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Demand Change:Understanding the Nordic approach to prostitution

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Side Hustles and Sexual Exploitation

A new report by CATWA and Collective Shout examining how the Australian media portrayed the sex industry during the COVID-19 pandemic

Media Release 27 Aug 2021

Global letter condemns decriminalisation

Media Release 19 Aug 2021

CATWA Media release (19/08/21): Victoria to decriminalise the sex industry

Busting 16 myths about the sex trade

The UN 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence from Nov 25 to Dec 10 is the time to bust 16 myths about the sex trade.

Submission to Victorian Review

CATWA’s submission to the Victorian review into the decriminalisation of sex work

The Nordic Model

Why CATWA supports the Nordic Model

Demand Change: Understanding the Nordic Model approach to prostitution (CATWA 2017)

Israel becomes the latest country to adopt Nordic Model legislation

Download a printable Nordic Model infographic

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What other job has such high rates of violence?Studies show that prostitution is not a job like any other. The findings, here, are taken from one study of prostituted persons in Canada and eight other countries. ... See MoreSee Less

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Today marks the commencement of the Sex Work Decriminalistion Act (2022) that was passed into law in February this year. This latest informatioon from the Victorian government makes clear why any other model never stood a chance and that the only narrative permitted is around stigma.
"In November 2019, the Victorian Government asked Fiona Patten MP to lead a review to make recommendations to the Minister for Consumer Affairs Victoria on decriminalising sex work in Victoria.
After carefully considering the review, the government decided to decriminalise sex work in Victoria."
Two points here - Fiona Patten has a very long history of promoting and benefitting from the sex industry and the review referred to was never made public, not evenn to most MPs. www.vic.gov.au/review-make-recommendations-decriminalisation-sex-work ... See MoreSee Less

Decriminalising sex work in Victoria | Victorian Government

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The Victorian Government is decriminalising sex work to achieve better public health and human rights outcomes.

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"One of the most achievable solutions in preventing sex trafficking is to end the impunity for those who create the demand for the commercial sex market in the first place. Accountability must not be limited to the traffickers and profiteers of the sex trade; it must extend to the sex buyers themselves." Taina Bien-Aimé writes in this article about sex trafficking of desperate women and girls from the Ukraine. womensenews.org/2022/04/women-as-weapons-of-war-a-spectrum-of-sexual-violence-in-ukraine-and-beyo... ... See MoreSee Less

Women as Weapons of War: A Spectrum of Sexual Violence in Ukraine and Beyond - Women's eNews

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Accountability must not be limited to the traffickers and profiteers of the sex trade; it must extend to the sex buyers themselves.

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How TikTok enables 'sugar daddies' to exploit young girls.
"A Forbes review of hundreds of recent TikTok livestreams reveals how viewers regularly use the comments to urge young girls to perform acts that appear to toe the line of child pornography — rewarding those who oblige with TikTok gifts, which can be redeemed for money ... It’s the digital equivalent of going down the street to a strip club filled with 15-year-olds.” www.forbes.com/sites/alexandralevine/2022/04/27/how-tiktok-live-became-a-strip-club-filled-with-1... ... See MoreSee Less

How TikTok Live Became ‘A Strip Club Filled With 15-Year-Olds’

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Livestreams on the social media app are a popular place for men to lurk and for young girls—enticed by money and gift—to perform sexually suggestive acts.

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So important to listen to the stories of survivorsJoin Sally Breen and Simone Watson as they launch Body Shell Girl by Rose Hunter.

Body Shell Girl is a memoir in verse about the first two years of a decade that Rose Hunter spent in the sex industry in Canada. When Rose walked into a massage parlour in Toronto in 1997, she was looking for a temporary fix to pay rent and avoid having to go back to her home country of Australia.

Awkward, shy and looking for a place to belong, she found herself in a strange world she understood little about, other than here she could make more than rent. She planned to use her earnings to buy herself an education that would secure the career of her dreams.

Naively believing she could do only what was required of her, without trauma or side effects and leave the industry on her own terms, she was shattered by what unfolded.

This is her story. It is also a searing portrayal of this dehumanising industry in all its destructive power.

FREE EVENT
When: Wednesday, 4th May 2022
Time: 6.30pm (AEST)
Where: Online via ZOOM, link via Eventbrite >> www.eventbrite.com.au/e/body-shell-girl-online-book-launch-tickets-319177527577 ... See MoreSee Less

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