Taipei Union of Legal and Illegal Prostitutes for Self-help (TULIPS)

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Taipei Union of Legal and Illegal Prostitutes for Self-help (TULIPS)

128 legal prostitutes were declared illegal by Mayor of Taipei, Taiwan in September, 1997. This resulted in prostitutes organizing. Also includes Taipei Alliance of Licensed Prostitutes (TALP).…

Listing last updated: March 15, 2002

Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jiou Reopens Brothels on March 28, 1999 After 2 year Struggle by TaiPei Prostitutes: Press Release from Taipei Alliance of Licensed Prostitutes (TALP). April 17, 1999.

Background Information about the Taipei Alliance of Licensed Prostitutes (TALP). April 11, 1998.

The 1998 Taipei Declaration of Sex Workers' Human Rights. Received June 3, 1998.

The Action Conference on International Progressive Trends for Regulation of the Sex Industry and Sex Workers' Protection and Rights. May 24 - 27, 1998.

Notes on the Speech by Taipei City Mayor Chen Shui-pien. April 11, 1998.

TULIPS sisters extended struggle. "Openly and legally until September 1997, our lives suddenly became hell."

The TULIPS Petition.

In the News…

Taiwan prostitutes sue Taipei mayor
Reuters, September 10, 1998

Taiwan Prostitutes Fight Crackdown
Associated Press, September 13, 1997

Created: May 9, 1998
Last modified: January 10, 2006

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Created: May 9, 1998