 About Sex Worker Open UniversitySex Worker Open University is a project created by and for sex workers. You might be working in a parlour, brothel, from flats, hotels, or from the street; acting in porn, as a dominatrix or submissive, as a cam worker, or selling dances – this is a place to socialise, learn new skills, get support and campaign for the rights and safety of everyone who sells sex or sexual services. Our aim is to build our community and organise our workplaces through drop-in sessions, workshops, actions and art projects, as well as fighting against our criminalisation.
" ... Organizers adopt innovative nonviolent civil disobedience, theatre, and art, sophisticated media work and direct action. This new direct action represents a new brand of activism one which involves joy, rambunctiousness, the building of new communities and identities built on reproductive social justice ... To deal with these complex issues, sex worker advocates utilize visibility as a mechanism that can improve the issues identified as obstacles to self determined, respected and healthy working conditions ...The idea that sex workers have rights which must be respected and protected is forcefully asserted. Workers are the ones that are leading the charge in activist endeavors and are sophisticated thinkers who can articulate their own concerns and develop their own approaches to address those concerns."
(From: http://www.sociology.org/classroom-controversy/global-organizing-among-sex-workers) |
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