How sex worker activism influenced the decriminalisation of sex work in NSW, Australia

Aroney, E; Crofts, P

How sex worker activism influenced the decriminalisation of sex work in NSW, Australia

Aroney, E

Crofts, P

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2019, 8 (2), pp. 50 - 67
Issue Date:: 2019-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Aroney, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5483-7207	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Crofts, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6018-7159	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2019, 8 (2), pp. 50 - 67	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2202-7998	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/133742
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2019 In 2015, Amnesty International joined over 200 sex worker organisations in the call for nations to decriminalise sex work. Despite this, only two jurisdictions in the world, New Zealand and New South Wales (NSW; Australia), have adopted this approach. This article examines the role that sex worker activists played in sex work law reform in NSW through their representative organisation, the Australian Prostitutes Collective (APC). The APC produced and submitted groundbreaking research to the Select Committee of the NSW Legislative Assembly on Prostitution (1983–1986) whose recommendations laid the foundation for the decriminalisation of sex work in NSW. This article contributes to a developing history of the contribution of sex worker activism to law reform. It explores why it is so important that sex worker voices are included in the process of reform, and how meaningful consultation with sex workers helped shape and invoke a radical policy and legal transformation.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.5204/ijcjsd.v8i2.955	en_US
dc.title	How sex worker activism influenced the decriminalisation of sex work in NSW, Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

© The Author(s) 2019 In 2015, Amnesty International joined over 200 sex worker organisations in the call for nations to decriminalise sex work. Despite this, only two jurisdictions in the world, New Zealand and New South Wales (NSW; Australia), have adopted this approach. This article examines the role that sex worker activists played in sex work law reform in NSW through their representative organisation, the Australian Prostitutes Collective (APC). The APC produced and submitted groundbreaking research to the Select Committee of the NSW Legislative Assembly on Prostitution (1983–1986) whose recommendations laid the foundation for the decriminalisation of sex work in NSW. This article contributes to a developing history of the contribution of sex worker activism to law reform. It explores why it is so important that sex worker voices are included in the process of reform, and how meaningful consultation with sex workers helped shape and invoke a radical policy and legal transformation.

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