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 | 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.
Andrew Boff, Conservative Member of the London Assembly on The Merseyside Model
Philly Needs Mercy: The Merseyside (Hate Crimes) Model - "When prostitutes are made to disappear, most of society does not care, and most of the cases remain unsolved. Women in prostitution suffer higher rates of murder".
AIDS is hard enough. Justice shouldn’t be.
The AIDS Law Project is asking the question -- “Will the next Philadelphia DA refrain from prosecuting people with HIV for consensual sex if there is no risk of transmission?” --
This is how we rise — Amber Batts Home From Prison
I was released from a halfway house Friday morning. I had been there for 14 months, okay, four days shy from 14 months, but to me it felt like a lifetime. This is how we rise —
PEPFAR 2015 – 2017
PEPFAR is the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. PEPFAR is the aparatus for U.S. funding for global HIV prevention, treatment and care, and disburses ~5-6 Billion USD in global funding annually. In 2003, PEPFAR added an “Anti-prostitution Loyalty Oath” to grantee contracts. The devastating effects of the anti-prostitution oath annihilated agencies that depended on the funding to sustain their operations, and more importantly, excluded vulnerable populations in need. 2017: The oath continues to harm the global fight against HIV and AIDS. U.S. sex worker rights organizations collectively and vehemently oppose the current restrictions. Allied in S/W via SWOP Communication - We recommend the US remove anti prostitution language, and support strategies accepted as best practice in anti-trafficking, women’s development, gender equality, and HIV prevention work.
Do Some Women Prostitute Because of Weak Wage? YES! OH YES!
Today is Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how far into this year full-time working women must head into work – in addition to last year – in order to earn what their male counterparts earned last year. Here are the real and sad statistics surrounding the persistent wage gap that plagues working women across the nation. Pa Representative Mike O'Brian writing on U.S. gender based wage discrepancies.
Press Release: My Red Light Amsterdam
One of a Kind: Right now, we can make a difference. [Rabobank and Start Foundation] fully support My Red Light’s main ambition to improve the social status of sex workers. Photo of Sculpture: BELLE / Representing all prostitutes and sex workers.
Cartoon Clarifies Crusade
Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of those men and women who could change the world. - Herbert Marcuse
Justice Makes Us Safer
Justice Makes Us Safer. "I believe we need to fundamentally change the current culture within the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. More of the same won’t achieve real justice for victims and other people caught up in our city's criminal justice system.” — Lawrence Krasner
Pa Act 105 Inspires Law Suit Against Philly Hotel
The lawsuit -- filed in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court -- names the Roosevelt Inn, manager Yagna Patel and the motel's parent company, UFVS Management Company as defendants. Philly.com said the lawsuit contends that the now-17-year-old girl was enslaved and forced to perform sexual acts with men in 2013 and 2014 at the motel. "Both Can't Survive". Public Domain Image. Reverse Side of Seal of Pennsylvania. The counter-seal portrays liberty vs. tyranny.
West Virginia Felonious Fellatio
Prostitute charged as felon for $20 oral sex? The W.V. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments from a Cabell County defense attorney who says sex workers cannot be charged with felony offenses under W.V law. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on May 2. The case comes from the 2015 plea made by Belinda Ann Fuller. Cook asked Cabell Circuit Judge Paul T. Farrell to dismiss felony charges against Fuller on the argued grounds. Farrell denied Cook’s motion, stating his client had benefited financially from the transaction and thus could be charged as a felon.
Krasner 4 Philly DA: Party Justice!
Justice Makes Us Safer. "I believe we need to fundamentally change the current culture within the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. More of the same won’t achieve real justice for victims and other people caught up in our city's criminal justice system.” — Lawrence Krasner
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