AK Fundraiser: Help A Sex Worker With The Cost Of Re/Entry
Dr. Zhana: Sex Workers Mental HealthÂ
No published U.S.-based research looks at different mental health profiles across different types of sex workers. But this 2010 Swiss study offers a rare glimpse. In Switzerland, sex work is not illegal, and in 2005 in Zurich, there were about 4,000 legally registered female sex workers. For this study, researchers recruited 193 of them, contacted through a variety of locations (outdoors, studios, bars, cabarets, parlors, brothels and escort services), and interviewed them at length about their mental health and experiences with sex work
Even Your Healthy Blood Is Not Welcome When You Are A WhoreÂ
The BLOOD DONATION BAN originally installed to prevent HIV, Hepatitis or Syphilis contamination, the vernacular is still intact, though usually considered relative only to “men who have had sex with men” (MSM). However, there is also selective prohibition with respect to anyone who has sex in exchange for money, drugs or other barter since 1977. This is to filter out intravenous drug users, and other high risk candidates who potentially carry communicable disease. Is that you?
UPenn Discussion On ProstitutionÂ
Thank you Global Women's Strike and ESPU for endorsing Larry Krasner for Philadelphia District Attorney.
Global Women’s Strike Endorse Krasner for Philadelphia District Attorney
Krasner for DA Endorsement Issued by Global Women's Strike and Women of Color GWS, with Payday men's network, Erotic Services Providers Union (ESPU), and mothers of prisoners & human rights campaigners.
Update on AK HB 112 / SB 73: Cops On Sexual Contact During  Investigations
The Anchorage Police Department is fighting a pair of state bills that would criminalize cops who have “sexual contact” with people under investigation. The reason for the opposition, according to Deputy Chief Sean Case, is that there are “very, very limited” situations in which cops need to cross that boundary — specifically, when it comes to undercover investigations of sex workers. Article by Tracy Clark Flory for Vocative; supporting statistics from ISWFACE LA.
Who Can Sue Whom in Pa Civil Causes of Action Related to Human and Sex TraffickingÂ
Victim’s Consent Not Defense Under PA Human Trafficking Statute 4th Article by Ian S. Abovitz Stark & Stark  Wednesday, April 26, 2017 This is the fourth in a series of posts summarizing the civil causes of action available under the PA Human Trafficking Statute. Thus far, I have addressed who can sue under the statute … Continue reading Who Can Sue Whom in Pa Civil Causes of Action Related to Human and Sex TraffickingÂ
ESPU Endorses Krasner for DA
"Erotic Service Providers Union (ESPU) Endorses Krasner for District Attorney As We Fight Towards Gaining Support Against Poverty, Violence and Punitive Abuses."
May 16 Vote: Krasner 4 DAÂ
Krasner on Sex Work: Enforcement against sex workers has only exposed them to murder, assault including sexual assault, victimization and disease.
UPENN Participates In  Shared Research Published on Trafficking and Youth Homelessness; though still excludes local survivorsÂ
New Research Concludes: Key to ending trafficking of young people is to eradicate youth homelessness first. For decades, one set of activists and legislators have fought to end human trafficking, while a different set have worked tirelessly to try to end homelessness. Activists and legislators have rarely teamed up to fight the two issues simultaneously. The study - released April 2017 - is shared by Covenant House, Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania, and Loyola University Modern Slavery Research Project in New Orleans. Bloggers note: UPENN has not been supportive of inclusion over my last three years of communication efforts.
Democracy for America Endorses KrasnerÂ
Democracy for America chair Jim Dean told PW that the organization’s local affiliated group Philly for Change has “a strong track record of electing progressive candidates who are committed to battling income inequality and structural racism.” We’ll be mobilizing that grassroots support to elect Larry Krasner as Philadelphia’s next District Attorney.” Mums still the word on rumors that billionaire George Soros and his political war chest will come to Krasner’s aid in time for the May 16 primary.
(SOME) Sex Workers Attend 61st Commission on the Status of Women meeting in NYC Â | Global Network of Sex Work Projects
At the 61st Commission on the Status of Women meeting in NYC, Penelope Saunders of Best Policy Practice spoke of the importance of conversation about economic justice inclusive of sex work. Many member states push for the Swedish Model, now shown to violate the human rights of sex workers, as outlined in NSWP’s Advocacy Toolkit: The Real Impact of the Swedish Model on Sex Workers.
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