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There is always a lot to say about sex work on #InternationalWomensDay, and this year is no exception.
At NUM, we are able to witness, participate in and move forward because of the incredible work of women each and every day.
At NUM, we are able to witness, participate in and move forward because of the incredible work of women each and every day.
Just last week, we honoured the 25,000 sex workers, mainly women, who took to the streets in Calcutta in 2001 to demand rights and recognition as workers as part of #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay. We are able to do what we do because of them.
In June, on #InternationalWhoresDay, we will remember the sex workers and those women who stood in solidarity with them in Lyon who occupied a church to demand an end to state violence against them. We are able to do what we do because of them.
'End Demand' laws on sex work, sometimes misrepresented as the 'equality model', result in multiple human rights violations. These laws encourage increased surveillance and profiling of sex workers, which is not restricted to their workplaces. #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay
Under 'End Demand' laws, police know that if they follow sex workers, they'll find clients to arrest. Clients shift to more isolated settings as a result, & sex workers adapt in order to continue making money - but it puts them at increased risk. #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay
'End Demand' laws subject sex workers to coercion by police. Sex workers around the world regularly experience violence and harassment from police - switching the target of the law doesn't resolve this. #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay
