This policy is framed within the context of the World Charter for Prostitutes rights, and Ottowa Charter of Health Promotion. In particular, the policy recognises the sex worker’s right to: protection from discrimination, education, representation, privacy, work,...
Publications Library
Forrest, Candi "Sex Worker Services in Queensland, Data Analysis" March 2008
The following sets out comments about the methodology of the Scarlet Alliance online survey: Sex Worker Services in Queensland (2007-2008) and an analysis of the data collected. Tables are set out which represent the frequencies at which concepts arose in the data....
PONGHO "Recommendations to Queensland Sex Worker Services Review" July 2007
A meeting of PONGHO members has agreed that recommendations regarding the impending Review of sex worker services in Queensland be made to Communicable Diseases Branch of Queensland Health. The PONGHO recommendations are: 1. A reference group, including sex worker...
"The Great Divide: Views on Sex Work" Mark Pendleton and Elena Jeffreys Overland Journal, 190, 08, pg 94
Feminists have long debated how gender, sexuality and labour are implicated in women’s oppression. While virtually all have seen these as core questions, how to respond politically has been a matter of much debate. Opinions on the exchange of sexual services for money...
"Statement 08" International Sex Worker Harm Reduction Caucus 08
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....
Rams "Aims, Objectives & Demands" 1992
Toy Boy Times is the magazine for the Rights of All Male Sex Workers (RAMS) This is a once-off publication from a Sydney-based advocacy group. Overview of the Aims, Objectives and Demands of this group.
"Briefing Paper on Mandatory Testing" 2007
This briefing paper was presented by Scarlet Alliance to the Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis (MACASHH), HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmissible Infections Sub-Committee (HASTI) Sub-Committee, in July 2007, and to the Blood Borne Viruses...
"Submission to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board: 3 Pillars" June 07
The “Three Pillars” is a new approach to sex work within the UNAIDS, discussed at the 20th meeting of the Programme Coordinating Board (PCB), Geneva, Switzerland, 25-27 June 2007. This submission is from Scarlet Alliance, The Australian Sex Workers Association. The...
WA Gov "Prostitution Law Reform Working Group" 07
In late 2006 the West Australian Attorney General, Jim McGinty, announced that the sex industry laws would be changed. He formed a working party, including Giz Watson Greens MLC, Sue Ellery Labor MLC, Lisa Bastain of the WA Health Department, Kim Porter of the WA...
Scarlet Alliance & SSPAN "Submission to the Queensland Regulatory Impact Statement" July 2006
This submission is in response to proposals by an independent "Regulatory Impact Statement," funded by the Prostitution Licensing Authority in Queensland. Scarlet Alliance and the Sexual Service Providers Advocacy Network of Queensland (SSPAN) argue that any...
Scarlet Alliance "Submission to the Victorian Government – RIS" 06
This submission is in response to proposed changes to the Victorian sex industry regulations, after an assessment in the form of a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) by Consumer Affairs, Victoria. Scarlet Alliance argues that key elements of the sex industry have been...
Scarlet Alliance "Submission In Opposition to the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill and is support of the rights of Street Based Sex Workers" March 2006
Scarlet Alliance does not support the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill or any proposals to criminalise street based sex work; applauds the political strength and leadership shown by the New Zealand Parliament and the decriminalisation of all...