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Paris - STRASS sex worker union is holding a rally on Friday December 17 - 19.00, at Place Pigalle - Paris
December 17 is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Considered by many to be an "occupational hazard", violence is still too rarely taken into account by the police and justice system. Too often, complaints are not recorded by the police, and when they are, the judicial administration does not pursue an investigation. Because of this sex workers are hesitant to initiate legal action, fearing to see and be denied access to one of their fundamental rights. Some, who are in irregular situations as migrants, do not even imagine having the right to complain. Thus, their attackers gain a sense of impunity that, far from being a coincidence, is created by the political and social climate that prevails in France on issues of prostitution and migration.
- daily acts of violence, humiliating sexist, racist or homophobic insults judging who are "good citizens"
- physical violence, beatings, rape, and murder,
- symbolic violence that relegates them to either the place of victims, offenders or the socially maladjusted,
- institutional violence, laws that criminalise their activities but also undermines any system of solidarity with and among them.
Your presence is crucial. Express your solidarity and support with those concerned who dare to come together and speak out despite the stigma that they are under.
Come to the rally with your many many red umbrellas!