SAMESH, 26/10/2016 Invites you to their upcoming forum, “Durban 2016: the changing narrative of HIV/AIDS”. The forum is a fantastic opportunity to hear from guest speakers who attended the 21st International AIDS Forum 2016. They will discuss the current successes and challenges in their respective fields and their thoughts on the future of HIV/AIDS advocacy and research in Australia...
SIN, July 2106 SIN IS MOVING. Friday the 22nd will be our last day at our current address. As of Tuesday, the 26th of July, we will open at 220 SOUTH RD, MILE END. At the moment we are busy packing – but our safer sex shop is still open for business! All SIN staff are also still available for our awesome community, Tuesday to Friday, 9.30 am till 5.00 pm. Come and say hi and check out our new...
Radio Adelaide, April 2016 In this oral history documentary, produced by Judith Peppard, South Australian sex workers and their advocates describe how they organised politically to work for law reform and put in place measures to keep workers safe during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Sex workers talk about how living in a criminalised environment affects their work and lives. The Threat is...
Sex Industry Network (SIN), 6 May, 2016 On the 2nd of June SIN will be holding a rally on the steps of Parliament House to promote International Whores Day and the decriminalisation of the sex industry in SA. We will be wearing red, holding red umbrellas, placards, and signs….and we’ll be loud and proud. June the 2nd is International Whores Day, a day celebrated in solidarity with our sex working...
SIN, 9 February 2016 SIN are looking for past or present sex workers to be involved in community input into the organisation: SIN is a proud, peer run, and peer focused community organisation. But we need you! If you identify as a past or present sex worker, we would love to have you join us at our monthly ‘Ho Down’. ‘Ho Down’ was previously known as PC (program committee) but a new direction has...
Submissions to the Sex Work Decriminalisation Select Committee (South Australia) close on the 16th of October. The purpose of the Bill is to amend various pieces of legislation to decriminalise sex work and extend protections to provide sex workers with the same rights and protections as other workers. The Bill to decriminalise sex work in SA was read for a second time on Wednesday (9th...