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National Symposium "Nothing About Us Without Us" Brisbane, 2008
Thursday November 27th 2008 - Brisbane - Open to the public. This is the fourth year that Scarlet Alliance has run a national symposium on sex work, and all have been well attended by practitioners, sex workers and supporters. In 2005 it was held at Trades Hall, in Melbourne. In 2006 it was held at South Australia's Parliament House. In 2007 it was held at the historic Kalgoorlie Town Hall. Don't miss this fabulous event!! Past speakers have included Alison Arnot-Bradshaw, Touching Base, Friends Frangipani from Papua New Guinea, the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective, Empower Foundation, and a multitude of others. Read on for more details of the 2008 event, including information about all of the presentations and presenters.
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We hope you will consider joining Scarlet Alliance at our 4th National Symposium, 27th of November 2008
H-Block, Southbank Institute of Technology, Glenelg St, Southbank
RSVP before 19th November, admin@scarletalliance.org.au or 02 9326 9455
$20 Entry, Sex Workers Free
Registration starts at 1.30pm. Presentations begin 2pm. The day ends at 4.30pm.
Tish Norris, Scarlet Alliance Executive Member, will chair the event.
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PANEL 1, AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVES, Presentations include:
PANEL 2, INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, Presentations include:
The Desiree Alliance is a diverse, volunteer-based, sex worker-led network of organizations, communities and individuals across the US working in harm reduction, direct services, political advocacy and health services for sex workers.
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An Update on Sex Worker Organising in the United States
Stacey Swimme
Link to blog "Bound Not Gagged"
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"Money Baby" photo of Desiree Alliance conference 2006, by Melissa Gira. Rachel Wotton, Scarlet Alliance International Spokesperson, fourth from the left
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Globalised Sex Work Forum 2008, Jum Chimkit in yellow on the panel
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Thai sex workers migration to Australia
Jum Chimkit
SWOP NSW Multicultural Project
Jum is the most experienced multicultural educator for sex workers in NSW, providing outreach and service delivery to Thai sex workers for 9 years. Jum also networks with the Thai sex worker organisation, Empower and recently worked in Thailand on a capacity development exchange. Link to Globali$ed Sex Work
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Asia Pacific Links, Capacity Development and Strategic Partnerships
Janelle Fawkes
CEO, Scarlet Alliance
Scarlet Alliance has been running a capacity development program in Papua New Guinea since 2005, and has recently expanded to Fiji and Timor Leste. This work is based on the self determination of the sex worker communities involved, and the importance of sex worker community led response to HIV/AIDS, human rights and community development. We are proud to have assisted in the formation of a national sex worker organisation in Papua New Guinea, Friends Frangipani. Janelle will elaborate on this work and answer questions about Scarlet Alliance international programming, including our membership of the HIV Consortia.
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