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 [...]
Migrant Workers Take Action in Airport
As a part of the ongoing cleaners’ campaign in Holland on Thursday about 120 migrant workers did a civil disobedience at Schiphol airport’s main plaza (a sit-in).
They shouted for respect and demanded back pay, full time for all the temporary (agency) workers there, and paid transportation. There was a lot of press due to the [...]
Madrid Sex Worker Fashion Show
In the spirit of building networks and links across borders.. some news and links to sex worker organisations in Spain (both websites are in Spanish).
Trabajosexual
Colectivo Hetaira
And some great photo’s from a sex worker action in Madrid ‘Pararela Lumi Fashion’- a sex work fashion show.
Imágenes del desfile organizado por el Colectivo Hetaira para reinvindicar los derechos [...]
Video from Macedonia - viva la viva sex workers
A comrade from Macedonia sent us this.
There are a lot of red umbrellas and it’s always good to see a sex workers mobilization
Check the video made on Dec 17th 2008 in Macedonia.
Skoplje: Prostitucija ne ide uz demohrišćansku ideologiju
SKOPLJE - Obeležavanje Međunarodnog dana borbe protiv nasilja nad seksualnim radnicima u Skoplju prošlo je u senci protesta [...]
A Migrant World of Services
[An excellent paper by Laura Agustín from the Border Thinking on Migration, Culture, Economy and Sex blog.]
There is a strong demand for women’s domestic, caring and sexual labour in Europe which promotes migrations from many parts of the world. This paper examines the history of concepts that marginalise these as unproductive services (and not really [...]
Italy: New Anti-Prostitution Law Criminalises Street Sex Workers
ITALIANO
Negli ultimi tempi in Italia si è creato un pericoloso clima di intolleranza nei confronti delle persone che si prostituiscono e più in generale verso tutti coloro che, secondo campagne politiche ben orchestrate, metterebbero in discussione la sicurezza dei cittadini. L’allarme sociale, diretto da abili esperti, è andato crescendo fino al punto da creare capri [...]
2005 SEX WORK CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS
information in this post is from Border Thinking on Migration and Trafficking: Culture, Economy and Sex an excellent blog edited by Laura Agustin.
The European Conference on Sex Work, Human Rights, Labour and Migration was held 15- 17 October 2005 in Brussels.
The International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe run a website that [...]