This Strategic Plan captures Scarlet Alliance as an organisation effectively continuing to work toward strengthening its role as an autonomous, vibrant, viable, representative, best practice, peak national sex worker organisation whose activities as a leader and...
Publications Library
Scarlet Alliance Strategic Plan 2010-2013
This is Scarlet Alliance’s Strategic Plan for 2010-2013. The document provides the strategic framework and direction to Scarlet Alliance’s work for the next four years. Scarlet Alliance supports its membership, is an autonomous, viable, representative, peak national...
Rapid HIV Testing & Sex Work
In some states, working as a sex worker living with HIV or an STI is criminalised. Where this is the case, rapid testing could mean that sex workers become immediately criminalised upon receiving a positive or ‘reactive’ result. Although a reactive result is not a...
"Review of Australian Blood Donor Deferrals related to Sexual Activity – Exclusion of sex workers" 2010
Scarlet Alliance appreciates the opportunity to provide a submission on this issue, as it follows on from issues raised directly with the Australian Red Cross in the past. We understand the Australian Red Cross has a responsibility to protect blood recipients from...
Sex Worker Consensus Statement AIDS2014
Outcome of sex workers from more than 30 countries presenting, discussing, work-shopping and coming to consensus on statements across five areas. The five areas were identified at the point of registration. Approximately 100 sex workers attended.
"Migrant Sex Work & Trafficking; Insider Research" Kim & Jeffreys 2013
Reforming Licensing in NSW: Review of licence rationale and design
Submission to Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, Reforming Licensing in NSW: Review of licence rationale and design "Scarlet Alliance does not support the introduction of a licensing system in NSW for sex work owners/operators or for businesses or...
Scarlet Alliance, "Submission to IPaRT on the Regulation Review of local government compliance and enforcement in NSW"
This document highlights sex worker's experience in dealing with local councils in NSW since decriminalisation. Local councils have been the regulators of sex industry businesses in New South Wales since sex work was decriminalised in 1995. Evidence shows that...
Jeffreys "Scarlet Alliance brings Sex Worker Migration to Canberra" 2008
Jeffreys "Contemporary Sex Worker Cultural Practise" 2006
Jeffreys, Matthews & Thomas "HIV criminalisation and sex work in Australia" 2010
Submission to "Inquiry into the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 – Exposure Draft Legislation"
"We are very concerned that the Exposure Draft misses the opportunity to create alignment across different areas of Government policy and approach. Most disappointing, is the failure of the Bill to extend anti-discrimination protection to sex workers as a...