Submission to Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council on Sentencing of Sexual Assault and Rape: The Ripple Effect – Consultation Paper.
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Submission to Inquiry into the Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023
Scarlet Alliance, SWOP NSW and the NSW sex worker community do not believe the existing reforms have been sufficient to implement true decriminalisation. There remain nine criminal offences in the Summary Offences Act 1988 directly impacting sex workers. Sex workers...
Stigma Snapshot: Sex Workers 2022
Stigma has a major impact on health outcomes for people living with blood borne viruses (BBVs) and sexually transmissible infections (STIs). The Australian Government Department of Health strategies for BBVs and STIs explicitly aim to “eliminate the negative impact of
stigma, discrimination, and legal and human rights issues on people’s health”. In 2022, a stigma indicator was included in an online survey of sex workers in Australia. This followed on from a previous survey of sex workers conducted by the Centre for Social
Research in Health in 2020.
Submission to Criminal Code (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Scarlet Alliance welcomes the Criminal Code (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill). It is a culmination of years of work by the Queensland Law Reform Commission, consultation with sex workers and other industry stakeholders,...
Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Amendment Determination 2023
Submission on the draft BOSE Determination Amendment 2024 Throughout the development and implementation of the Online Safety Act 2021 and the establishment of the eSafety Commission, sex workers and our allies across unceded Australia have provided clear and...
Submission to the Trafficking In Persons team at the US State Department
This submission relates to Australia and the concrete action taken in relation to human trafficking that occurred in Australia between 1 April 2023 and 1 February 2024.
Empower Foundation Thailand Submission to the UNHCR Report
The impact that sex workers in Thailand are facing is that they are not recognised as workers. They are criminalised by laws. The laws consider them as criminals. The exploitation and physical violence targeted towards sex workers is a direct result of the criminal status of sex work, including criminalisation of soliciting or being solicited. That means they are not protected as workers in the exploitative working conditions: drinking targets, off-site targets, wage deductions, long working hours, and work safety. Sex workers, as a result of criminalisation, also face mental violence. violence and social isolation.
2024 UNHCR Submission to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
The criminalisation of sex work enables the continued acceptance of gender-based violence towards sex workers. Decriminalisation and equal treatment of workers in the industry is crucial to preserve the human rights of sex workers.
Draft Online Safety Industry Standards 2024 (Class 1A and 1B Material)
While the Class 1A and Class 1B Codes and Standards intend to prevent unequivocally harmful and prohibited content, regulators must be mindful that these provisions may generate significant consequences for sex workers, health promotion and harm reduction advocates...
SWOP NSW and Scarlet Alliance SafeWork National Code of Practice Submission
SWOP NSW and Scarlet Alliance submission to the SafeWork NSW adoption of National code of practice for the control of work-related exposure to hepatitis and HIV (blood-borne) viruses.
Scarlet Alliance Annual Report 2022-2023
Submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care on modernising My Health Record
Modernising My Health Record – Sharing pathology and diagnostic imaging reports by default and removing consumer access delay. While Scarlet Alliance acknowledges that default sharing of pathology and diagnostic imaging reports would enable improved access to clinical...