#decrimnow — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/117149781622837997

So, “expert” panel on sex work made of cis white accommodated men whose only knowledge about sex work is from the times they hired a whore..? (And which they'll all deny, so nominally: none whatsoever)

And TALKING WITH SEX WORKERS themselves or their associations (such as SWASH) is not even CONSIDERED..?

Great to know that an “expert panel” is not required to have two working neurons between all its members. 😮‍💨🤦‍♀️

For real, they actually have the galls to claim something like…

> Panel members also stressed the importance of providing sex workers with protection and support tailored to their respective circumstances, as needed.

… once more, while not even looking for sex worker input… 🙄 “tailored to their circumstances” the hell it is…

… and yet to STOP MAKING THEM CRIMINALS is judged unacceptable, for what's basically no reason whatsoever:

> However, a majority of members called for maintaining the [anti-prostitution] provisions, noting that scrapping them could send the wrong message

Sure, let's also prohibit giving food or money to the unhoused because not doing so could send the wrong message that vagrancy is tolerated. Or let's forbid giving people mental health support, least somebody assumed lunacy is tolerated. And let's of course sanction sex education, heavens forbid somebody could think that an ectopic pregnancy might require an abortion!

I seriously have a hard time believing these people have though twice (or once) the nonsense they're sprouting. 🤦‍♀️

What's more, they're pushing at the same time towards actively making their situation worse:

> the panel agreed to increase the upper limit on the fines, according to the draft report.

“protection” and “support” s'yeah. For their own wallets if anything; for sex workers' actual safety, that's not even lip service.

Wish instead of taking their judgements out of their arses, they took their head out first. 😮‍💨

For real, is it asking so much to simply LISTEN TO SEX WORKERS when discussing laws about sex work..?

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Extra:

> Many members, meanwhile, took a cautious stance about expanding the definition of prostitution to include anal intercourse, arguing that public authorities should be careful about intervening in sexual activity, which is highly personal.

But if it's vaginal it's completely fine for authorities to intervene and ban it, right..?

What a bag of 💩.

And the draft itself is even worse… 😩

#SexWork #Japan #Criminalization #DecrimNow

RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/117149781622837997

So, “expert” panel on sex work made of cis white accommodated men whose only knowledge about sex work is from the times they hired a whore..? (And which they'll all deny, so nominally: none whatsoever)

And TALKING WITH SEX WORKERS themselves or their associations (such as SWASH) is not even CONSIDERED..?

Great to know that an “expert panel” is not required to have two working neurons between all its members. 😮‍💨🤦‍♀️

For real, they actually have the galls to claim something like…

> Panel members also stressed the importance of providing sex workers with protection and support tailored to their respective circumstances, as needed.

… once more, while not even looking for sex worker input… 🙄 “tailored to their circumstances” the hell it is…

… and yet to STOP MAKING THEM CRIMINALS is judged unacceptable, for what's basically no reason whatsoever:

> However, a majority of members called for maintaining the [anti-prostitution] provisions, noting that scrapping them could send the wrong message

Sure, let's also prohibit giving food or money to the unhoused because not doing so could send the wrong message that vagrancy is tolerated. Or let's forbid giving people mental health support, least somebody assumed lunacy is tolerated. And let's of course sanction sex education, heavens forbid somebody could think that an ectopic pregnancy might require an abortion!

I seriously have a hard time believing these people have though twice (or once) the nonsense they're sprouting. 🤦‍♀️

What's more, they're pushing at the same time towards actively making their situation worse:

> the panel agreed to increase the upper limit on the fines, according to the draft report.

“protection” and “support” s'yeah. For their own wallets if anything; for sex workers' actual safety, that's not even lip service.

Wish instead of taking their judgements out of their arses, they took their head out first. 😮‍💨

For real, is it asking so much to simply LISTEN TO SEX WORKERS when discussing laws about sex work..?

-

Extra:

> Many members, meanwhile, took a cautious stance about expanding the definition of prostitution to include anal intercourse, arguing that public authorities should be careful about intervening in sexual activity, which is highly personal.

But if it's vaginal it's completely fine for authorities to intervene and ban it, right..?

What a bag of 💩.

And the draft itself is even worse… 😩

#SexWork #Japan #Criminalization #DecrimNow

RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/117149781622837997

So, “expert” panel on sex work made of cis white accommodated men whose only knowledge about sex work is from the times they hired a whore..? (And which they'll all deny, so nominally: none whatsoever)

And TALKING WITH SEX WORKERS themselves or their associations (such as SWASH) is not even CONSIDERED..?

Great to know that an “expert panel” is not required to have two working neurons between all its members. 😮‍💨🤦‍♀️

For real, they actually have the galls to claim something like…

> Panel members also stressed the importance of providing sex workers with protection and support tailored to their respective circumstances, as needed.

… once more, while not even looking for sex worker input… 🙄 “tailored to their circumstances” the hell it is…

… and yet to STOP MAKING THEM CRIMINALS is judged unacceptable, for what's basically no reason whatsoever:

> However, a majority of members called for maintaining the [anti-prostitution] provisions, noting that scrapping them could send the wrong message

Sure, let's also prohibit giving food or money to the unhoused because not doing so could send the wrong message that vagrancy is tolerated. Or let's forbid giving people mental health support, least somebody assumed lunacy is tolerated. And let's of course sanction sex education, heavens forbid somebody could think that an ectopic pregnancy might require an abortion!

I seriously have a hard time believing these people have though twice (or once) the nonsense they're sprouting. 🤦‍♀️

What's more, they're pushing at the same time towards actively making their situation worse:

> the panel agreed to increase the upper limit on the fines, according to the draft report.

“protection” and “support” s'yeah. For their own wallets if anything; for sex workers' actual safety, that's not even lip service.

Wish instead of taking their judgements out of their arses, they took their head out first. 😮‍💨

For real, is it asking so much to simply LISTEN TO SEX WORKERS when discussing laws about sex work..?

-

Extra:

> Many members, meanwhile, took a cautious stance about expanding the definition of prostitution to include anal intercourse, arguing that public authorities should be careful about intervening in sexual activity, which is highly personal.

But if it's vaginal it's completely fine for authorities to intervene and ban it, right..?

What a bag of 💩.

And the draft itself is even worse… 😩

#SexWork #Japan #Criminalization #DecrimNow

RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/117149781622837997

So, “expert” panel on sex work made of cis white accommodated men whose only knowledge about sex work is from the times they hired a whore..? (And which they'll all deny, so nominally: none whatsoever)

And TALKING WITH SEX WORKERS themselves or their associations (such as SWASH) is not even CONSIDERED..?

Great to know that an “expert panel” is not required to have two working neurons between all its members. 😮‍💨🤦‍♀️

For real, they actually have the galls to claim something like…

> Panel members also stressed the importance of providing sex workers with protection and support tailored to their respective circumstances, as needed.

… once more, while not even looking for sex worker input… 🙄 “tailored to their circumstances” the hell it is…

… and yet to STOP MAKING THEM CRIMINALS is judged unacceptable, for what's basically no reason whatsoever:

> However, a majority of members called for maintaining the [anti-prostitution] provisions, noting that scrapping them could send the wrong message

Sure, let's also prohibit giving food or money to the unhoused because not doing so could send the wrong message that vagrancy is tolerated. Or let's forbid giving people mental health support, least somebody assumed lunacy is tolerated. And let's of course sanction sex education, heavens forbid somebody could think that an ectopic pregnancy might require an abortion!

