Scotland, Ireland and New Zealand have dealt with sex workers very differently during the pandemic, and the results are telling.
Sex workers have long been portrayed as victims of patriarchy and trafficking, but their quick mobilisation to counter government indifference demonstrates otherwise.
European governments look the other way when we ask them how they will help sex workers survive the coming weeks and months. This has to change.
Sex workers’ organisations cannot content themselves with providing services to their communities. They must transform themselves into vehicles of political power. Español
Effective outreach changed how the media reported on ‘sex trafficking’ for the 2018 Super Bowl. Will the lesson stick?
France’s shift to the Nordic model of sex work is a sign of deeper issues lurking just beneath the surface.
Being a feminist anti-trafficking organisation means being against a lot of what passes for ‘anti-trafficking’ these days.
Funding sex worker activism is no longer taboo.
The groups that came together to transform sex worker safety in California only agreed on one thing: violence against sex workers is unacceptable.
An ILO framework can be used to push for including sex work within labour protection systems. Let’s put it to use.
Sex workers in the Philippines have always been vulnerable to police violence. President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has made it worse.
The rights of sex workers are slowly gaining more recognition, but far too many still need to keep their heads down in order to survive.
