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In this section, you will find information about events, articles about PiA in the press and stories about the lives of sex workers.

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Elisabeth de Roo,Christine Nagl and Sabrina Stranzl in conversation.
Events

That was International Sexworkers’ Day 2025!

On 2 June 2025, starting at 6 p.m., Christine Nagl and Sabrina Stranzl spoke with Elisabeth de Roo at the academy café-bar about exclusion and ...
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View of Hohensalzburg Fortress. In the foreground is a banner with the words: My Body, My Choice.
Events

On the trail of commercial pleasure

On 3 June 2025, Christine Nagl took a divers group of interested people on a journey through the history of sex work in Salzburg. Under ...
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Press

Happy 50th Birthday, Sexworkers Movement!

On 2 June 1975, around 100 sex workers occupied the Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon to protest against their displacement and the threat to their safety ...
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Flyer for the event marking the 50th International Sexworkers Day
Events

Come out for International Sexworkers Day!

50 years of the sexworkers movement: dialogue & song recital What are we fighting for? Christine Nagl and Sabrina Stranzl offer a brief insight into ...
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Lina Čenić, Christine Nagl and Ruby Rebelde during the debate.
Events

Review: Human rights and sex work

In a fully booked red salon, Ruby Rebelde read very personal excerpts from her soon-to-be-published book ‘Why They Hate Us’ and then discussed the background ...
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Events

Human rights and sex work

Panel discussion with Ruby Rebelde & Christine Nagl ARGE Salzburg, Friday, 28 February 2025, 7 pm The human rights of sex workers are often ‘forgotten’ ...
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Press

Podcast: Unerhört cba media

Neo-Abolitionism as Regulation? In September 2023, the final discussions on a resolution to regulate prostitution in the EU took place in the EU Parliament, before ...
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Living Environments

Sexwork – Lock Down

The lockdown during the 2020 pandemic posed major challenges for many industries, and sex work was not unaffected. With the photo project ‘Sexwork – Lock ...
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Press

Stop structural violence

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Sex Workers on 17 December, the Pro Sexwork Alliance is drawing attention ...
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Living Environments

Safety training for prevention

Together with a trainer, we visit sex workers directly at their workplace and offer self-defence on site. This is an innovative approach that has not ...
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Documents

Position paper on the ban on sex buying

With the PiA project, Frau & Arbeit is part of the expert group of the Working Group on Prostitution (AG Prostitution), which explicitly opposes a ...
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Living Environments

Sexual companionship and sexual assistance

Sexual companionship and sexual assistance play an important role in the area of sexual health, particularly for people whose needs are often overlooked. Sexuality is ...
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Advertising poster for the play: ‘Kein leichtes Mädchen’ (No Easy Girl) at the Schauspielhaus Salzburg
Press

Not an easy girl

The PiA Counselling Centre provides counselling and problem-solving support for sex workers in Salzburg. The project manager is behind the artistic project ‘Kein leichtes Mädchen’ ...
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Documents

Sexual services in Austria

Recommendations of the ‘Sexual Services – Improving the Framework for the Prevention of Exploitation’ working group The central component of the regulations is a comprehensive ...
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Foto de un mural con tres trabajadoras sexuales en el que se lee: «El trabajo sexual es trabajo, solidaridad en lugar de represión».
General

Sex work and feminism

Sex work is a highly polarizing and controversial topic within feminist discourse. Some feminists advocate for sex work to be respected and regulated as a ...
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