I seriously have a hard time believing these people have though twice (or once) the nonsense they're sprouting. 🤦‍♀️

What's more, they're pushing at the same time towards actively making their situation worse:

> the panel agreed to increase the upper limit on the fines, according to the draft report.

“protection” and “support” s'yeah. For their own wallets if anything; for sex workers' actual safety, that's not even lip service.

Wish instead of taking their judgements out of their arses, they took their head out first. 😮‍💨

For real, is it asking so much to simply LISTEN TO SEX WORKERS when discussing laws about sex work..?

-

Extra:

> Many members, meanwhile, took a cautious stance about expanding the definition of prostitution to include anal intercourse, arguing that public authorities should be careful about intervening in sexual activity, which is highly personal.

But if it's vaginal it's completely fine for authorities to intervene and ban it, right..?

What a bag of 💩.

And the draft itself is even worse… 😩

#SexWork #Japan #Criminalization #DecrimNow

RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/117149781622837997

So, “expert” panel on sex work made of cis white accommodated men whose only knowledge about sex work is from the times they hired a whore..? (And which they'll all deny, so nominally: none whatsoever)

And TALKING WITH SEX WORKERS themselves or their associations (such as SWASH) is not even CONSIDERED..?

Great to know that an “expert panel” is not required to have two working neurons between all its members. 😮‍💨🤦‍♀️

For real, they actually have the galls to claim something like…

> Panel members also stressed the importance of providing sex workers with protection and support tailored to their respective circumstances, as needed.

… once more, while not even looking for sex worker input… 🙄 “tailored to their circumstances” the hell it is…

… and yet to STOP MAKING THEM CRIMINALS is judged unacceptable, for what's basically no reason whatsoever:

> However, a majority of members called for maintaining the [anti-prostitution] provisions, noting that scrapping them could send the wrong message

Sure, let's also prohibit giving food or money to the unhoused because not doing so could send the wrong message that vagrancy is tolerated. Or let's forbid giving people mental health support, least somebody assumed lunacy is tolerated. And let's of course sanction sex education, heavens forbid somebody could think that an ectopic pregnancy might require an abortion!

I seriously have a hard time believing these people have though twice (or once) the nonsense they're sprouting. 🤦‍♀️

What's more, they're pushing at the same time towards actively making their situation worse:

> the panel agreed to increase the upper limit on the fines, according to the draft report.

“protection” and “support” s'yeah. For their own wallets if anything; for sex workers' actual safety, that's not even lip service.

Wish instead of taking their judgements out of their arses, they took their head out first. 😮‍💨

For real, is it asking so much to simply LISTEN TO SEX WORKERS when discussing laws about sex work..?

-

Extra:

> Many members, meanwhile, took a cautious stance about expanding the definition of prostitution to include anal intercourse, arguing that public authorities should be careful about intervening in sexual activity, which is highly personal.

But if it's vaginal it's completely fine for authorities to intervene and ban it, right..?

What a bag of 💩.

And the draft itself is even worse… 😩

#SexWork #Japan #Criminalization #DecrimNow

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/117131968640614439

In case one wants something more official-sounding than [the quoted minirant] — here's SIN's* statement.

* SIN is South Australia's peer-led sex worker network.

#SexWork #SINSA #Adelaide #Australia #SouthAustralia #Zonification #Discrimination #DecrimNow

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/117131968640614439

In case one wants something more official-sounding than [the quoted minirant] — here's SIN's* statement.

* SIN is South Australia's peer-led sex worker network.

#SexWork #SINSA #Adelaide #Australia #SouthAustralia #Zonification #Discrimination #DecrimNow

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/117131968640614439

In case one wants something more official-sounding than [the quoted minirant] — here's SIN's* statement.

* SIN is South Australia's peer-led sex worker network.

#SexWork #SINSA #Adelaide #Australia #SouthAustralia #Zonification #Discrimination #DecrimNow

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/117131968640614439

In case one wants something more official-sounding than [the quoted minirant] — here's SIN's* statement.

* SIN is South Australia's peer-led sex worker network.

#SexWork #SINSA #Adelaide #Australia #SouthAustralia #Zonification #Discrimination #DecrimNow

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/117131968640614439

In case one wants something more official-sounding than [the quoted minirant] — here's SIN's* statement.

* SIN is South Australia's peer-led sex worker network.

#SexWork #SINSA #Adelaide #Australia #SouthAustralia #Zonification #Discrimination #DecrimNow

«Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - The Softer Side of Criminalization»

https://www.swopbehindbars.org/post/not-your-mama-feminism-the-policy-in-practice-the-softer-side-of-criminalization

> What was once openly punitive is now framed as diversion, exit, or support. People are told they aren’t being punished - they’re being helped. But the help comes with conditions, and those conditions begin with arrest.

> The police still initiate the process. The courts still control the outcome.

> The assumption driving these systems is not subtle. It is the belief that people in the sex trade cannot be trusted to define their own needs, that safety must be coerced, and support only works when backed by punishment. Once this assumption is embedded in policy, autonomy is no longer possible.

> What disappears in these systems is not just flexibility, but real choice. Services are not offered freely. Under arrest-based “support” models, assistance is no longer something a person can opt into or out of; it becomes something they must earn through compliance.

> Genuine equality would treat sex work like every other form of labor affected by risk, stigma, and exploitation. It would mean access to services without arrest, healthcare without surveillance, job training without coercion, and the right to stay, leave, or transition on one’s own terms.

> Buyer criminalization and mandated exit programs do not offer equality. They offer control with better branding.

— SWOP Behind Bars 🇺🇸

💯

#SexWork #SWOPBehindBars #Criminalization #Decrim #DecrimNow

«Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - The Softer Side of Criminalization»

https://www.swopbehindbars.org/post/not-your-mama-feminism-the-policy-in-practice-the-softer-side-of-criminalization

> What was once openly punitive is now framed as diversion, exit, or support. People are told they aren’t being punished - they’re being helped. But the help comes with conditions, and those conditions begin with arrest.

> The police still initiate the process. The courts still control the outcome.

> The assumption driving these systems is not subtle. It is the belief that people in the sex trade cannot be trusted to define their own needs, that safety must be coerced, and support only works when backed by punishment. Once this assumption is embedded in policy, autonomy is no longer possible.

> What disappears in these systems is not just flexibility, but real choice. Services are not offered freely. Under arrest-based “support” models, assistance is no longer something a person can opt into or out of; it becomes something they must earn through compliance.

> Genuine equality would treat sex work like every other form of labor affected by risk, stigma, and exploitation. It would mean access to services without arrest, healthcare without surveillance, job training without coercion, and the right to stay, leave, or transition on one’s own terms.

> Buyer criminalization and mandated exit programs do not offer equality. They offer control with better branding.

