PiA Team

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’ (Not an Easy Girl) and, together with Robert Pienz, was able to set up a remarkable series of performances at the Schauspielhaus theater. ‘The world’s oldest profession’ has always been […]

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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 legal framework for protection against (sexual) violence and safeguarding of sexual integrity, which also provides for special criminal offences that target situations at risk of exploitation. Another core element of

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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 legitimate career choice. This is to ensure the safety of sex workers. Others, however, radically reject prostitution, seeing it as an expression of structural oppression and gender-based violence (‘paid rape’).

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