Wellington, New Zealand 10 August 12.00pm Kiwibank was right to refuse the business of sex-trade operators exploiting women and children, says Wahine Toa Rising, a newly-formed organisation led by survivors of the trade in New Zealand. Spokeswoman Ally Marie Diamond said “we were gutted to see Kiwibank turn its back on the exploited women of […]
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Ally-Marie Diamond Pacific Islander/ Aotearoa New Zealand Survivor Leader Queensland, Australia October 31, 2019 Dear Washington, D.C. Council Members and Chair Charles Allen My name is Ally-Marie Diamond. I was born and raised in Aotearoa New Zealand and am Polynesian/European/Maori. I am a sex trade survivor. I am sharing my story and experiences with
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A little while ago a reporter asked me why I campaign for the Nordic Model (now also called the Equality Model). This got me thinking about how I came to this position. It all started when I shared my story for the first time at the 2016 World’s Oldest Oppression Conference in Melbourne. There was
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While some women may choose the sex trade and don’t experience coercion, these women are the minority. We need to meet the needs of the most marginalized in the sex trade, who are coerced into selling sex due to life circumstances such as poverty. Most importantly we need to STOP, LISTEN, and show vulnerable women our respect by HEARING them, and SEEING them.
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31 March 2020 WELLINGTON 7.30AM The Government needs to take immediate action to provide emergency income for women and young people in prostitution during the COVID19 pandemic, says Ally-Marie Diamond, a spokeswoman for Wahine Toa Rising Aotearoa, a survivor-led organisation that advocates for support and exit services for women and young people in the sex
Leaving the sex trade is as difficult as leaving a violent relationship. The majority of women in or exited from the sex trade experience PTSD regardless of whether they have been in the trade for a short time, or years.
Women are being forced back into brothels with no guidance on safety from the government. Guidelines released yesterday for other industries which include close personal proximity, such as hair and nail salons, are completely inadequate for the sex trade
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The new, prostitution survivor-led New Zealand organisation, Wahine Toa Rising, has sent this letter to New Zealand ministers to draw attention to the plight of women in prostitution during the current COVID-19 crisis, to ask advice about what support is available to women currently involved in prostitution and how the emergency subsidies apply to the
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