— SWOP Behind Bars 🇺🇸

💯

#SexWork #SWOPBehindBars #Criminalization #Decrim #DecrimNow

«Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - The Softer Side of Criminalization»

https://www.swopbehindbars.org/post/not-your-mama-feminism-the-policy-in-practice-the-softer-side-of-criminalization

> What was once openly punitive is now framed as diversion, exit, or support. People are told they aren’t being punished - they’re being helped. But the help comes with conditions, and those conditions begin with arrest.

> The police still initiate the process. The courts still control the outcome.

> The assumption driving these systems is not subtle. It is the belief that people in the sex trade cannot be trusted to define their own needs, that safety must be coerced, and support only works when backed by punishment. Once this assumption is embedded in policy, autonomy is no longer possible.

> What disappears in these systems is not just flexibility, but real choice. Services are not offered freely. Under arrest-based “support” models, assistance is no longer something a person can opt into or out of; it becomes something they must earn through compliance.

> Genuine equality would treat sex work like every other form of labor affected by risk, stigma, and exploitation. It would mean access to services without arrest, healthcare without surveillance, job training without coercion, and the right to stay, leave, or transition on one’s own terms.

> Buyer criminalization and mandated exit programs do not offer equality. They offer control with better branding.

— SWOP Behind Bars 🇺🇸

💯

#SexWork #SWOPBehindBars #Criminalization #Decrim #DecrimNow

«Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - The Softer Side of Criminalization»

https://www.swopbehindbars.org/post/not-your-mama-feminism-the-policy-in-practice-the-softer-side-of-criminalization

> What was once openly punitive is now framed as diversion, exit, or support. People are told they aren’t being punished - they’re being helped. But the help comes with conditions, and those conditions begin with arrest.

> The police still initiate the process. The courts still control the outcome.

> The assumption driving these systems is not subtle. It is the belief that people in the sex trade cannot be trusted to define their own needs, that safety must be coerced, and support only works when backed by punishment. Once this assumption is embedded in policy, autonomy is no longer possible.

> What disappears in these systems is not just flexibility, but real choice. Services are not offered freely. Under arrest-based “support” models, assistance is no longer something a person can opt into or out of; it becomes something they must earn through compliance.

> Genuine equality would treat sex work like every other form of labor affected by risk, stigma, and exploitation. It would mean access to services without arrest, healthcare without surveillance, job training without coercion, and the right to stay, leave, or transition on one’s own terms.

> Buyer criminalization and mandated exit programs do not offer equality. They offer control with better branding.

— SWOP Behind Bars 🇺🇸

💯

#SexWork #SWOPBehindBars #Criminalization #Decrim #DecrimNow

«Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - The Softer Side of Criminalization»

https://www.swopbehindbars.org/post/not-your-mama-feminism-the-policy-in-practice-the-softer-side-of-criminalization

> What was once openly punitive is now framed as diversion, exit, or support. People are told they aren’t being punished - they’re being helped. But the help comes with conditions, and those conditions begin with arrest.

> The police still initiate the process. The courts still control the outcome.

> The assumption driving these systems is not subtle. It is the belief that people in the sex trade cannot be trusted to define their own needs, that safety must be coerced, and support only works when backed by punishment. Once this assumption is embedded in policy, autonomy is no longer possible.

> What disappears in these systems is not just flexibility, but real choice. Services are not offered freely. Under arrest-based “support” models, assistance is no longer something a person can opt into or out of; it becomes something they must earn through compliance.

> Genuine equality would treat sex work like every other form of labor affected by risk, stigma, and exploitation. It would mean access to services without arrest, healthcare without surveillance, job training without coercion, and the right to stay, leave, or transition on one’s own terms.

> Buyer criminalization and mandated exit programs do not offer equality. They offer control with better branding.

— SWOP Behind Bars 🇺🇸

💯

#SexWork #SWOPBehindBars #Criminalization #Decrim #DecrimNow

National Ugly Mugs is looking for sex worker artists and writers~

Interested? Contact:
📧 [email protected]

👠📝🎨🇬🇧🇮🇪

> Are you a writer or visual artist with lived experience of the adult industry? Do you have a piece you want to submit to Under the Red Umbrella zine?

> Please get in touch with us and tell us a bit about your work, we would love to feature (and pay!) you. All are welcome! 🌟

#NUM #SexWork #ArtistCallOut #DecrimNow #UK #Ireland #NationalUglyMugs

National Ugly Mugs is looking for sex worker artists and writers~

Interested? Contact:
📧 [email protected]

👠📝🎨🇬🇧🇮🇪

> Are you a writer or visual artist with lived experience of the adult industry? Do you have a piece you want to submit to Under the Red Umbrella zine?

> Please get in touch with us and tell us a bit about your work, we would love to feature (and pay!) you. All are welcome! 🌟

#NUM #SexWork #ArtistCallOut #DecrimNow #UK #Ireland #NationalUglyMugs

National Ugly Mugs is looking for sex worker artists and writers~

Interested? Contact:
📧 [email protected]

👠📝🎨🇬🇧🇮🇪

> Are you a writer or visual artist with lived experience of the adult industry? Do you have a piece you want to submit to Under the Red Umbrella zine?

> Please get in touch with us and tell us a bit about your work, we would love to feature (and pay!) you. All are welcome! 🌟

#NUM #SexWork #ArtistCallOut #DecrimNow #UK #Ireland #NationalUglyMugs

National Ugly Mugs is looking for sex worker artists and writers~

Interested? Contact:
📧 [email protected]

👠📝🎨🇬🇧🇮🇪

> Are you a writer or visual artist with lived experience of the adult industry? Do you have a piece you want to submit to Under the Red Umbrella zine?

> Please get in touch with us and tell us a bit about your work, we would love to feature (and pay!) you. All are welcome! 🌟

#NUM #SexWork #ArtistCallOut #DecrimNow #UK #Ireland #NationalUglyMugs

National Ugly Mugs is looking for sex worker artists and writers~

Interested? Contact:
📧 [email protected]

👠📝🎨🇬🇧🇮🇪

> Are you a writer or visual artist with lived experience of the adult industry? Do you have a piece you want to submit to Under the Red Umbrella zine?

> Please get in touch with us and tell us a bit about your work, we would love to feature (and pay!) you. All are welcome! 🌟

#NUM #SexWork #ArtistCallOut #DecrimNow #UK #Ireland #NationalUglyMugs

Damn; did I really forget to share this..?

«Call to action: Endorse the statement on joint concern regarding the proposed amendment to Article 487 in Lithuania»

https://swannet.org/endorsement-request-joint-concern-regarding-the-proposed-amendment-to-article-487-in-lithuania/

📄 Full statement: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JWTrul7yKYIJzP5zbrwmsUCqnQyEr1lS/view

🖋️ Signatures: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mST_pdQGPlxicKDEp73pc2J4EmPmCUB-nLiCoHfAsWY/view

> SWAN and the Association “Soma Teisės”  are collecting organizational and individual endorsements in response to the proposed amendment to Article 487 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Lithuania, which would significantly increase fines for the paid use of sexual services while keeping sex workers punishable.

> We are concerned that the proposal does not provide real protection for sex workers or people in vulnerable situations. Instead, it risks increasing stigma, policing, and unsafe working conditions, while failing to introduce concrete measures such as access to health care, legal aid, housing support, safe reporting mechanisms, social protection, or protection from violence and exploitation.

