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1 SEX INDUSTRY
BIZ NEWS
1.1 CAUTION: Hidden
Camera!
Recently sex work and
sex workers have been a popular topic for
magazines and newspapers. Photos of sex workers
are widely published and unfortunately most of
them are little or not at all processed which
clearly show the faces of the sex workers.
In spite of the ethics issues and the
controversy, apparently secret photo/video
taking has become a common practice of some
reporters. And even among sex workers’ clients,
hidden or spy cameras are also used. Some bad
clients secretly take photos of sex workers whom
they visit and/or video of the sex scenes. Some
may even upload them to the internet and share
them with a lot of
“friends”...
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2 WORK
REPORT
2.1 August Gathering
-- AFRO Clinic and Sexual Health
To cap the
experience of the AFRO Clinic in the last 3
years, Dr. Krystal Lee gave us a talk about
female sex workers and sexual health on 24 Aug.
Sex workers who attended the event also had an
open and free sharing. All of us have gained a
better understanding on STI prevention,
screening test and treatment. Thank you, Dr.
Lee!
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2.2 Protest against
Next Magazine and East Weekly
AFRO,
together with JJJ Association, Zi Teng, Teen’s
Key and Midnight Blue, held a joint press
conference on 4 Aug, to condemn Next Magazine
and East Weekly for abusing sex workers’
privacy. The two magazines secretly took
pictures of sex workers and published them in
their issues no. 1116 and 412 respectively.
These pictures were little or not at all
processed and clearly showed the faces of the
sex workers, which we consider a severe abuse of
sex workers’ privacy. We also protested against
Next Magazine for its highly disrespectful
choice of words.
10 sex workers attended
the press conference that day and responded to
the incident. We demanded the media
to...
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3 FUTURE
WORK
3.1 Monthly
Gathering
Gathering with sex
workers is held at AFRO every month. Topics for
the coming 4 months are as follows:
-
Information on crime evidence collection
-
Autumn Barbeque
- Decriminalisation of sex
work
- Christmas Party
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4 AFRO NEWS
READING
Sex workers ‘no different to
housewives’
IOL News
8 August
2011
Most of the time
people label themselves to identify with certain
groups, and also to distance themselves from
some others. It may be true that few people
would desire to identify with sex workers
because of the social stigma attached to the
industry and the workers. However, it cannot be
denied that we do share a lot of similarities
and even if differences exist they do not
justify discrimination.
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Contact number:
(852) 27701065
Email: contact@afro.org.hk
Correspondence Address: P.O. Box 98108. Tsim
Sha Tsui Post Office. Kowloon. Hong
Kong. |
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