US EditionSociety. Violence Against Prostitutes: "The Great Absence" of the Me Too Wave
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The president of the Organization of Sex Workers (Othersex), reiterated Monday the allegations of violence, discrimination and repeated abuses of authority against women in the sector in the Dominican Republic, in the framework of the International Day of the Sex Worker. Miriam González, president of Otrasex, said that, despite some advances, sex workers continue to be victims of reprisals by doctors and police officers. (Continue reading...) Th…
On 2 June 1975, about 100 sex workers entered the church of Saint-Nizier (2nd Arr.) in Lyon to denounce the abusive arrests of the police and to assert their rights. 50 years later, the fight continues for sex workers. On the occasion of this symbolic anniversary, a march is organised [...] The article Lyon: 50 years after the occupation of the church of Saint-Nizier, the sex workers show this Monday appeared first on Lyon Capitale.
In France, in the early 1970s, the police regularly targeted prostitutes with manhunts, imposing fines and threatening them with prison sentences. As a result, the women worked underground – without protection or rights. Because no one did anything to stop the violence by the state and their clients, the sex workers dared to cause a scandal: On June 2, 1975, around 150 prostitutes occupied a central church in Lyon.
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On 2 June 1975, and for eight days, the church of Saint-Nizier in Lyon became "a place of refuge" for a hundred Lyon prostitutes, denouncing police repression.
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