Punishment is not protection!

#SexWork #SomaTeisės #Lithuania #SWAN #DecrimNow #Signatures

Damn; did I really forget to share this..?

«Call to action: Endorse the statement on joint concern regarding the proposed amendment to Article 487 in Lithuania»

https://swannet.org/endorsement-request-joint-concern-regarding-the-proposed-amendment-to-article-487-in-lithuania/

📄 Full statement: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JWTrul7yKYIJzP5zbrwmsUCqnQyEr1lS/view

🖋️ Signatures: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mST_pdQGPlxicKDEp73pc2J4EmPmCUB-nLiCoHfAsWY/view

> SWAN and the Association “Soma Teisės”  are collecting organizational and individual endorsements in response to the proposed amendment to Article 487 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Lithuania, which would significantly increase fines for the paid use of sexual services while keeping sex workers punishable.

> We are concerned that the proposal does not provide real protection for sex workers or people in vulnerable situations. Instead, it risks increasing stigma, policing, and unsafe working conditions, while failing to introduce concrete measures such as access to health care, legal aid, housing support, safe reporting mechanisms, social protection, or protection from violence and exploitation.

Punishment is not protection!

#SexWork #SomaTeisės #Lithuania #SWAN #DecrimNow #Signatures

> SWAN's office is temporarily closed during the FIFA World Cup due to a heavy police presence and surveillance in the downtown core, and the increased risk of arrest, detention and deportation of im/migrant sex workers.

🇨🇦👠📰 https://swanvancouver.ca/office-closed/

Sigh. When the “““safety””” measures to “““combat trafficking””” and “““protect women””” lead to organizations ACTUALLY providing safe and effective support to precarious, marginalized (and even up to actually trafficked) women HAVING TO CLOSE… 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Clearly something ain't working right.
Sure isn't for the lack of warnings however. “Maybe” it's actually working just as intended after all… 😮‍💨

Does anyone seriously believe half a word of the official pitches, anyway..? They keep getting more and more shameful by the day.

#DecrimNow, dangit!

#SexWork #Canada #Vancouver #SWAN #NordicModel #Police

> SWAN's office is temporarily closed during the FIFA World Cup due to a heavy police presence and surveillance in the downtown core, and the increased risk of arrest, detention and deportation of im/migrant sex workers.

🇨🇦👠📰 https://swanvancouver.ca/office-closed/

Sigh. When the “““safety””” measures to “““combat trafficking””” and “““protect women””” lead to organizations ACTUALLY providing safe and effective support to precarious, marginalized (and even up to actually trafficked) women HAVING TO CLOSE… 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Clearly something ain't working right.
Sure isn't for the lack of warnings however. “Maybe” it's actually working just as intended after all… 😮‍💨

Does anyone seriously believe half a word of the official pitches, anyway..? They keep getting more and more shameful by the day.

#DecrimNow, dangit!

#SexWork #Canada #Vancouver #SWAN #NordicModel #Police

> SWAN's office is temporarily closed during the FIFA World Cup due to a heavy police presence and surveillance in the downtown core, and the increased risk of arrest, detention and deportation of im/migrant sex workers.

🇨🇦👠📰 https://swanvancouver.ca/office-closed/

Sigh. When the “““safety””” measures to “““combat trafficking””” and “““protect women””” lead to organizations ACTUALLY providing safe and effective support to precarious, marginalized (and even up to actually trafficked) women HAVING TO CLOSE… 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Clearly something ain't working right.
Sure isn't for the lack of warnings however. “Maybe” it's actually working just as intended after all… 😮‍💨

Does anyone seriously believe half a word of the official pitches, anyway..? They keep getting more and more shameful by the day.

#DecrimNow, dangit!

#SexWork #Canada #Vancouver #SWAN #NordicModel #Police

> SWAN's office is temporarily closed during the FIFA World Cup due to a heavy police presence and surveillance in the downtown core, and the increased risk of arrest, detention and deportation of im/migrant sex workers.

🇨🇦👠📰 https://swanvancouver.ca/office-closed/

Sigh. When the “““safety””” measures to “““combat trafficking””” and “““protect women””” lead to organizations ACTUALLY providing safe and effective support to precarious, marginalized (and even up to actually trafficked) women HAVING TO CLOSE… 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Clearly something ain't working right.
Sure isn't for the lack of warnings however. “Maybe” it's actually working just as intended after all… 😮‍💨

Does anyone seriously believe half a word of the official pitches, anyway..? They keep getting more and more shameful by the day.

#DecrimNow, dangit!

#SexWork #Canada #Vancouver #SWAN #NordicModel #Police

> SWAN's office is temporarily closed during the FIFA World Cup due to a heavy police presence and surveillance in the downtown core, and the increased risk of arrest, detention and deportation of im/migrant sex workers.

🇨🇦👠📰 https://swanvancouver.ca/office-closed/

Sigh. When the “““safety””” measures to “““combat trafficking””” and “““protect women””” lead to organizations ACTUALLY providing safe and effective support to precarious, marginalized (and even up to actually trafficked) women HAVING TO CLOSE… 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Clearly something ain't working right.
Sure isn't for the lack of warnings however. “Maybe” it's actually working just as intended after all… 😮‍💨

Does anyone seriously believe half a word of the official pitches, anyway..? They keep getting more and more shameful by the day.

#DecrimNow, dangit!

#SexWork #Canada #Vancouver #SWAN #NordicModel #Police

#nsfw #sw #sexwork #sexworkiswork #decrimnow Decriminalized sex work is safer than marriage.

Report launch: «Sex Workers Navigating Gendered Poverty»

🗓 Monday 30th March
💻 Online 🕓 13:00–14:30 UTC
✍️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decrim-now-report-launch-sex-workers-navigating-gendered-poverty-tickets-1983265489467

> Next Monday 30th March, 2-3.30pm, we’ll be hosting an online event to discuss the findings of our autumn 2025 research report on why people go into sex work and remain in it, and what they’d like the government to do to support them.

> We’ll be joined for a panel discussion by colleagues from the English Collective of Prostitutes, National Ugly Mugs, BASIS Yorkshire and Amnesty International UK. We’re looking forward to discussing the current situation for sex workers’ rights in the UK, as well as how the cost of living crisis could be contributing to driving more people, especially women, into sex work.

— 🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/decrimnow.bsky.social/post/3mhsr5uoqfk2h

❤️‍🔥🤩❤️‍🔥

#SexWork #DecrimNow #UK #Precarity #Poverty #ECP #NUM #BASIS #AmnestyInternational #Online #2026W14

Report launch: «Sex Workers Navigating Gendered Poverty»

🗓 Monday 30th March
💻 Online 🕓 13:00–14:30 UTC
✍️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decrim-now-report-launch-sex-workers-navigating-gendered-poverty-tickets-1983265489467

> Next Monday 30th March, 2-3.30pm, we’ll be hosting an online event to discuss the findings of our autumn 2025 research report on why people go into sex work and remain in it, and what they’d like the government to do to support them.

