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This election tell your local politicians that sex worker rights matter to you! Download and sign a form letter to Anthony Albanese, Member for Grayndler, NSW or Tania Plibisek, Member for Sydney, NSW or if you live outside the inner-west of Sydney you can download a blank letter and add your local MP's address! Every letter counts! Add a stamp and envelope and send it off today! Or collect a bunch from friends and supporters and drop them into the Scarlet Alliance offices in Sydney for delivery!!

Two Positions Vacant, Migration Project Officer (Multilingual) part time and Finance Admin Officer part time. follow this link to find out more on closing dates and download the Application Kits.

Scarlet Alliance National Forum - 23rd - 25th November 2010, Sydney

HIV IS A VIRUS NOT A CRIME

• Link to joint statement by HIV organisations in Australia, 2008
• Link to Scarlet Alliance media release "HIV is a virus not a crime" Australian HIV Orgs Respond, 19 September 2008
• Link to database of laws that criminalise HIV across Asia. The data base is run by Asia Catalyst.
• For more information...

JUNE 2nd WAS INTERNATIONAL WHORES DAY

Scarlet Alliance and our member organisations held a range of events around Australia over about a week. The events included parties, performances, celebration marches, protests, speakers etc. Sex Workers and supporters attended and joined in the call for the decriminalisation of sex work and anti-discrimination laws to cover sex workers throughout Australia.
Go to more information about the events and link to a speech by Nicolette that was given on the day.

LINK TO SEX WORKER & SUPPORTER FLOAT IN SYDNEY MARDI GRAS 2010 Sex workers marched with A Gender Agenda in their spoof of the Janice Raymond anti-trans book "Transsexual Empire." Link to Janelle Fawkes response to Janice Raymonds "10 Reasons for Not Legalising Prostitution"

NEW Positions Vacant for Chinese and Korean background sex workers in Sydney A number of positions available. Chinese and Korean language speaking applicants wanted To be a part of a Migration sex worker project survey collector, you will be paid for a vocational training session.

Link to more information about the project: 参与指导委员会成员的工作是有报酬的。 如果您有兴趣成为指导委员会成员并有报酬，请联系绯红联盟会的 Jules 或 Birdie ，电话：(02) 9326 9455. 추진 위원회 회원들에게는 참여비가 주어집니다. 추진 위원회의 유급 회원이 되는데 관심이 있으시다면, Scarlet Alliance의 줄즈 혹은 버디씨 앞으로 전화

Empower spokesperson interviewed at International Whores Day 2010, Sydney Opera House

绯红联盟会 (Scarlet Alliance) – 澳大利亚性服务工作者协会公司，其宗旨在于通过我们的目标、政策和计划为过去和现在的性服务行业工作者争取平等以及社会、法律、保健、政治、文化、经济上的公正，使性服务工作者成为独立自主人士，成立自己的联盟，并自己选择工作地点和方式。我们在全国范围的层次上提出影响性服务工作者的议题。link for more...

สการ์เล็ท อะไลอันซ (Scarlet Alliance) เป็นสมาคมคนทำงานธุระกิจค้าบริการทางเพศในประเทศออสเตรเลีย องค์กรของเรามีวัตถุประสงค์, นโยบาย และโครงการในงานด้านต่างๆเพื่อสนับสนุนให้เกิดความเสมอภาค สร้างความยุติธรรมด้านสังคม ด้านกฎหมาย ด้านสุขภาพ ด้านการเมือง ด้านวัฒนธรรม และด้านรายได้แก่คนทำงานบริการทางเพศทั้งในอดีตและปัจจุบัน ทั้งนี้เพื่อสนับสนุนให้คนทำงานบริการทางเพศมีสิทธิในการตัดสินใจในการดำเนินชีวิตได้ด้วยตนเอง, เสริมสร้างสมาคมเครือข่ายของตน และ เลือกสถานที่ที่ทำงานหรือวิธีการทำงานได้ด้วยตนเอง องค์กรของเราเป็นตัวแทนเพื่อการแก้ไขปัญหาที่ส่งผลกระทบต่อคนทำงานบริการทางเพศในระดับชาติ link for more... and ประสบการณ์ที่ได้ยินมา

Sex workers from around the world gather at International Congress on HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific, www.icaap09.org, August, 2009, Bali, Indonesia Sex Workers Demand Rights, More Accessibility, More Languages at ICAAP 80 Sex Workers from fourteen Asia Pacific countries attended the ICAAP Conference in Bali - this photo is from the pre-conference sex worker meeting facilitated by APNSW & Scarlet Alliance

We the sex workers of ICAAP 2009 demand the inclusion of multiple languages at ICAAP 2011. Kami para pekerja seks yang tergabung dalam forum pekerja seks ICAAP 2009 meminta adaya kesimpulan yang dibuat dalam berbagai bahasa ICAAP menghabiskan sumber daya dengan percuma dengan menghadirkan banyak orang namun hanya mendengarkan dari peserta yang hanya berbicara bahasa inggris. Link for more... Sex Work is Work, we demand our work be recognized by Government and all groups in society, including religious institutions. Decriminalise sex work and recognise ALL sex workers; male, transgender and female. Criminal laws lead to abuse by police, army and Government officials, and reduces access to HIV support, sexual health and human rights. Remove non-labor officials as regulators of our work. USAID funding policy must include the specific needs of male and transgender sex workers. Link for full text.

New Materials on Sex Work

Internet Viewing For Whores and Whore Lovers Elena Jeffreys speaks to the Daily Telegraph, and leads a tour through a Sydney brothel. Scarlet Alliance National Forum WebCast USA Sex Workers March on Washington. As part of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, SWOP USA converged outside the White House to get their message to President-Elect, Barack Obama. This footage shows the speakers at the event, the march, and the protest. Cambodian Sex Workers Protest MTV's USAID funded anti-sex work campaign. This YouTube film interviews the Cambodian Sex Workers Union as they protest outside the MTV concert. The Impact of Anti-Trafficking Laws. A short film by APNSW, about the Cambodian anti-trafficking laws.

Peer Education Resources Link to Rachel Wottons' presentation "HIV prevention strategies within the Australian sex worker population - an overview of successful implementation" Tansey, Lynne "The Corner" 2003 Mawulisa and Robinson "Sex workers as educators," 2003 Mawulisa and Robinson "Sex workers as educators," 2003 (Mongolian) Tansey, Lynne "The Corner" 2003 (Mongolian)

updated 04 August 2010