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RhED produces a bi-annual social health magazine - RED. Each issue is packed with a variety of features, regular items including Trade Talk and Media Talk, as well as contributions from sex workers such as stories, poems and information.
RED aims to reflect the diversity of our readership and to do this we need your feedback and contributions. Please send us your information, opinions, ideas, artwork and requests for articles of interest to you. Post, fax, phone or email us: any way you like - just keep in touch!
Red Edition #19 2011
Welcome readers to our autumn edition of RED#19.
Following on from a review of the RhED program that was completed in August last year, we have now appointed a project worker, Suzi Hayes to assist us in progressing some of the recommendations of the review. In particular, Suzi wants to hear from people we have worked with in the industry – see page 10 for more information.
We are planning to ramp up our advocacy starting with a high profile one day conference: “Shining a RhED light”. This is going to be held on 25 May 2011 and we are encouraging all industry workers to attend this conference, which promises to be a major platform for promoting sex industry research.
Check out the new sex worker pack which is aimed at people entering the industry or those who are new to the industry.
The RhED website has been revised and now operates in-house which means more efficient updates.
There have been major changes in 2010 to the legislation and more will be coming in 2011. The name has changed to The Sex Work Act. All PCA numbers become SWA numbers. And, most importantly, all private escort workers must renew their registrations every year or incur fines. There is more information on these changes in the magazine. RhED ran a pilot project late 2010 for the primary purpose of educating the clients about the differences between legal and illegal premises and to support sex workers in educating their clients about safe sex.
Please take a few minutes to complete the Red Rendezvous questionnaire – this group is looking at ways of supporting you and acknowledging your valuable contributions.
Enjoy the read and we look forward to working with you during the year.
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Red Edition #18 2010
Welcome to another “crackerjack” edition of our magazine – RED#18.
An inaugural review of the RhED program was completed in august and will pave the way for the development of it’s five year strategic vision with clear priorities and objectives.
RhED is waiting to find out when the new sex work legislation will become active. This is expected to occur anytime between January and April 2011. All regulated brothels and escort agencies will be informed by regulatory bodies when the laws become active.
A major change is that exempt escort workers will be required to complete an annual statement. If exempt escort workers do not complete an annual statement, they can be fined up to 30 penalty points which totals $3,583.50 (each penalty point is $119.45). Read more about this in the Alerts section and if you have any questions, please telephone RhED on 1800 458 752.
Rates of gonorrhoea and syphilis have increased in the general community. You can inform your clients of this when they request a service without a condom. Remember you are the sex educators to the general community.
A new pilot project is being developed to provide clients with education about the difference between legal and illegal brothels. The aim of the project is to provide legal brothels with information they can provide to clients around safe sex practices and fines that can be imposed if clients are found on illegal premises. RhED will provide a report in RED#19.
Contributions are always needed and welcomed. In this edition we have a contribution from Anya which addresses the fine line of stalking and obsessive behaviours. From the conversations RhED has with workers, this does seem to be a common problem in the industry and it is hard to know how to manage it, especially when your stalker turns up in your everyday life. The article addresses the behaviours of stalking, obsessive love and provides helpful advice on what to do and how to do it.
Happy reading and remember your contributions and feedback are always highly valued by the RhED team.
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