> We’ll be joined for a panel discussion by colleagues from the English Collective of Prostitutes, National Ugly Mugs, BASIS Yorkshire and Amnesty International UK. We’re looking forward to discussing the current situation for sex workers’ rights in the UK, as well as how the cost of living crisis could be contributing to driving more people, especially women, into sex work.

— 🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/decrimnow.bsky.social/post/3mhsr5uoqfk2h

❤️‍🔥🤩❤️‍🔥

#SexWork #DecrimNow #UK #Precarity #Poverty #ECP #NUM #BASIS #AmnestyInternational #Online #2026W14

Report launch: «Sex Workers Navigating Gendered Poverty»

🗓 Monday 30th March
💻 Online 🕓 13:00–14:30 UTC
✍️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decrim-now-report-launch-sex-workers-navigating-gendered-poverty-tickets-1983265489467

> Next Monday 30th March, 2-3.30pm, we’ll be hosting an online event to discuss the findings of our autumn 2025 research report on why people go into sex work and remain in it, and what they’d like the government to do to support them.

> We’ll be joined for a panel discussion by colleagues from the English Collective of Prostitutes, National Ugly Mugs, BASIS Yorkshire and Amnesty International UK. We’re looking forward to discussing the current situation for sex workers’ rights in the UK, as well as how the cost of living crisis could be contributing to driving more people, especially women, into sex work.

— 🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/decrimnow.bsky.social/post/3mhsr5uoqfk2h

❤️‍🔥🤩❤️‍🔥

#SexWork #DecrimNow #UK #Precarity #Poverty #ECP #NUM #BASIS #AmnestyInternational #Online #2026W14

Report launch: «Sex Workers Navigating Gendered Poverty»

🗓 Monday 30th March
💻 Online 🕓 13:00–14:30 UTC
✍️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decrim-now-report-launch-sex-workers-navigating-gendered-poverty-tickets-1983265489467

> Next Monday 30th March, 2-3.30pm, we’ll be hosting an online event to discuss the findings of our autumn 2025 research report on why people go into sex work and remain in it, and what they’d like the government to do to support them.

> We’ll be joined for a panel discussion by colleagues from the English Collective of Prostitutes, National Ugly Mugs, BASIS Yorkshire and Amnesty International UK. We’re looking forward to discussing the current situation for sex workers’ rights in the UK, as well as how the cost of living crisis could be contributing to driving more people, especially women, into sex work.

— 🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/decrimnow.bsky.social/post/3mhsr5uoqfk2h

❤️‍🔥🤩❤️‍🔥

#SexWork #DecrimNow #UK #Precarity #Poverty #ECP #NUM #BASIS #AmnestyInternational #Online #2026W14

Report launch: «Sex Workers Navigating Gendered Poverty»

🗓 Monday 30th March
💻 Online 🕓 13:00–14:30 UTC
✍️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decrim-now-report-launch-sex-workers-navigating-gendered-poverty-tickets-1983265489467

> Next Monday 30th March, 2-3.30pm, we’ll be hosting an online event to discuss the findings of our autumn 2025 research report on why people go into sex work and remain in it, and what they’d like the government to do to support them.

> We’ll be joined for a panel discussion by colleagues from the English Collective of Prostitutes, National Ugly Mugs, BASIS Yorkshire and Amnesty International UK. We’re looking forward to discussing the current situation for sex workers’ rights in the UK, as well as how the cost of living crisis could be contributing to driving more people, especially women, into sex work.

— 🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/decrimnow.bsky.social/post/3mhsr5uoqfk2h

❤️‍🔥🤩❤️‍🔥

#SexWork #DecrimNow #UK #Precarity #Poverty #ECP #NUM #BASIS #AmnestyInternational #Online #2026W14

💯 😢 #SexWork #Australia #Legal #Decrim #DecrimNow

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bmsg545cx6eppfxhsk44f5mp/post/3mgp67o276g2o

💯 😢 #SexWork #Australia #Legal #Decrim #DecrimNow

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bmsg545cx6eppfxhsk44f5mp/post/3mgp67o276g2o

💯 😢 #SexWork #Australia #Legal #Decrim #DecrimNow

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bmsg545cx6eppfxhsk44f5mp/post/3mgp67o276g2o

💯 😢 #SexWork #Australia #Legal #Decrim #DecrimNow

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bmsg545cx6eppfxhsk44f5mp/post/3mgp67o276g2o

«Decriminalise Our Lives!»

International Women's Day: Shared Vision for Feminism.

Statement by ESWA, EuroNPUD, S.A.F.E. and Equinox Initiative.

[I cannot agree more with it. ❤️‍🔥😍 💯]

-

‣ Criminalisation should NEVER be the first response to social and healthcare issues!

3 years ago, the 8 March Principles were launched - to provide a new model on how we see justice.

This International Women's Day, we're calling for care over carceralism, on issues including sex work, abortion, harm reduction, racial justice and poverty.

We advocate for a feminism that is rights-based, not punitive.

-

‣ Rights not rescue: sex work is work!

Criminalisation, including the criminalisation of clients, is a massive driver of violence against sex workers.

It drives sex work underground, into more danger and stigma, creates barriers to healthcare, housing, and justice.

The 8 March Principles emphasise that consensual sexual activity between adults should never be a matter for the criminal legal system.

Decriminalisation of sex work prioritises the safety, human and labour rights of sex workers.

-

‣ Criminalisation has never stopped abortions from happening. It only makes them less safe.

Under the 8 March Principles, reproductive and bodily autonomy are recognised as fundamental human rights.

We demand the removal of all punitive barriers to healthcare. When we treat abortion as a crime, we violate the right to health, privacy, and bodily autonomy. It is time for a legal system that trusts individuals to make decisions about their own bodies without the threat of a prison cell.

-

‣ Support, don't punish! Harm reduction saves lives. Criminalisation destroys them.

The “War on Drugs” is a war on all humans. In practice, it disproportionately impacts women, caregivers and communities already marginalised.

The 8 March Principles advocate for a shift from criminalisation to harm reduction. Drug use is a public health issue, not a criminal one. By redirecting resources from policing to community-supported healthcare and safe consumption services, we can transform our societies for the better.

Lived experience is knowledge.

-

‣ Carceralism vs. Racial Justice.

The legal system isn't “neutral”.
It disproportionately targets and penalises Black, Brown and racialised communities.

The 8 March Principles remind us that justice cannot be achieved through a system built on systemic bias. We must dismantle the structures of over-policing and invest in safety measures that are led by and for the communities most affected by state violence.

Anti-carceral feminism is essential to realising racial justice.

-

‣ The Shared Vision - Our Demands:

• Decriminalise abortion, sex work, drug use, and activities associated with poverty.

• Redirect resources from the carceral state to community-led safety, health, and housing.

• Adopt the 8 March Principles globally to ensure that human rights, not moral policing, guide our legal systems.

• Center lived experience as expertise: policies are stronger when shaped by the people most affected. Amplify community voices, recognise peer support, and treat people with dignity and autonomy.

-

‣ Poverty is not a crime!

In many places, being poor or homeless is effectively treated as a criminal offense.
Laws targeting activities like loitering or sleeping in public punish people for simply existing.

The 8 March Principles state that the criminal law should never be used to address social and economic exclusion.
We cannot jail our way out of poverty, and should never criminalise the means by which the poorest survive.

