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NATIONAL SEX WORKER FORUM 17-19 NOVEMBER, 2009, CANBERRA Go to more information. Presentations, workshops, discussion, consultation, policy development; celebratory evening with sex worker performance, awards and djs; public symposium with eight oral presentations and panels of speakers; sausage sizzle night introducing: trends/changes/legal conditions across each state and territory; trans* sex workers; unionisation; National Strategies (HIV, STI, HEP C, HEP B); Scarlet Alliance Strategic Plan; sex workers and the internet and social networking; drug use and sex work; early history of the organisation; election of office bearers and spokesperson ... What more could you want? Come along and help make Scarlet Alliance fabulous.

ADVERTISING PROBLEMS IN NSW If you have experienced problems putting your advertisement in a NSW newspaper and you are a individual sex worker this problem should now be resolved. There is a meeting to be held on 11th November to discuss these issues contact Scarlet Alliance if you are a sex worker and would like to attend. A NSW group is also organising a public action in response to the lack of sex worker consultation on sex industry policy in NSW.

1 SCARLET ALLIANCE POSITIONS VACANT, Scarlet Alliance Migration Project Manager Go to Application Kits.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT Scarlet Alliance is reviewing our strategic plan, link here to fill in a confidential online survey.

SEX WORKERS WHO SEE CLIENTS WITH DISABILITY Rachel Wotton is conducting a research project about your experiences link here to fill in a confidential online survey

Sex workers from around the world gather at International Congress on HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific, 8 August, 2009, Bali, Indonesia Sex workers demand better facilities for languages other than English at ICAAP 2011. Link for text (In Bahasa Indonesian and English, with photos of the related protest.

Around 80 Sex Workers from fourteen Asia Pacific countries attending the ICAAP Conference in Bali www.icaap09.org this week have collectivey developed a list of demands. Link for full text.

Membership to Scarlet Alliance only $20 (or $50 for three years). Link to membership information and download the form. Be part of history! Join up today! Who can join? Sex workers, past and present, who support and agree to the Scarlet Alliance Objectives. Sex industry business owners and operators are not eligible for membership.

Australian Government National HIV and STI Strategy Review. Link to the current Strategy. The Australian Government is reviewing the National Strategies. Scarlet Alliance has put forward two representatives to participate in the expert writing group and is currently consulting with our membership to inform the strategies.

Scarlet Alliance NATIONAL FORUM 17th, 18th, 19th November 2009, Canberra Be there in person in 2009 in Canberra, November, link to the events page for more information Link to webcast of 2008 Scarlet Alliance National Symposium, held as part of the National Forum last year Link to related documents, media release, symposium papers by Elena Jeffreys, “Migrant Sex Workers Research in Australia” and Alina Thomas, "Advocating for sex work organisations, Tasmania."

SALVATION ARMY SAYS SORRY Sex workers fire salvo at charity "Salvos apologise to sex workers" (ABC) "Salvation Army apologises to sex workers" Melbourne Herald Sun

Protest outside Parliament House Sex workers marched in New South Wales for International Whores Day, 2nd of June, rocking Parliament House and demanding rights in NSW. Link to video footage of protest by LiveNews Picture (left) the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence accompany a Scarlet Alliance "naughty nurse" at Mardi Gras 07.

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. Sydney Sex Workers lay wreath, Darlinghurst. International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers commemorated in Sydney, filmed by Yasmin Bright, interviews by Tim Brunero, on LiveNews.com 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 28 August 09