[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]Despite sex work being largely decriminalised in New South Wales since 1995, sex workers across the state experience stigma, discrimination and vilification from members of the general public, media,
\nprivate organisations, law enforcement, and government service and agencies. Entrenched stigma and discrimination, historic criminalisation and a lack of consistent and comprehensive anti-discrimination and anti-vilification protections for sex workers have meant that sex workers throughout Australia are treated as \u2018easy targets\u2019 for vilification, both as individuals and collectively.<\/p>\n
This is a preliminary submission highlighting issues of concern for sex workers within the Review\u2019s terms of reference, and does not contain detailed arguments or specific recommendations. We hope that this short submission provides useful background on the impacts of discrimination and vilification for sex workers in New South Wales, and we look forward to engaging with the Commission as the Review progresses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Our experience demonstrates that specifically naming \u2018sex work\u2019 and \u2018sex worker\u2019 as protected attributes is the best model to ensure that sex workers can access anti-discrimination protections, and to acknowledge the historical and contemporary marginalisation, criminalisation, and stigma sex workers experience. This approach was favoured by the Northern Territory in its review of anti-discrimination legislation, where it became the first jurisdiction in the world to specifically protect sex workers from discrimination<\/a>.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Despite sex work being largely decriminalised in New South Wales since 1995, sex workers across the state experience stigma, discrimination and vilification from members of the general public, media, private organisations, law enforcement, and government service and agencies. Entrenched stigma and discrimination, historic criminalisation and a lack of consistent and comprehensive anti-discrimination and anti-vilification protections for sex workers have meant that sex workers throughout Australia are treated as \u2018easy targets\u2019 for vilification, both as individuals and collectively. This is a preliminary submission highlighting issues of concern for sex workers within the Review\u2019s terms of reference, and does not contain detailed arguments or specific recommendations. We hope that this short submission provides useful background on the impacts of discrimination and vilification for sex workers in New South Wales, and we look forward to engaging with the Commission as the Review progresses. Our experience demonstrates that specifically naming \u2018sex work\u2019 and \u2018sex worker\u2019 as protected attributes is the best model to ensure that sex workers can access anti-discrimination protections, and to acknowledge the historical and contemporary marginalisation, criminalisation, and stigma sex workers experience. This approach was favoured by the Northern Territory in its review of anti-discrimination legislation, where it became the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Despite sex work being largely decriminalised in New South Wales since 1995, sex workers across the state experience stigma, discrimination and vilification from members of the general public, media,\r\nprivate organisations, law enforcement, and government service and agencies. Entrenched stigma and discrimination, historic criminalisation and a lack of consistent and comprehensive anti-discrimination and anti-vilification protections for sex workers have meant that sex workers throughout Australia are treated as \u2018easy targets\u2019 for vilification, both as individuals and collectively.\r\n
This is a preliminary submission highlighting issues of concern for sex workers within the Review\u2019s terms of reference, and does not contain detailed arguments or specific recommendations. We hope that this short submission provides useful background on the impacts of discrimination and vilification for sex workers in New South Wales, and we look forward to engaging with the Commission as the Review progresses.<\/blockquote>\r\nOur experience demonstrates that specifically naming \u2018sex work\u2019 and \u2018sex worker\u2019 as protected attributes is the best model to ensure that sex workers can access anti-discrimination protections, and to acknowledge the historical and contemporary marginalisation, criminalisation, and stigma sex workers experience. This approach was favoured by the Northern Territory in its review of anti-discrimination legislation, where it became the first jurisdiction in the world to specifically protect sex workers from discrimination<\/a>.","_et_gb_content_width":"","pmpro_default_level":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"tags":[38],"pubtype":[21,3],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/6978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6978"},{"taxonomy":"pubtype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pubtype?post=6978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}