Resources belong in housing and healthcare, not policing and prisons.

-

‣ Further reading:

🌐 S.A.F.E. https://supportingabortions.eu

🌐 EuroNPUD: https://euronpud.net
➕ SisterWUD: https://euronpud.net/project/mobilising-women-who-use-drugs-and-combating-gender-based-violence-gbv/

🌐 European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance: https://www.eswalliance.org

🌐 Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice: https://equinox-eu.com

🗄📄 8 March Principles: https://web.archive.org/web/20230311063011/https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-MARCH-Principles-FINAL-printer-version-1-MARCH-2023.pdf

-

A safer world is possible when we stop using the law to punish and start using it to protect.

When we remove the threat of criminalisation, we create space for autonomy, safety, and dignity for all.
It also makes space for well-being and pleasure: safer choices, informed decisions, and self-determination.

‣ LET'S BUILD A FEMINISM THAT LIBERATES EVERYONE, SPECIALLY THE MOST MARGINALISED.

#8M #M8 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Europe #ESWA #SAFE #EuroNPUD #EquinoxInitiative #SexWork #HarmReduction #SRHR #Abortion #DrugUse #Decrim #DecrimNow #Decriminalization #Feminisms

«Decriminalise Our Lives!»

International Women's Day: Shared Vision for Feminism.

Statement by ESWA, EuroNPUD, S.A.F.E. and Equinox Initiative.

[I cannot agree more with it. ❤️‍🔥😍 💯]

-

‣ Criminalisation should NEVER be the first response to social and healthcare issues!

3 years ago, the 8 March Principles were launched - to provide a new model on how we see justice.

This International Women's Day, we're calling for care over carceralism, on issues including sex work, abortion, harm reduction, racial justice and poverty.

We advocate for a feminism that is rights-based, not punitive.

-

‣ Rights not rescue: sex work is work!

Criminalisation, including the criminalisation of clients, is a massive driver of violence against sex workers.

It drives sex work underground, into more danger and stigma, creates barriers to healthcare, housing, and justice.

The 8 March Principles emphasise that consensual sexual activity between adults should never be a matter for the criminal legal system.

Decriminalisation of sex work prioritises the safety, human and labour rights of sex workers.

-

‣ Criminalisation has never stopped abortions from happening. It only makes them less safe.

Under the 8 March Principles, reproductive and bodily autonomy are recognised as fundamental human rights.

We demand the removal of all punitive barriers to healthcare. When we treat abortion as a crime, we violate the right to health, privacy, and bodily autonomy. It is time for a legal system that trusts individuals to make decisions about their own bodies without the threat of a prison cell.

-

‣ Support, don't punish! Harm reduction saves lives. Criminalisation destroys them.

The “War on Drugs” is a war on all humans. In practice, it disproportionately impacts women, caregivers and communities already marginalised.

The 8 March Principles advocate for a shift from criminalisation to harm reduction. Drug use is a public health issue, not a criminal one. By redirecting resources from policing to community-supported healthcare and safe consumption services, we can transform our societies for the better.

Lived experience is knowledge.

-

‣ Carceralism vs. Racial Justice.

The legal system isn't “neutral”.
It disproportionately targets and penalises Black, Brown and racialised communities.

The 8 March Principles remind us that justice cannot be achieved through a system built on systemic bias. We must dismantle the structures of over-policing and invest in safety measures that are led by and for the communities most affected by state violence.

Anti-carceral feminism is essential to realising racial justice.

-

‣ The Shared Vision - Our Demands:

• Decriminalise abortion, sex work, drug use, and activities associated with poverty.

• Redirect resources from the carceral state to community-led safety, health, and housing.

• Adopt the 8 March Principles globally to ensure that human rights, not moral policing, guide our legal systems.

• Center lived experience as expertise: policies are stronger when shaped by the people most affected. Amplify community voices, recognise peer support, and treat people with dignity and autonomy.

-

‣ Poverty is not a crime!

In many places, being poor or homeless is effectively treated as a criminal offense.
Laws targeting activities like loitering or sleeping in public punish people for simply existing.

The 8 March Principles state that the criminal law should never be used to address social and economic exclusion.
We cannot jail our way out of poverty, and should never criminalise the means by which the poorest survive.

Resources belong in housing and healthcare, not policing and prisons.

-

‣ Further reading:

🌐 S.A.F.E. https://supportingabortions.eu

🌐 EuroNPUD: https://euronpud.net
➕ SisterWUD: https://euronpud.net/project/mobilising-women-who-use-drugs-and-combating-gender-based-violence-gbv/

🌐 European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance: https://www.eswalliance.org

🌐 Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice: https://equinox-eu.com

🗄📄 8 March Principles: https://web.archive.org/web/20230311063011/https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-MARCH-Principles-FINAL-printer-version-1-MARCH-2023.pdf

-

A safer world is possible when we stop using the law to punish and start using it to protect.

When we remove the threat of criminalisation, we create space for autonomy, safety, and dignity for all.
It also makes space for well-being and pleasure: safer choices, informed decisions, and self-determination.

‣ LET'S BUILD A FEMINISM THAT LIBERATES EVERYONE, SPECIALLY THE MOST MARGINALISED.

#8M #M8 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Europe #ESWA #SAFE #EuroNPUD #EquinoxInitiative #SexWork #HarmReduction #SRHR #Abortion #DrugUse #Decrim #DecrimNow #Decriminalization #Feminisms

«Decriminalise Our Lives!»

International Women's Day: Shared Vision for Feminism.

Statement by ESWA, EuroNPUD, S.A.F.E. and Equinox Initiative.

[I cannot agree more with it. ❤️‍🔥😍 💯]

-

‣ Criminalisation should NEVER be the first response to social and healthcare issues!

3 years ago, the 8 March Principles were launched - to provide a new model on how we see justice.

This International Women's Day, we're calling for care over carceralism, on issues including sex work, abortion, harm reduction, racial justice and poverty.

We advocate for a feminism that is rights-based, not punitive.

-

‣ Rights not rescue: sex work is work!

Criminalisation, including the criminalisation of clients, is a massive driver of violence against sex workers.

It drives sex work underground, into more danger and stigma, creates barriers to healthcare, housing, and justice.

The 8 March Principles emphasise that consensual sexual activity between adults should never be a matter for the criminal legal system.

Decriminalisation of sex work prioritises the safety, human and labour rights of sex workers.

-

‣ Criminalisation has never stopped abortions from happening. It only makes them less safe.

Under the 8 March Principles, reproductive and bodily autonomy are recognised as fundamental human rights.

We demand the removal of all punitive barriers to healthcare. When we treat abortion as a crime, we violate the right to health, privacy, and bodily autonomy. It is time for a legal system that trusts individuals to make decisions about their own bodies without the threat of a prison cell.

-

‣ Support, don't punish! Harm reduction saves lives. Criminalisation destroys them.

The “War on Drugs” is a war on all humans. In practice, it disproportionately impacts women, caregivers and communities already marginalised.

The 8 March Principles advocate for a shift from criminalisation to harm reduction. Drug use is a public health issue, not a criminal one. By redirecting resources from policing to community-supported healthcare and safe consumption services, we can transform our societies for the better.

