International Union of Sex Workers

United Kingdom-based trade union

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International Union of Sex Workers

International Union of Sex Workers

Abbreviation| IUSW
Founded| 2000; 25 years ago (2000)
Location|

* United Kingdom

Key people

| Ana Lopes
Affiliations| GMB
Website| www.iusw.org

The International Union of Sex Workers (IUSW) is a United Kingdom-based trade union for sex workers. It campaigns for the decriminalisation of prostitution, and to have sex work acknowledged as viable labour. In 2002, members voted to affiliate with the GMB, a general workers union. The union now has official recognition as the sex industry branch of the GMB.[1] Some of the services offered by the union include: self-defence classes, free legal advice and training for members who wish to leave the sex industry.

The union was formed in 2000 partly as a response to actions taken by Westminster City Council in London to try to remove prostitutes from the area.

They are a member of Backlash, a pressure group formed in 2005 in order to oppose a new law criminalising possession of "extreme pornography".

## See also

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* Organised labour portal
* Prostitution portal
* Sex work portal

* Labour rights
* Pornography in the United Kingdom
* Prostitution in the United Kingdom
* Sex workers' rights
* Sex Workers Union

## References

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1. ^ Lopes, Ana; Webber, Jennifer. "Organising sex workers in the UK: what's in it for trade unions?" (PDF). University of the West of England. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

* Arthur Ivor Marsh, Victoria Ryan, "Historical Directory of Trade Unions: Including unions in printing and publishing, local government, retail and distribution, domestic services, general employment, financial services, agriculture", Historical Directory of Trade Unions vol.5, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006, ISBN 0-85967-990-X, p. 330

## External links

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Prostitution

General|

* Brothel
* Call girl
* Ranch (brothel)
* Drugs and prostitution
* Feminist views on prostitution
* Prostitution by region
* Sex drive-in
* Prostitution statistics by country
* Violence against prostitutes
* Impact of prostitution on mental health

Forms|

* Child prostitution
* Forced prostitution
* Internet prostitution
* Male prostitution
* Types of prostitution in modern Japan
* Sex for fish
* Street prostitution
* Survival sex
* Window prostitution

Support activities|

* List of sex worker organizations
* Procuring
* Sex tourism
* Female sex tourism
* Sex-positive feminism
* Sex-positive movement
* Sex worker movements
* Sex workers' rights

History|

* History of prostitution
* History of prostitution in Canada
* In ancient Greece
* In ancient Rome
* In colonial India
* In Harlem Renaissance
* In impressionist painting
* Sacred prostitution

Law|

* Decriminalization of sex work
* Prostitution law
* Association for Promoting the Extension of the Contagious Diseases Acts
* Canada (AG) v Bedford
* Contagious Diseases Acts
* R v Hutt
* Massage Parlours Act 1978
* Nordic model
* Prostitution age of consent
* Prostitution law in Canada
* Prostitution Reform Act 2003
* R. v. Gowan
* Right to sexuality
* Sexual and reproductive health and rights
* Sexual Offences Act
* World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights

Works|

* A Vindication of the Rights of Whores
* Call Me Elizabeth
* Happy Endings?
* The Happy Hooker
* Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies
* The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
* Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus
* Nocturnal Revels
* Paying for It
* Pauline's: Memoirs of The Madam on Clay Street
* Playing the Whore
* Revolting Prostitutes
* Sex Power Money
* $pread
* Unspeakable Things
* Whore of New York
* You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again

By continent|

* Africa
* Asia
* Europe

By country|

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* American Samoa
* Angola
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Belize
* Benin
* Bhutan
* Bolivia
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Brunei
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Cape Verde
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Gambia
* Georgia
* Germany
* East Germany
* Ghana
* Greece
* Guam
* Guatemala
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kosovo
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macau
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mali
* Malta
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* North Korea
* Norway
* Oman
* Overseas France
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Samoa
* Saudi Arabia
* Scotland
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* South Sudan
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Suriname
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Togo
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe
* Bahamas
* British Overseas Territories
* Central African Republic
* Crown dependencies
* Czech Republic
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Dominican Republic
* Dutch Caribbean
* Republic of Macedonia
* Solomon Islands
* Soviet Union
* United Arab Emirates
* United Kingdom
* Northern Ireland
* United States

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