At Project Respect, we advocate for women’s rights against violence, sexual exploitation and trafficking. We believe that all women have the right to feel safe and respected. We are fundamentally for and about women's rights and needs. We are committed to actions that create a world free from sexual exploitation.
Project Respect does not advocate for the ‘Nordic Model’. Project Respect supports decriminalisation of the sex industry. Our values centre human rights and not criminalisation. Please see below for our most recent submissions and media releases, alongside some of our submissions from prior years which are provided for historical context.
**NEW** Collaborative Community Consultation Report
Our Latest Research
- Improving service pathways: The COVID-19 pandemic and the experiences of women and gender diverse people in the Victorian sex industry
- The extent, nature and impact of family, domestic, and sexual violence (FDSV) against women in the Australian sex industry 2022
Research we have Supported
Submissions
- Submission to the inquiry into Capturing Data on Family Violence Perpetrators in Victoria 2024
- Submission to the inquiry into the Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 [Provisions], 2024
- Submission to the Targeted Review of Divisions 270 and 271 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (C’th) 2023
- Submission to Developing a strategic plan to combat modern slavery in NSW 2022
- Submission to the Review of Australia’s 2018 Modern Slavery Act 2022
- Submission to the Draft of the National Principles to Address Coercive Control 2022
- Submission to the Victorian Suicide Prevention and Response Strategy 2022
- Submission to the Draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032
- Submission to the Review of Decriminalising Sex Work in Victoria 2021
- Submission to the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children 2021
- Submission to the VLRC Improving the Response to the Justice System to Sexual Offences 2021
- Submission to the Review to Make Recommendations for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work 2020
- Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs - Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence 2020
- Submission to the Inquiry into Temporary Migration in Australia 2020
- Submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT): International Strategy on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery 2020
- Submission into the Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria 2020
- Submission to the Victorian Governments Wage Theft Bill 2020
- Submission to the National Action Plan to Combat Modern Slavery 2020
- Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee - Modern Slavery Bill 2018
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Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces 2018
- Submission to the 70th Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women Shadow Report: Australian Government Responses to Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation and Access to Justice and Remedies 2018
- Submission to the Proposed Sex Work Regulations 2016
- Submission to the ‘Phenomenon colloquially referred to as ‘revenge porn’, which involves sharing private images and recordings of a person without their consent, with the intention to cause that person harm' 2016’
- Submission to the Royal Commission on Family Violence 2015
- Submission to the Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Bill - Project Respect 2004
News & Media Releases
- Economic Empowerment - Media Release 4 December 2025
- National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032 Media Release 2022
- Sex Work Decriminalised in Victoria - Project Respect Media Release 2022
- Welcome Project Respect's New Chair: Julia Cookson - Project Respect Media Release 2021
- Decriminalisation: A first step towards improving safety for women in the sex industry. - Project Respect Media Release 2021
- ABC Radio National Breakfast show interview with Project Respect about Australia establishing a Modern Slavery Act, 2018
- Purchasing sexual services on the NDIS - Project Respect 2018
- "Sex workers at risk of violence as the internet cuts demand for their services" - ABC News featuring interviews with Project Respect, 2015
- Parliament of Victoria - Inquiry Into People Trafficking for Sex Work 2010
- High Court to deliver landmark judgement on sexual slavery laws on Thursday (28/8)
- Sex slave victims vindicated by High Court
External Research and Papers
- Improving the Justice System Response to Sexual Offences
- Path to Nowhere: Women on Temporary Visas Experiencing Violence and their Children
- Global Collaboration Against Human Trafficking Report: Fourteen Essential Principles for Working with Human Trafficking Victims
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