Lived experience is knowledge.

-

‣ Carceralism vs. Racial Justice.

The legal system isn't “neutral”.
It disproportionately targets and penalises Black, Brown and racialised communities.

The 8 March Principles remind us that justice cannot be achieved through a system built on systemic bias. We must dismantle the structures of over-policing and invest in safety measures that are led by and for the communities most affected by state violence.

Anti-carceral feminism is essential to realising racial justice.

-

‣ The Shared Vision - Our Demands:

• Decriminalise abortion, sex work, drug use, and activities associated with poverty.

• Redirect resources from the carceral state to community-led safety, health, and housing.

• Adopt the 8 March Principles globally to ensure that human rights, not moral policing, guide our legal systems.

• Center lived experience as expertise: policies are stronger when shaped by the people most affected. Amplify community voices, recognise peer support, and treat people with dignity and autonomy.

-

‣ Poverty is not a crime!

In many places, being poor or homeless is effectively treated as a criminal offense.
Laws targeting activities like loitering or sleeping in public punish people for simply existing.

The 8 March Principles state that the criminal law should never be used to address social and economic exclusion.
We cannot jail our way out of poverty, and should never criminalise the means by which the poorest survive.

Resources belong in housing and healthcare, not policing and prisons.

-

‣ Further reading:

🌐 S.A.F.E. https://supportingabortions.eu

🌐 EuroNPUD: https://euronpud.net
➕ SisterWUD: https://euronpud.net/project/mobilising-women-who-use-drugs-and-combating-gender-based-violence-gbv/

🌐 European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance: https://www.eswalliance.org

🌐 Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice: https://equinox-eu.com

🗄📄 8 March Principles: https://web.archive.org/web/20230311063011/https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-MARCH-Principles-FINAL-printer-version-1-MARCH-2023.pdf

-

A safer world is possible when we stop using the law to punish and start using it to protect.

When we remove the threat of criminalisation, we create space for autonomy, safety, and dignity for all.
It also makes space for well-being and pleasure: safer choices, informed decisions, and self-determination.

‣ LET'S BUILD A FEMINISM THAT LIBERATES EVERYONE, SPECIALLY THE MOST MARGINALISED.

#8M #M8 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Europe #ESWA #SAFE #EuroNPUD #EquinoxInitiative #SexWork #HarmReduction #SRHR #Abortion #DrugUse #Decrim #DecrimNow #Decriminalization #Feminisms

«Decriminalise Our Lives!»

International Women's Day: Shared Vision for Feminism.

Statement by ESWA, EuroNPUD, S.A.F.E. and Equinox Initiative.

[I cannot agree more with it. ❤️‍🔥😍 💯]

-

‣ Criminalisation should NEVER be the first response to social and healthcare issues!

3 years ago, the 8 March Principles were launched - to provide a new model on how we see justice.

This International Women's Day, we're calling for care over carceralism, on issues including sex work, abortion, harm reduction, racial justice and poverty.

We advocate for a feminism that is rights-based, not punitive.

-

‣ Rights not rescue: sex work is work!

Criminalisation, including the criminalisation of clients, is a massive driver of violence against sex workers.

It drives sex work underground, into more danger and stigma, creates barriers to healthcare, housing, and justice.

The 8 March Principles emphasise that consensual sexual activity between adults should never be a matter for the criminal legal system.

Decriminalisation of sex work prioritises the safety, human and labour rights of sex workers.

-

‣ Criminalisation has never stopped abortions from happening. It only makes them less safe.

Under the 8 March Principles, reproductive and bodily autonomy are recognised as fundamental human rights.

We demand the removal of all punitive barriers to healthcare. When we treat abortion as a crime, we violate the right to health, privacy, and bodily autonomy. It is time for a legal system that trusts individuals to make decisions about their own bodies without the threat of a prison cell.

-

‣ Support, don't punish! Harm reduction saves lives. Criminalisation destroys them.

The “War on Drugs” is a war on all humans. In practice, it disproportionately impacts women, caregivers and communities already marginalised.

The 8 March Principles advocate for a shift from criminalisation to harm reduction. Drug use is a public health issue, not a criminal one. By redirecting resources from policing to community-supported healthcare and safe consumption services, we can transform our societies for the better.

Lived experience is knowledge.

-

‣ Carceralism vs. Racial Justice.

The legal system isn't “neutral”.
It disproportionately targets and penalises Black, Brown and racialised communities.

The 8 March Principles remind us that justice cannot be achieved through a system built on systemic bias. We must dismantle the structures of over-policing and invest in safety measures that are led by and for the communities most affected by state violence.

Anti-carceral feminism is essential to realising racial justice.

-

‣ The Shared Vision - Our Demands:

• Decriminalise abortion, sex work, drug use, and activities associated with poverty.

• Redirect resources from the carceral state to community-led safety, health, and housing.

• Adopt the 8 March Principles globally to ensure that human rights, not moral policing, guide our legal systems.

• Center lived experience as expertise: policies are stronger when shaped by the people most affected. Amplify community voices, recognise peer support, and treat people with dignity and autonomy.

-

‣ Poverty is not a crime!

In many places, being poor or homeless is effectively treated as a criminal offense.
Laws targeting activities like loitering or sleeping in public punish people for simply existing.

The 8 March Principles state that the criminal law should never be used to address social and economic exclusion.
We cannot jail our way out of poverty, and should never criminalise the means by which the poorest survive.

Resources belong in housing and healthcare, not policing and prisons.

-

‣ Further reading:

🌐 S.A.F.E. https://supportingabortions.eu

🌐 EuroNPUD: https://euronpud.net
➕ SisterWUD: https://euronpud.net/project/mobilising-women-who-use-drugs-and-combating-gender-based-violence-gbv/

🌐 European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance: https://www.eswalliance.org

🌐 Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice: https://equinox-eu.com

🗄📄 8 March Principles: https://web.archive.org/web/20230311063011/https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-MARCH-Principles-FINAL-printer-version-1-MARCH-2023.pdf

-

A safer world is possible when we stop using the law to punish and start using it to protect.

When we remove the threat of criminalisation, we create space for autonomy, safety, and dignity for all.
It also makes space for well-being and pleasure: safer choices, informed decisions, and self-determination.

‣ LET'S BUILD A FEMINISM THAT LIBERATES EVERYONE, SPECIALLY THE MOST MARGINALISED.

#8M #M8 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Europe #ESWA #SAFE #EuroNPUD #EquinoxInitiative #SexWork #HarmReduction #SRHR #Abortion #DrugUse #Decrim #DecrimNow #Decriminalization #Feminisms

«Decriminalise Our Lives!»

International Women's Day: Shared Vision for Feminism.

Statement by ESWA, EuroNPUD, S.A.F.E. and Equinox Initiative.

[I cannot agree more with it. ❤️‍🔥😍 💯]

-

‣ Criminalisation should NEVER be the first response to social and healthcare issues!

3 years ago, the 8 March Principles were launched - to provide a new model on how we see justice.

This International Women's Day, we're calling for care over carceralism, on issues including sex work, abortion, harm reduction, racial justice and poverty.

We advocate for a feminism that is rights-based, not punitive.

