Barcelona: Genera

Genera es una organización sin fines de lucro que busca la redefinición de los roles sociales desde una perspectiva de género a través de la defensa y reivindicación de los derechos de las mujeres partiendo del ámbito del trabajo sexual.
(Genera is a nonprofit organisation that seeks to redefine social roles from a gender perspective through [...]

Thank you from SWOP

The organisers of London’s first Sex Worker Open University (April 1-5 2009) would like to thank everyone who participated for making the event an enormous success. Over 200 sex workers, sex workers’ rights activists, allies and visitors from the UK and abroad took part in workshops, discussions, actions and art exhibits over five days.

Photography Exhibition: Mathilde Bouvard

Photographer Mathilde Bouvard, 24, was funded by the EU to take portraits of sex workers around Europe and record their testimonies. An exhibition of her work, organised by the Sex Worker Open University - as part of a week-long programme of events and workshops, opened at the London Action Resource Centre in east London. Bouvard’s [...]

Sex Workers Say ‘No To Criminalisation’

:: FRANÇAIS ::
On 31 March 2009, sex workers and our allies held a successful SPEAK OUT at the Eros Fountain, Piccadilly Circus against criminalisation and for labour rights for everyone who works in the sex industry. At 2.30pm, we took over one of the streets, bringing traffic to a standstill at Piccadilly Circus and unveiled [...]

The Independent: Jacqui Smith is making prostitution less safe

:: the original article can be found here ::
The Independent
by Sophie Morris
Jacqui Smith is making prostitution less safe
Ironically, she seems not to understand the sex industry
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
While the police force was getting its knickers in a twist over the expected G20 protests, an altogether more serene demonstration took place in central London yesterday. [...]

Morning Star: Sex workers rally against new Crime Bill

:: the original article can be found here

by Paul Haste in central London
Tuesday 31 March 2009
SEX workers smothered London’s Piccadilly Circus in red umbrellas on Tuesday
to protest against the criminalisation of their profession.
Scores of workers from the nearby Soho district gathered at the Eros  statue in
the heart of the capital, stopping traffic to highlight [...]