Justine Pedussel//VP Communities

(she/her)
27th VP Communities @stirlingunion 2024/25.
Clubs/Societies, Inclusion, Empowerment, Housing & Sustainability.
Find relevant links below! 👇

[Stirling SU @stirlingunion]

Statement from Your Students' Union Regarding the Recent Riots in England and Northern Ireland https://t.co/RYs7i3qQxU

[NUS Scotland @NUSScotland]

🪧We're rallying in a couple of weeks!

📢Join us outside the Scottish Parliament to tell them to #StoptheCuts to our education, and protect Scotland's future.

🗓️February 21, 1pm.
👉 RSVP: https://t.co/zHMQ3ME6Lw

[Stirling Solidarity Space @StirlingSolspa]

very well said! @StirUni, or any other university, should not be allowed to increase rent by up to 9% in the middle of a cost of living crisis.

Thank you @markruskell for raising this issue in government

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

@Isla__Glen Congratulations! I have no doubts you'll do fantastic!

[Stirling Solidarity Space @StirlingSolspa]

Come to our event on the 21st of May at the @kiltedkangaroo and support our @UCU_Stirling!
We are really excited to see what kind of talent there is out there! Hope to see you there!

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

Hopefully the start of a beautiful tradition!

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

Five generations of Vice President Communities - only two weeks left for me before Zoë Crosher takes over! @stirlingunion

[Ellie Gomersall 🍉 isn't here anymore @elliebgomersall]

Advocating transphobia in the name of women's rights whilst running an active campaign against the rights of sex workers (who are overwhelmingly women) to unionise and be protected from eviction really is the gender-critical movement in a nutshell.

[Bristol Leading Against Transphobia 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 @TransRightsBris]

Fantastic to see this! Sex work is work & if you are advocating for the Nordic model, it will do far more harm in a cost of living crisis as the NM would not stop sex work; it would force sex workers into more dangerous forms of sex work. Sex workers need allies, not gatekeepers.

[Ellie Gomersall 🍉 isn't here anymore @elliebgomersall]

No student should have to do sex work alongside their studies because no student should have to work alongside their studies.

For @strath_occupied to stand against a policy that seeks to support workers to unionise and be protected from eviction is deeply disappointing.

[NUS Scotland @NUSScotland]

We stand with sex workers. Sex workers deserve the right to unionise, access to financial and legal support, and access to adequate sexual health care. Tenants engaging in sex work should not be subject to evictions ✊

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

There are many many more articles I could reference but these are the ones I’ve found extremely helpful.

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

I limit my time checking Twitter (and for good reason) but I can say this motion was based on research from organisations across the world on how we can best support sex workers. Amnesty International, Young Women’s Movement Scotland, SWARM Collective, the list goes on…

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

Delighted to say that @stirlingunion's motion to support student sex workers passed @nusscotland conference with 85% of delegates voting for the motion, making it NUS Scotland Policy.

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

Smith, M. and Mac, J. (2018 A) Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights.

Sanders, T., O'Neill, M. and Pitcher, J. Prostitution: Sex Work, Policy and Politics (2018)

Kingston S & Thomas, T (2019) No Model in Practice: A 'Nordic Model' to respond to prostitution?

[Ellie Gomersall 🍉 isn't here anymore @elliebgomersall]

Really delighted that @NUSScotland now has clear policy that sex work is work, and that student sex workers must be supported. ✊

Great work by @stirlingunion!

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

We will continue to tackle the stigma by campaigning against abolitionism and working with sex worker-led organisations such as @scotpep You can read the full policy here: https://t.co/BTYZ2p9WUF or find the link in my bio.

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

Delighted to say that @stirlingunion's motion to support student sex workers passed @nusscotland conference with 85% of delegates voting for the motion, making it NUS Scotland Policy.

[Justine Pedussel//VP Communities @Stir_Community]

This motion lays out several points however, it simply means NUS Scotland will support the decriminalisation of sex work to allow sex workers the right to legally organise, to be able co-habitiate and work alongside other sex workers.