-

‣ Rights not rescue: sex work is work!

Criminalisation, including the criminalisation of clients, is a massive driver of violence against sex workers.

It drives sex work underground, into more danger and stigma, creates barriers to healthcare, housing, and justice.

The 8 March Principles emphasise that consensual sexual activity between adults should never be a matter for the criminal legal system.

Decriminalisation of sex work prioritises the safety, human and labour rights of sex workers.

-

‣ Criminalisation has never stopped abortions from happening. It only makes them less safe.

Under the 8 March Principles, reproductive and bodily autonomy are recognised as fundamental human rights.

We demand the removal of all punitive barriers to healthcare. When we treat abortion as a crime, we violate the right to health, privacy, and bodily autonomy. It is time for a legal system that trusts individuals to make decisions about their own bodies without the threat of a prison cell.

-

‣ Support, don't punish! Harm reduction saves lives. Criminalisation destroys them.

The “War on Drugs” is a war on all humans. In practice, it disproportionately impacts women, caregivers and communities already marginalised.

The 8 March Principles advocate for a shift from criminalisation to harm reduction. Drug use is a public health issue, not a criminal one. By redirecting resources from policing to community-supported healthcare and safe consumption services, we can transform our societies for the better.

Lived experience is knowledge.

-

‣ Carceralism vs. Racial Justice.

The legal system isn't “neutral”.
It disproportionately targets and penalises Black, Brown and racialised communities.

The 8 March Principles remind us that justice cannot be achieved through a system built on systemic bias. We must dismantle the structures of over-policing and invest in safety measures that are led by and for the communities most affected by state violence.

Anti-carceral feminism is essential to realising racial justice.

-

‣ The Shared Vision - Our Demands:

• Decriminalise abortion, sex work, drug use, and activities associated with poverty.

• Redirect resources from the carceral state to community-led safety, health, and housing.

• Adopt the 8 March Principles globally to ensure that human rights, not moral policing, guide our legal systems.

• Center lived experience as expertise: policies are stronger when shaped by the people most affected. Amplify community voices, recognise peer support, and treat people with dignity and autonomy.

-

‣ Poverty is not a crime!

In many places, being poor or homeless is effectively treated as a criminal offense.
Laws targeting activities like loitering or sleeping in public punish people for simply existing.

The 8 March Principles state that the criminal law should never be used to address social and economic exclusion.
We cannot jail our way out of poverty, and should never criminalise the means by which the poorest survive.

Resources belong in housing and healthcare, not policing and prisons.

-

‣ Further reading:

🌐 S.A.F.E. https://supportingabortions.eu

🌐 EuroNPUD: https://euronpud.net
➕ SisterWUD: https://euronpud.net/project/mobilising-women-who-use-drugs-and-combating-gender-based-violence-gbv/

🌐 European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance: https://www.eswalliance.org

🌐 Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice: https://equinox-eu.com

🗄📄 8 March Principles: https://web.archive.org/web/20230311063011/https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-MARCH-Principles-FINAL-printer-version-1-MARCH-2023.pdf

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A safer world is possible when we stop using the law to punish and start using it to protect.

When we remove the threat of criminalisation, we create space for autonomy, safety, and dignity for all.
It also makes space for well-being and pleasure: safer choices, informed decisions, and self-determination.

‣ LET'S BUILD A FEMINISM THAT LIBERATES EVERYONE, SPECIALLY THE MOST MARGINALISED.

#8M #M8 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Europe #ESWA #SAFE #EuroNPUD #EquinoxInitiative #SexWork #HarmReduction #SRHR #Abortion #DrugUse #Decrim #DecrimNow #Decriminalization #Feminisms

RE: https://mastodon.economiasocial.org/@REAS_Red/116181366453780773

Voy a hacer explícita una de las conclusiones a la que esto lleva pero que no se atreve a vocalizar…

Derechos laborales y reproductivos para TODAS.
También para las putas. 👈

📢 ¡Derechos laborales para las trabajadoras sexuales! 🔥

> La falta de reconocimiento y de derechos laborales genera condiciones de precariedad y explotación que afectan especialmente a la población migrante.

> Por eso, este 8M salgamos a las calles para reclamar y defender los derechos de todas las mujeres trabajadoras y precarizadas.

> Por los derechos laborales, sociales, sexuales y reproductivos.

#TrabajoSexualEsTrabajo
#DecrimNow

RE: https://mastodon.economiasocial.org/@REAS_Red/116181366453780773

Voy a hacer explícita una de las conclusiones a la que esto lleva pero que no se atreve a vocalizar…

Derechos laborales y reproductivos para TODAS.
También para las putas. 👈

📢 ¡Derechos laborales para las trabajadoras sexuales! 🔥

> La falta de reconocimiento y de derechos laborales genera condiciones de precariedad y explotación que afectan especialmente a la población migrante.

> Por eso, este 8M salgamos a las calles para reclamar y defender los derechos de todas las mujeres trabajadoras y precarizadas.

> Por los derechos laborales, sociales, sexuales y reproductivos.

#TrabajoSexualEsTrabajo
#DecrimNow

Sex worker organizations are advocating for decriminalisation, the chief regulatory demand. Even if Bertin doesn't endorse it, let's ensure the Review notes its importance. 🌟 #DecrimNow #Whorephobia

Sex worker organizations are advocating for decriminalisation, the chief regulatory demand. Even if Bertin doesn't endorse it, let's ensure the Review notes its importance. 🌟 #DecrimNow #Whorephobia

Sex worker organizations are advocating for decriminalisation, the chief regulatory demand. Even if Bertin doesn't endorse it, let's ensure the Review notes its importance. 🌟 #DecrimNow #Whorephobia

Sex worker organizations are advocating for decriminalisation, the chief regulatory demand. Even if Bertin doesn't endorse it, let's ensure the Review notes its importance. 🌟 #DecrimNow #Whorephobia

Sex worker organizations are advocating for decriminalisation, the chief regulatory demand. Even if Bertin doesn't endorse it, let's ensure the Review notes its importance. 🌟 #DecrimNow #Whorephobia

A huge chance to advance #HumanRights: Oct 3rd, @councilofeurope will vote on a resolution to protect sx workers’ rights and affirm their #BodilyAutonomy. Let's show our support! ✊☂️👠 #DecrimNow

✅Leading Human Rights NGOs call to vote IN FAVOUR

A huge chance to advance #HumanRights: Oct 3rd, @councilofeurope will vote on a resolution to protect sx workers’ rights and affirm their #BodilyAutonomy. Let's show our support! ✊☂️👠 #DecrimNow

✅Leading Human Rights NGOs call to vote IN FAVOUR

A huge chance to advance #HumanRights: Oct 3rd, @councilofeurope will vote on a resolution to protect sx workers’ rights and affirm their #BodilyAutonomy. Let's show our support! ✊☂️👠 #DecrimNow

✅Leading Human Rights NGOs call to vote IN FAVOUR

A huge chance to advance #HumanRights: Oct 3rd, @councilofeurope will vote on a resolution to protect sx workers’ rights and affirm their #BodilyAutonomy. Let's show our support! ✊☂️👠 #DecrimNow

✅Leading Human Rights NGOs call to vote IN FAVOUR