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Scarlet Alliance “NSW Brothel licensing is contrary to United Nations recommendations” 30 Aug 2012
Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association, opposes the announcement of a licensing body to regulate sex work in New South Wales. Elena Jeffreys of Scarlet Alliance is concerned that ‘the ill-conceived push for a licensing model is politically...
SWOP NSW “Independence” 17 August 2012
The ACON board has reaffirmed commitment to the principle of affected community involvement in determining prevention responses to HIV. In doing so, the board also endorsed a new direction and future for the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP). ACON CEO Nicolas...
Scarlet Alliance “Response to ACT Parliamentary Inquiry into Sex Work” Feb 2012
Scarlet Alliance welcomes the recommendations from the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety Inquiry into the Prostitution Act 1992. The recommendations provide a strong basis for building on the current successful legislation while tweaking important...
Scarlet Alliance “Australia’s anti-trafficking response must be redirected, Raids and rescue approach does not work – comprehensive prevention plan is the answer” 3 Feb 2012
Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association calls for Australia's anti-trafficking response to be redirected with a shift to a rights based prevention approach. Speaking the day after a high profile arrest Janelle Fawkes said 'Raids and rescue type...
SWOP NSW “HEALTH ORG SAYS MORE LAWS WILL NOT MAKE SEX INDUSTRY SAFER” 11 Oct 2011
NSW’s leading health agency for sex workers says calls to introduce new regulations affecting brothel licencing and sex service provision are likely to undermine the health and safety of sex workers and their clients. The NSW Government announced today it is...
Trafficking in Australia; “Vigilante approach is wrong, Prevention is key.” Say Sex Workers
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, in partnership with sex worker organisations in Australia and Asia, have been working on migrant sex worker rights and trafficking policy issues trans-nationally for over 22 years. “In our experience,...
Scarlet Alliance “Scarlet Alliance Migration Project funded for another three years” 16 Sept 2011
Since the 1980's sex worker peer education in Australia, led by the peak body for sex workers Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, and its sex worker organisation membership, has worked on cross-cultural, multilingual and trans-national project-based...
“Sex workers, PLHIV, HIV Activists speak out: We do not need anti-human right and violence at ICAAP” 27th August 2011
There is no need for ICAAP suppressing the voice of people living with HIV/AIDS at the tench ICAAP Conference, in Pusan, South Korea, 2011. Over 80 organisations have signed this joint statement condemning the use of riot police, and the detention without charge of up...
APN+, ITPC, AFAO, APNSW, ACT UP-Paris, “Civil Society condemn the use of force by Korean security on peaceful demonstrators” Saturday 27th August 2011
ICAAP10: Korean activists arrested and threatened with criminalaction for peaceful protest; International activists roughed up bypolice and security. Please find the pictures onlineAnd the video linkThe footage shows how badly the Korean activists were treated by the...
“CMC’s claimed increase in migrant sex workers wrong” Scarlet Alliance responds to CMC Report Jun 2011
Respect Inc. have funded peer educators from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, delivering services in Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese. Scarlet Alliance supports the recommendations to improve funding for these services and projects, and supports...
Scarlet Alliance Letter of Support For ISGD Rights Rally, 11 May 2011
On the eve of the first ever Still Fierce rally on our capital city Canberra, Scarlet Alliance pledges support. Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association, recognises that Australian Intersex, Sex & Gender Diverse (ISGD) communities are made up of...
Scarlet Alliance Media Release “Sex workers blow the whistle on Liberals political football” 22 Dec 2010
Scarlet Alliance provided a written submission to Chris Hartchers office in September, 2010 providing evidence of the failure of licensing models and the excessive expense to tax payers.The opposition is going to election with a campaign based on lies, a smokescreen...