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Grassroots Declaration of Rights

The following is a compilation of statements by sex workers and supporters about critical rights issues on the local, regional, and international level.

Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) Manifesto (1997). Widely known as the Sonagachi Project, the DMSC has been running since 1992. DMSC's political objectives are decriminalization of adult prostitution, securing social recognition of sex work as a valid profession and establishing sex workers right to self-determination. Download PDF. Also available at www.nswp.org/rights/dmsc/dmsc-manifesto.html.

Sisonke Sex Worker Movement Mission Statement, South Africa (2004). Download PDF. Also available at www.sweat.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67& Itemid=29#.

A Declaration on the International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers. Zi Teng, Hong Kong (2005). Download PDF. Also available at www.ziteng.org.hk/aboutus/n31032005_2_e.html.

The Declaration of the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (2005), International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE). Download the PDF. Also available in 13 languages at www.sexworkeurope.org.

Sex Workers in Europe Manifesto (2005), International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE). Download the PDF. Available in eight languages at www.sexworkeurope.org.

World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights (Amsterdam, 1985), International Committee for Prostitutes Rights. Published in G. Pheterson, A vindication of the rights of whores (Seattle, WA: Seal Press, 1989). Available at www.walnet.org/csis/groups/icpr_charter.html.

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