SEX WORK IN NEW ZEALAND_ The Decriminalization Model (13:13)
New Zealand decided to decriminalise sex work in 2003. Please watch our film and learn how sex workers see the impact of this law on their daily lives!
Decriminalise Sex Work Now! (02:03) Law reform for sex work has been in process for over a decade now. Many politicians say they can’t support decriminalisation of sex work because you – the public – don’t support change. This means that as many as 182,000 women and men who make a living selling sexual services in South Africa remain vulnerable to abuse and have no recourse if they experience violence.
The Swedish Model: Why partial criminalisation of sex work will not help sex workers or SA society (In recent years, law makers and advocates have been debating the 'Swedish Model' - a policy model for sex work first introduced in Sweden in 1999 where the selling of sex is not criminalised but the buying of sex is.
Decriminalisation of Sex Work in New Zealand (30:53) This video outlines the process of successfully lobbying to decriminalise prostitution in New Zealand, which happened in 2003. The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective was actively engaged in lobbying and submitting to Parliament, as well as ongoing in-person submission processes.
Former Sex Worker Maggie McNeill on Why We Should Decriminalize Prostitution (28:15) "There is a very common form of rhetoric that's used against us ... that sex work isn't work. That it's a dodge. That it's a scam. That it's a form of exploitation," says Maggie McNeill, a former sex worker turned activist who blogs at The Honest Courtesan.
N.H. First U.S. State to propose bill to decriminalize prostitution press conference (05:05) Courageous state representatives in New Hampshire have put forth a bill HB-1614 to decriminalize adult consensual prostitution! This unprecedented move inspired dedicated sex worker rights activists to travel to N.H. To speak with state representatives and participate in the hearing and press conferences. Activists representing several sex worker orgs were present.
Adam Ruins Everything - How Prostitutes Settled the Wild West (05:43) What turned barren western camps into bustling towns? Working women. Adam Ruins Everything, host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.
Jill McCracken: Selling Sex: Contradicting Violence with Choice (15:40) Dr. Jill McCracken is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in rhetoric; writing studies; gender & sexuality studies, and feminist theory.