28 Sep PUBLICATION OF E-BOOK: ‘SEX WORKERS SPEAK. WHO LISTENS?’
ICRSE welcomes the publication of “Sex Workers Speak. Who listens?”, a collection of articles and texts written by sex workers’ organisations, activists and academics. Several articles were published first on the OpenDemocracy website. The e-book is now available to download from the OpenDemocracy website.
‘Sex workers speak. Who listens?’ has been sponsored by and emerges from the ongoing activities of COST Action IS1209 ‘Comparing European Prostitution Policies: Understanding Scales and Cultures of Governance’ (ProsPol). ProsPol is funded by COST, and the University of Essex is its Grant Holder Institution.
The editors of the book, Giulia Garofalo Geymonat and ICRSE co-convenor PG Macioti explained:
‘This series addresses the violence, exploitation, abuse, and trafficking present in the sex industries, but it does so from the perspective of sex workers themselves. These are the women, men, and transgender people who are directly touched by the abuse, exploitation, and trafficking under discussion, and they are the people who actively and collectively resist all forms of violence against them. By publishing their voices directly we hope to help readers resist indifference, on the one hand, and to become more critical of states’ interventions, which are widely regarded and legitimated as necessary to combat ‘trafficking’, on the other.’
Download the publication in .pdf format here