Sex Work and the New Zealand Model : : Decriminalisation and Social Change / / ed. by Lynzi Armstrong, Gillian Abel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Abel, Gillian,; Armstrong, Lynzi,; Easterbrook-Smith, Gwyn,; Fraser, Cherida,; Gilmour, Fairleigh,; Hati, Chanel,; Healy, Dame Catherine,; Jordan, Jan,; Mower, Shannon,; Pickering, Annah,; Roguski, Michael,; Showden, Carisa R,
• HerausgeberIn: Abel, Gillian,; Armstrong, Lynzi,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Bristol University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)

More than 15 years have passed since the law regarding sex workers in New Zealand has changed. As a model it has been endorsed as best practice by international organisations, leading scholars and sex worker-led organisations. Yet in some corners, speculation is ongoing regarding its impacts on the ground. Written by an international group of experts, this groundbreaking collection provides the much needed in-depth research into how decriminalisation is playing out in sex workers' lives and how different groups of sex workers are experiencing it, while uncovering the challenges and tensions that remain to be negotiated in this field. Using the evidence from New Zealand, it makes an invaluable contribution to the international debates regarding sex work laws and the global struggle to realise sex workers' rights.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of Māori Words -- Introduction -- Legislative Change in New Zealand -- ‘On the Clients’ Terms’: Sex Work Before Decriminalisation -- Stepping Forward Into the Light of Decriminalisation -- The Future of Feminism and Sex Work Activism in New Zealand -- The Diversity of Sex Workers in New Zealand -- The Impacts of Decriminalisation for Trans Sex Workers -- Fear of Trafficking or Implicit Prejudice? Migrant Sex Workers and the Impacts of Section 19 -- “My Dollar Doesn’t Mean I’ve Got Any Power or Control over Them”: Clients Speak About Purchasing Sex -- Perceptions of Sex Workers in New Zealand -- “Genuinely Keen to Work”: Sex Work, Emotional Labour, and the News Media -- The Disclosure Dilemma: Stigma and Talking About Sex Work in the Decriminalised Context -- Contested Space: Street-based Sex Workers and Community Engagement -- Index