The National Network of Sex Workers India responds to a new campaign to further criminalise sex workers. In their statement, they criticise the conflation of sex work with trafficking, and reiterate the NNSW-India's support of the UN's commitment to sex workers' rights.
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Statement-national-network-of-sex-workers-India.pdf
Statement-national-network-of-sex-workers-India.pdf Theme: Legislation and Policy, Labour
The African Sex Worker Alliance statement in response to the attack on the UN recommendations regarding decriminalisation. ASWA state that they "stand firmly against the radical move by former sex workers and campaigners in the global north, to protest against the decriminalisation of sex workers ... [including] our partners, employees, and clients".
Download this resource: ASWA Statement to UN on Decrim Protest.docx_.pdf
ASWA Statement to UN on Decrim Protest.docx_.pdf Theme: Economic Empowerment , Health, Labour, Legislation and Policy
This resource looks at the Canadian legal system and hierarchy of laws from the perspective of launching a court case to protect the rights of sex workers. It discusses the Canadian law and sex workers' rights, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, limits to the Charter, and how to challenge unconstitutional laws.
Download this resource: StellaInfoSheetCharter.pdf
StellaInfoSheetCharter.pdf Theme: Labour, Legislation and Policy
The 20th bulletin of the DMSC, discussing common financial scams, police violence, and the work done by the All India Network of Sex Workers (AINSW) to tackle HIV, human rights violations by the police, and the stigma that prevents sex workers from accessing services.
Download this resource: DMSC Bulletin20_ 15_Nov_2012.pdf
DMSC Bulletin20_ 15_Nov_2012.pdf Theme: Human Rights
This resource offers a succinct introduction to the Bedford v. Canada Supreme Court case. Bedford v. Canada challenges three anti-sex work laws in Canada which prevent sex workers from engaging in safety measures that would make their work safer. The appellants in the care are challenging the constitutionality of the communicating, brothel keeping, and living off the avails provisions in the Criminal Code of Canada. They say these laws violate their right to Life, Liberty, and Security of the Person as guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Download this resource: StellaInfoSheetBedford.pdf
StellaInfoSheetBedford.pdf Theme: Legislation and Policy
The bulletin of the DMSC, discussing common financial scams, police violence, and the work to tackle HIV, human rights violations by the police, and the stigma that prevents sex workers from accessing services.
Download this resource: DMSC Bulletin23 (2) 04_Jul_2013.pdf
DMSC Bulletin23 (2) 04_Jul_2013.pdf Theme: Human Rights
The bulletin of the DMSC, discussing common financial scams, police violence, and the work done to tackle HIV, human rights violations by the police, and the stigma that prevents sex workers from accessing services. It also discusses the success that self-regulating sex worker boards have had in tackling trafficking, in contrast to the more well-resourced non-sex worker-led programmes.
Download this resource: Bulletin26.pdf
Bulletin26.pdf Theme: Human Rights
This resource asks the reader to think more carefully and deeply about things we might think we already know; specifically, the language we use to talk about sex work. It reaffirms to a sex working readership that "sex workers are often framed in very simplistic and stereotypical ways that erase the complexity of our realities" and thus, "when our choice of words differs from the beliefs and stereotypes that people have about us, people are quick to discredit us".
Download this resource: StellaInfoSheetLanguageMatters.pdf
StellaInfoSheetLanguageMatters.pdf Theme: Stigma & Discrimination
This concise guide to the difference between sex work and trafficking - and what a response to trafficking grounded in sex worker rights looks like - discusses the key differences between sex work and trafficking; the differences that make the habitual conflation of the two not only inaccurate but also a hinderance to tackling actual exploitation, and a threat to the human rights of sex workers.
Download this resource: KDTD_Human_Trafficking_And_Sex_Work.pdf
KDTD_Human_Trafficking_And_Sex_Work.pdf Sex Worker Forum of Vienna, Austria - supplement to the Shadow CEDAW report submitted to the 54th Session of CEDAW February / March 2013.
You can download this 36 page PDF report above.
This resource is in English.
Download this resource: SWFofVienna CEDAW HR supplement 2013.pdf
SWFofVienna CEDAW HR supplement 2013.pdf Theme: Legislation and Policy
SZEXE Shadow CEDAW report submitted to the 54th Session of CEDAW February / March 2013.
You can download this 16 page PDF report above.
This resource is in English.
Download this resource: SZEXE shadow CEDAW 54 2013.pdf
SZEXE shadow CEDAW 54 2013.pdf Theme: Legislation and Policy
Tais Plus - Shadow CEDAW report submitted to CEDAW in 2008.
You can download this 5 page PDF report above.
This resource is in English.
Download this resource: Kyrgyzstan shadow CEDAW TaisPlus 2008.pdf
Kyrgyzstan shadow CEDAW TaisPlus 2008.pdf Theme: Legislation and Policy
Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center - Shadow CEDAW report submitted to the 39th Session of CEDAW in 2007.
You can download this 13 page PDF report above.
This resource is in English.
Download this resource: SWP shadow CEDAW 2007.pdf
SWP shadow CEDAW 2007.pdf Theme: Legislation and Policy
Sex workers from KESWA and ASWA in Nairobi staged a protest marking International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers on 17th December. Thousands of sex workers joined with gay activists and organisations to condemn the ‘Kill the Gay, Uganda Bill’ and marched on City Hall.
Download this resource: DEC 17TH 2012 REPORT.pdf
DEC 17TH 2012 REPORT.pdf Theme: Legislation and Policy, Violence
The National Network of Sex Workers in India have appealed to the President of India to reject the 'Ordinance on the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2012' which was cleared by the cabinet on 1st February.
A proposed section in this bill conflates trafficking with sex work and essentially defines all 'prostitution' as exploitation, further eroding the dignity of voluntary and consenting sex workers, against the internationally recognised interpretation of the UN Protocol, 2000. If accepted this bill will criminalise sex workers.
You can read the 2 page (PDF) press release (in English) as published on SANGRAM's website above.
Download this resource: Ordinance-PR-NNSW.pdf
Ordinance-PR-NNSW.pdf Theme: Legislation and Policy
This is the 3rd edition of the STRASS newsletter, packed with details of their recent and forthcoming activism events in France as well as a round up of other European news realting to sex work.
You can download this 2 page PDF document above. This resource is in English.
Download this resource: bulletin 3 anglais impr.pdf
bulletin 3 anglais impr.pdf Theme: Human Rights
The Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee is a collective of 65000 female, male and transgender sex workers in West Bengal, India. Their most recent Bulletin (No 22.) includes recent news and coverage of their AGM.
You can download this 4 page pdf Bulletin above (in English).
Download this resource: Bulletin22.pdf
Bulletin22.pdf Theme: Human Rights
St. James Infirmary provides compassionate and non-judgmental healthcare and social
services for current and former sex workers of all genders and sexual orientations while helping to prevent occupational illnesses and injuries through a comprehensive continuum of services.
Download this resource: SJI Annual Report 2010.pdf
SJI Annual Report 2010.pdf Theme: Health
PROS Network (Providers and Resources Offering Services to sex workers) participated in two studies in New York around the impact of policies that use of condoms as ‘evidence of prostitution’. This report written by the PROS Network and Leigh Tomppert of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, which was funded by Open Society Foundation and the Elton John Foundation, compares the findings of the two studies.
Download this resource: 20120417-public-health-crisis[1].pdf
20120417-public-health-crisis[1].pdf Theme: Legislation and Policy