The China Grassroots Women’s Rights Workshop in Wuhan conducts a number of demonstrations, which involve loudspeakers and placards trying to publicize various issues relating to sex workers. This report describes one on December 17 that called for a stop to different types of violence perpetrated against sex workers. The purpose of a lot of these activities is to educate normal residents – who consist of the majority of customers for low end sex workers – in an effort to promote social justice.

Report on efforts to stop violence against sex workers in Mainland China

On December 17th, 2009, Chinese Grassroots Women’s Rights Workshop, with 19 volunteers, holding red umbrellas [went to] a busy section in Wuhan and held the first ever civic activity to stop violence against sex workers. Volunteers held up five large poster-boards that described the five major types of violence that sex workers experience. These five types include, verbal abuse, privacy and reputational abuse, emotional abuse, legal mistreatment, and physical abuse. The activity drew the attention of countless onlookers, and was the first time in China that a civic activity called for standing up for sex workers. Of city residents who participated in a survey conducted during the activity, 80% supported legalization of the sex trade.

中国大陆终止对SEX WORKER的暴力日行动报告

2009年12月17日，中国民间女 权工作室，19名志愿者手执红雨伞，在武汉市市区繁华地带举行了第一届终止对SEXWORKER的暴力日公益活动。
活动小组分别用五块展版归纳社会对性工作者的五大伤害。
这五大伤害包括，语言伤害，隐私名誉伤害，精神伤害与执法伤害，身体伤害。
这次行动，引起了无数市民的关注。这是中国第一个站出来为SEX WORKER呼吁的公益行动。
在现场的问卷调查中，80%的市民，支持SEX交易合法化。

Pictures below, from the center’s site: