SWOP: Sex Workers Outreach Project. Inclusiveness, Respect and Self Determination.
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The ambivalent regulation of the sexual services industry.
This paper, published in the Criminal Justice journal, focuses on the regulation of sex services as a key indicator of how the sex industry is regarded and embedded within broader contexts. find out more -
Myths and Facts
Recently there has been discussion of some of the issues faced by sex workers in NSW. This document outlines a number of claims that have been publicly aired, and what research tells us about these claims. More...
News
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Brothel licensing not the answer.
The model for sex industry regulation that is increasingly being recognised as world’s best practice for both the human rights and health outcomes for sex workers and their clients is decriminalisation. Both New South Wales and New Zealand’s sex industries are decriminalised. More... SWOP Says That More Laws Will Not Make The Sex Industry Safer
11/10/2011 - NSW’s leading health agency for sex workers says calls to introduce new regulations affecting brothel licencing and sex service provision are likely to undermine the health and safety of sex workers and their clients. More...
Project for Male Sex Workers in NSW
Join the SWOP "male" out project aimed at increasing HIV and STI prevention awareness and condom use among male sex workers in NSW. SWOP is sending a monthly "Male" out of worker packs and information to male sex workers who sign up to receive the packs. More... Sex Work and Feminism
Kate Holden writes: "Among the crowd are women in wigs and platform heels working the Betty Page look, transgender persons in trousers or skirts, shyly smiling girls in jeans and jackets, dykes, queers, a few grinning men; every shape and size, various ethnicities. They come from the enormous range of sex work across the country. ‘Poor unhappy women of the town’ no more, the sex workers of Australia are mobilised, articulate and ready to claim enfranchisement." More... Legal advice sessions at SWOP
Need legal advice? Talk to a solicitor at SWOP. The service is FREE. Consultations are by appointment only. The next session is Wednesday 25th January 2012. More...
