the General Meeting held 29 March 2024, Scarlet Alliance members passed the following motions. Motion 1: International Working Women’s Day That Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association Inc: Recognises International Working Women’s Day protests and...
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association; and the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP NSW) are deeply concerned about the session ‘Is it time to rethink porn?’ at the upcoming All About Women Festival.
DecrimQLD, Respect Inc and Scarlet Alliance welcome the introduction of the Criminal Code (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 today. We congratulate the Miles Government and Attorney-General Hon. Yvette D’Ath for progressing this essential reform.
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, rejects calls to ban new strip clubs from opening and the suggestion that strip clubs are responsible gender inequality and disrespect of women.
Stakeholders call for more transparency in the development of immigration policy, clearer visa pathways for migrant workers, and improved access to justice for those who are exploited, impacted by modern slavery or in trafficking-like situations.
Sex workers in countries where this has been implemented say it has negatively changed the power dynamic in commercial sexual transactions.
On Wednesday, the 30th of August, a Bill (Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Amendment Bill 2023) was introduced to South Australian parliament by the Honourable Nicola Centofanti, MLC (Lib). This Bill seeks to shift criminalisation from the sex industry...
At least thirteen workplaces were targeted by Border Force and one raid included armed police.