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Butterfly - Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network raise #8CallsForJustice
Enviado por NSWP el 29th Marzo 2021
NSWP member organisation Butterfly - Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network have launched a campaign making 8 Calls for Justice to promote racial and migrant justice of migrant sex workers and protect their human and labour rights.
Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center issue statement on prohibitionist ‘Nordic Model’ legislation in New York
Enviado por NSWP el 18th Febrero 2021
NSWP member organisation the Sex Workers Project (SWP) of the Urban Justice Center (UJC) provides legal advocacy to survivors of human trafficking and people who engage in sex work. They engage in advocacy, education, and organising to build a movement to protect the human rights of sex workers.
The Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center have issued a statement opposing the harmful “sex trade survivors justice and equality act”, a new bill introduced to state senate in January.
Canadian study shows harms of 'end demand' laws
Enviado por NSWP el 28th Enero 2021
'End demand' legislation, which criminalises the purchase of sex and third parties, impedes sex workers’ ability to seek police assistance when they are in danger, according to a new study from the Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity (CGSHE) at the University of British Columbia, and University of Ottawa.
The Obituary of Margo St. James, Pioneer of the Sex Workers' Rights Movement
Enviado por NSWP el 14th Enero 2021
Enquête d’impact COVID-19 – Amérique du Nord et Caraïbes
Enviado por NSWP el 22nd Diciembre 2020
En avril 2020, le NSWP a lancé une enquête mondiale pour comprendre l’impact du COVID-19 sur les travailleuses du sexe. L’enquête a reçu 156 réponses au total, de 55 pays différents, dont 53 provenaient de 6 pays – Canada, Guyana, Mexique, Suriname, Trinidad, États-Unis – en Amérique du Nord et dans la région des Caraïbes.
Vous pouvez télécharger cette ressource de 11 pages ci-dessus. Cette ressource est disponible en anglais, en chinois, en français, en russe et en espagnol.
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Опрос «Влияние коронавируса» – Северная Америка и страны Карибского бассейна
Enviado por NSWP el 22nd Diciembre 2020
В апреле 2020 года НСВП запустила международный опрос, цель которого была проанализировать влияние эпидемии COVID-19 на секс-работников. Мы получили 156 ответов из 55 стран; 53 ответа были получены из шести стран Северной Америки и Карибского бассейна – Канады, Гайаны, Мексики, Суринама, Тринидада, США.
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COVID-19影响调查——北美和加勒比地区
Enviado por NSWP el 22nd Diciembre 2020
2020年4月，NSWP发起了一项全球调查，以了解COVID-19对性工作者的影响。调查共收到来自55个不同国家的156份答复，其中53份答复来自北美和加勒比地区的6个国家:加拿大、圭亚那、墨西哥、苏里南、特立尼达和美国。
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Guyana Sex Work Coalition (GSWC)
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The Guyana Sex Work Coalition (GSWC) is a non- profit, non- governmental organisation that was established on the 11th October, 2008. The GSWC is one of the first established sex worker-led organisations in the Caribbean.
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Empowering and Organising Sex Workers towards Achieving and Maintaining Progressive Self- Development and Increased HIV Preventative Actions.
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