Decriminalisation of Prostitution

Interviews

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• Niki Adams of the English Collective of Prostitutes (video interview)
• Lori Adorable, Sex Worker and Sex Worker Rights Advocate

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• Tara Burns, Survivor of Labour Trafficking in the Sex Industry, Sex Worker and Sex Workers’ Rights Activist

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• Pye Jakobsson, Sex Workers’ Rights Activist
• Jemima, Sex Worker & Sex Workers’ Rights Activist

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• Dr Jay Levy, Researcher and Consultant
• Dr Jay Levy, Researcher and Consultant (video interview)

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• Meg Munoz, Former Sex Worker, Trafficking Survivor, Ally and Rights Advocate

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• Jes Richardson, Sex Trafficking Survivor, Former Sex Worker and Anti-Sex Trafficking & Sex Worker Rights Activist

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• PJ Starr, Sex Workers’ Rights Activist & Filmmaker

Articles

• Northern Ireland’s Criminalisation of Buying Sex Puts Sex Workers at Risk
• APPG on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade Report “Shifting the Burden” Increases Violence Against Women
• Building Bridges: The Sex Workers’ Rights and Anti-Sex Trafficking Movements
• The Swedish Model Criminalising the Purchase of Sex Is Dangerous: The European Parliament Should Have Rejected It
• More Than 560 NGOs and 94 Researchers Demand Members of European Parliament to Reject Ms Honeyball Report
• Pye Jakobsson on the Swedish model in Bitch magazine – The Tough Issue, Summer 2014
• The Sex Trade: Lies, the ‘Voice of the Voiceless’ and Other Silencing Tactics
• Enforcing Northern Ireland’s New Swedish-Style Sex Purchase Law – A Sex Worker’s Story – article written by Kate, a sex worker from Northern Ireland
• Taking Ideology to the Streets: Sex Work and How to Make Bad Things Worse – article written by Nine, a former outreach worker with over six years experience
• Collateral Damage: Sex Workers and the Anti-Trafficking Campaigns – article written by Carol Leigh, sex worker and sex workers’ rights activist
• International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers – 17th December
• Criminalising Clients Puts People Working On-Street in Greater Danger and Forced ‘Exiting’ Does Not Work
• Chris Arnade’s ‘Faces of Addiction’ & the Case for Basic Income and the Decriminalisation of Drugs and Prostitution

The links below lead to articles published on other sites, focusing on harm reduction, raising concerns of the Swedish model and recommending decriminalisation:

• Listen to Sex Workers – We Can Explain What Decriminalisation Would Mean – Niki Adams, The Guardian
• Sex Work and The Law – The Case for Decriminalisation – Desiree Alliance
• The Evaluation of the Sex Purchase Act Brings Us No Closer to a Conclusion – Anette Brunovskis, Researcher, Fafo and May-Len Skilbrei, Professor in Criminology, University of Oslo
• Sex Trafficking in Sweden, According to the Swedish Police – Wendy Lyon, Feminist Ire
• A Regressive Move Which Would Further Stigmatise and Endanger Sex Workers – Alex Bryce, Huffington Post
• The Criminalisation of Clients, Briefing Paper – Global Network of Sex Work Projects
• The Criminalisation of Clients: A Summary – Global Network of Sex Work Projects
• UNAIDS Guidance Note on HIV and Sex Work
• UNAIDS Advisory Group Condemns Swedish Sex Purchase Ban – Wendy Lyon, Feminist Ire
• A Swedish Sex Worker on the Criminalization of Clients – Pye Jakobsson
• Swedish Abolitionism as Violence Against Women – Dr Jay Levy, SWOU Evidence Collection
• The ‘Nordic Model’ of Prostitution Law is a Myth – May-Len Skilbrei, Associate Professor at University of Oslo and Charlotta Holmström, Senior Lecturer at Malmö University, The Conversation
• What Antis Can Do To Help, Part One: Aiding Those Still in the Industry – Lori Adorable, Tits and Sass
• What Antis Can Do To Help, Part Two: Aiding Those Leaving The Industry – Lori Adorable, Tits and Sass
• U.N. Report Calls for Decriminalizing Prostitution – Richard S. Ehrlich, The Washington Times
• Decrimalising Prostitution in New Zealand – the campaign and the outcome – Tim Barnett MP
• Recommendations for Changes in Law and Policy – English Collective of Prostitutes
• Sex Work & Harm Reduction – Red Umbrella Project
• Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution in the United States and the Criminalization of Sex Work – Margaret H Wurth, Rebecca Schleifer, Megan McLemore, Katherine W Todrys, Joseph Amon, Journal of the International AIDS Society
• The Swedish Law to Criminalize Clients: A Failed Experiment in Social Engineering – Ann Jordan, Program on Human Trafficking and Forced Labor, Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
• Prostitution Law and the Death of Whores – Laura Agustín, Jacobin
• No, New Research Does NOT Show that Violence Decreases under the Nordic Model – Wendy Lyon, Feminist Ire
• Collateral Damage – The Impact of Anti-Trafficking Measures on Human Rights around the World – The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)
• Criminalization and Off-Street Sex Work in Canada – Tamara O’Doherty, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
• The Swedish Sex Purchase Act: Claimed Success and Documented Effects – Susanne Dodillet and Petra Östergren, Gothenburg University Publications
• Critiques of Swedish Prostitution Law – Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network

Other useful links:

• Can A Person Be A Sex Worker Rights Activist While Not Enjoying Sex Work Themselves? – Wendy Babcock, Law Is Cool
• Just Don’t Call It Slut-Shaming: A Feminist Guide to Silencing Sex Workers – Nine, Femiinst Ire
• 10 Ways To Be a Great Ally to Sex Workers – Jd Drummond & Jenn Clamen, Stella, l’amie de Maimie aka Chez Stella
• 10 Tips on How To Be A (Feminist) Ally to Sex Workers  – Olive Seraphim, The Life and Works of Olive Seraphim
• Life After Sex Work – Melissa Petro, The Daily Beast
• Unhappy Hooking, or Why I’m Giving Up On Being Positive – Sarah M, Autocannibal

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• Harm Reduction
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• On Prostitution
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• Human Trafficking Awareness
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