The organizations listed
below contain some excellent information for the health and safety,
as well as political and social reform for the rights of sex
workers.
The
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective
A
national organisation supported by the NZ Health Dept
working to help control the incidence of STD's and
some also help with needle exchange. If you are on
the game, call in for a chat. The staff have lots of
resources to help you in your career.
NZPC Offices:
Auckland:
492 Karanghape Road. Ph. 09 366 6106
Tauranga: PO. Box 13-092. Ph. 07 571
0640
Taranaki: PO. Box 4287 New Plymouth.
Ph 06 753 6680
Waikato: PO. Box 5490 Frankton,
Hamilton. Ph 07 839 5519
Wellington: 202 Willis Street,. Ph
04 382 8791
Christchurch: 144 Litchfield Street.
Ph 03 365 2595
Dunedin: 30 Moray Place. Ph 03 477
6988
Sex Workers
Outreach Project in Australia
Services are available at 69 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale NSW
2008
A government funded project with many current services for sex
workers.
Network of Sex Work Projects!
The NSWP was founded in 1991 as an informal alliance which
participates in independently financed projects in partnership with
member organizations and technical support agencies. The Network has
recently received funds from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance to
work with them and to establish a secretariat, which was based in
Cape Town in 2002 and moved to Rio de Janeiro in 2003. A board has
been established to take the network as a legally constituted
international organization to promote sex workers health and human
rights.
COYOTE was founded in 1973 to work for the repeal of the
prostitution laws and an end to the stigma associated with sexual
work. In addition to engaging in public education regarding a wide
range of issues related to prostitution, COYOTE has provided crisis
counselling, support groups, and referrals to legal and other service
providers to thousands of prostitutes, mostly women. COYOTE members
have also testified at government hearings, served as expert
witnesses in trials, helped police with investigations of crimes
against prostitutes, and provided sensitivity training to government
and private non-profit agencies that provide services to prostitutes
and contains some good articles.
BAYSWAN Bay
Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network, is a collaborative project
providing information for sex workers and about the sex industries.
BAYSWAN links sex workers and others to resources provided by sex
workers' organizations.
PONY
New York, is a support and advocacy group for all people in the sex
industry. We welcome all current or former sex workers, including
male, female or TS/TV prostitutes, erotic dancers, nude models,
x-rated actors, peep show performers, phone sex workers, S&M/B&D
professionals, strippers, madams, and so on.
Exotic Dancers
Alliance An active site, San Francisco.
DMSC Prostitution issues in Bangladesh
ECP
Campaign for the abolition of the prostitution UK
IUSW Commercial Sex Information Service (CSIS) is a
clearinghouse of information about laws, sexual health, commerce and
culture as these topics relate to sex work.
Maggie's The first sex-worker-run education project in Canada.
The project provides information about health promotion
PPP
L'Assemblée de fondation du PARTI POPULAIRE DES PUTES (PPP)! Cette
assemblée aura lieu ce dimanche le 11 juin dès 16h00 aux Foufounes
Électriques, rue Ste-Catherine à Montréal.
Coalition for the Rights of Sex Workers has founded a federal
political party to fight for the recognition of all men and women
working in the sex trade as equal citizens within society.
SWAT The Sex Workers Alliance of Toronto (SWAT) was founded in
1992 to fight for sex workers rights to fair wages, and safe and
healthy working conditions.
SWAV Sex Workers Alliance of Vancouver
SWEAT Sex worker Advocacy, South Africa
