Sex work organising at the Sex Worker Open University: workshop

I am doing a workshop at the Sex Worker Open University which runs from 12 to 16 October 2011 at the Arcola Theatre in London.

Sex worker organising: A brief historical tour

Sex worker organising has been going on for several decades, taking different shapes according to local contexts. Not a country-by-country description, this workshop will take up themes: for example, attempts to unionise, harm-reduction projects, political lobbying groups. The more people who come from diverse contexts and want to participate, the better this workshop will be.

Not intended to be an exhaustive chronological encyclopedic view! I haven’t limited number of attendees but it’s for sex workers past and present only.

If you are a reader here, please do come and introduce yourself either at the workshop (1600-1800 on the 16th) or during previous days, although I won’t be there all the time. I do plan to be at the rally at 1800 Thursday 13 October next to the Houses of Parliament.

Get further information from the SWOU website.

Can’t be there? There is a sex worker activism photo gallery on this website, and I have published versions of history in Spanish, Swedish and English.

–Laura Agustín, the Naked Anthropologist

One thought on “Sex work organising at the Sex Worker Open University: workshop

  1. C

    Hi Laura

    I recently read Sex at The Margins, and I was SO excited when I saw you were doing a workshop at SWOU. You’re one of my academic heroes (and I’m seemingly unable to even pretend to be cool. Sigh). I’m a sex worker, so I’ll be at your session all ridiculously excited, but probably also too shy to say hi. Anyway, yes, awesome!

    C x

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