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Violence & it's Prevention


United Nations Expert Group Meeting
April 11-14, 2005, Geneva, Switzerland


Violence Against Women: A statistical
overview, challenges and gaps in
data collection and methodology
and approaches for overcoming them


15 Submissions on violence against women in the sex industry:

  1. Human Rights for Sex Workers in Nis Submitted by Aids Foundation East West, Moscow, Russia
  2. Hong Kong Sex Workers and Police Violence Submitted by Action for Reach Out, Hong Kong, China
  3. Survey of Rape of Sex Workers in Cambodia Submitted by Alternate Visions, Bangkok, Thailand
  4. European Anti-Trafficking Policies: Migrant Women in the Stranglehold of the Law Submitted by Association Cabiria, Lyon: Département Recherche et International, France
  5. Recommendations Submitted by Empower Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  6. La Répression en chiffres à Lyon en 2003 et en 2004 Submitted by Jérôme Expuesto, Lyon, France
  7. Violence Against Women in the Sex Industry: Recommendations — Submitted by First Voice: Global Network of Sex Work Projects, Hong Kong, China
  8. Violence Against Sex Workers in New York City Submitted by Prostitutes of New York, New York, USA
  9. Anti-Social Behaviour Orders: The impact of new UK legislation on street-based sex workers — Submitted by Teela Sanders, Lecturer in Sociology of Crime & Deviance in the School of Sociology & Social Policy at the University of Leeds, UK
  10. Decriminalisation as Partnership: An overview of Australia's sex industry law reform model — Submitted by Scarlet Alliance, Sydney, Australia
  11. Violence Against Female Sex Workers in South Africa Submitted by Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task Force, Capetown, South Africa
  12. Street-Based Sex Workers and Police Submitted by Sex Workers Outreach Project, Sydney, Australia
  13. Human Rights Violations: The acceptance of violence against sex workers in New York — Submitted by The Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, New York, USA
  14. Regulating the World's Oldest Profession: Queensland's experience with a regulated sex industry — Submitted by Charrlotte Woodward, RN MN & Jane Fischer BA MSPD3, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
  15. Problems Facing Sex Workers: Work rights exploited — Submitted by Kendy Yim, Hong Kong, China

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