Sex workers in Thailand launch petition to have prostitution decriminalised

Sex workers in Thailand have launched a petition calling for prostitution to be decriminalised and urging authorities to remove all penalties for selling sex.Empower Foundation, a Chiang Mai-based group that supports sex workers, said it hoped to collect 10,000 signatures and present the petition to parliament to help persuade lawmakers to consider changing the country’s prostitution law.“The law punishes sex workers – 80 per cent of whom are mothers and the main breadwinner for the whole…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3102599/sex-workers-thailand-launch-petition-have-prostitution