During this time community groups from priority populations (sex workers, men who have sex with men and injecting drug users) were being funded to deliver HIV prevention information and education within communities as part of Australia ’ s partnership approach to HIV/AIDS. In 1987, PASA received a grant from the SA Health Commission to conduct a three-month HIV/AIDS education project with sex workers called the ‘ Travelling Parlour Show ’ . Several sex workers received training to become ‘peer educators’ and joined with a nurse from the sexually transmitted infections clinic and took their education and information sessions to the workplaces of sex workers across the metropolitan area of Adelaide. In 1989, PASA and the AIDS council of South Australia (ACSA) joined forces to develop an ongoing HIV/AIDS education project with the sex workers of South Australia. This project has had several name changes including ‘ the PASA project ’ and ‘SWIPE’ but has been known as the SA Sex Industry Network or SIN since 1994. SIN was a founding member and continues to be an active member of Scarlet Alliance. In 2013, ACSA became insolvent and SIN was temporarily closed. Scarlet Alliance supported a group of volunteer sex workers in South Australia to keep limited services going while new arrangements were negotiated with the funding bodies. The SA health department agreed to fund Scarlet Alliance to complete ACSA ’ s original contract. Political advocacy SIN has supported Labor MP Steph Key's attempts to decriminalize prostitution in South Australia. In 2012, the decriminalisation bill was defeated by one vote.Selling sex in the city: Adelaide's illegal prostitution industry In 2017, an improved bill which had support of sex workers, the working women's centre and unions was introduced into the upper house. The decriminalisation of sex work bill Decriminalisation of Sex Work Bill (2015) passed the upper house 13 votes to 8. . Sex work decriminalisation one step closer in South Australia after marathon debate In August 2017, the lower house was set to debate the bill , however time ran out, resulting in a further delay to any progress.
During this time community groups from priority populations (sex workers, men who have sex with men and injecting drug users) were being funded to deliver HIV prevention information and education within communities as part of Australia ' s partnership approach to HIV/AIDS. In 1987, PASA received a grant from the SA Health Commission to conduct a three-month HIV/AIDS education project with sex workers called the ' Travelling Parlour Show ' . Several sex workers received training to become 'peer educators' and joined with a nurse from the sexually transmitted infections clinic and took their education and information sessions to the workplaces of sex workers across the metropolitan area of Adelaide. In 1989, PASA and the AIDS council of South Australia (ACSA) joined forces to develop an ongoing HIV/AIDS education project with the sex workers of South Australia. This project has had several name changes including ' the PASA project ' and 'SWIPE' but has been known as the SA Sex Industry Network or SIN since 1994. SIN was a founding member and continues to be an active member of Scarlet Alliance. In 2013, ACSA became insolvent and SIN was temporarily closed. Scarlet Alliance supported a group of volunteer sex workers in South Australia to keep limited services going while new arrangements were negotiated with the funding bodies. The SA health department agreed to fund Scarlet Alliance to complete ACSA ' s original contract. Political advocacy SIN has supported Labor MP Steph Key's attempts to decriminalize prostitution in South Australia. In 2012, the decriminalisation bill was defeated by one vote.Selling sex in the city: Adelaide's illegal prostitution industry In 2017, an improved bill which had support of sex workers, the working women's centre and unions was introduced into the upper house. The decriminalisation of sex work billDecriminalisation of Sex Work Bill (2015) passed the upper house 13 votes to 8. Sex work decriminalisation one step closer in South Australia after marathon debate In August 2017, the lower house was set to debate the bill ; however, time ran out, resulting in a further delay to progress.
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