The occupation of Saint-Nizier Church by Lyon prostitutes refers to the ten-day occupation of Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon by more than a hundred prostitutes on 2 June 1975 to draw attention to their inhumane working conditions.[1][2][3] The occupation lasted eight days until the women were removed by the police on 10 June. Sympathetic occupations of churches by prostitutes followed in Paris, Marseille, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne and Montpellier.[4]
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- ^ "Prostitution: 40 ans après l'occupation de l'église Saint-Nizier, rien n'a changé". Le Point (in French). 1 June 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Zancarini, Michelle (19 June 1995). "Il y a 20 ans, le conflit des prostituées de Saint-Nizier - Ina.fr". Lumières sur Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Occupation of St-Nizier church". Global Network of Sex Work Projects. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2019.