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Anti-discrimination & Vilification Protections for Sex Workers in Australia Briefing Paper
Sex workers in Australia have long been subjected to discrimination and vilification with devastating impacts on our safety, housing and accommodation, financial stability, mental health and well-being. The current anti-discrimination frameworks enable, and in some...
Full Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Australia Briefing Paper
This short briefing paper explains what full decriminalisation does and does not include and what sex workers want from sex work law reform. This resource is currently available in English, Thai and Simplified Chinese. Download the full briefing paper below.
Rapid HIV Testing & Sex Work
In some states, working as a sex worker living with HIV or an STI is criminalised. Where this is the case, rapid testing could mean that sex workers become immediately criminalised upon receiving a positive or ‘reactive’ result. Although a reactive result is not a...
“Swedish Model of Criminalizing Sex Work” 2012
Joint briefing by rose alliance and scarlet alliance
"Media Briefing Paper" 2009
• Mentioning specific trafficking cases in the media or research informs the alleged traffickers, families of victims, and authorities of the informant’s identity. • The Australian Guidelines for NGO’s Working With Trafficked People recommends “Staff and volunteers at...
"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...