Advocacy Tactics
Tactics used by groups.
WLC: Report Exposes Police Crimes against Sex Workers
Sex worker rights groups SWEAT, Sisonke and the Women’s Legal Center have come together to publish a groundbreaking report (WLC Stop Harassing Us Report) on police violence against sex workers in South Africa. The report, entitled “Stop Harassing Us! Tackle Real Crime!” documents concrete cases of police abuse of sex workers. The report includes first […]
More InfoHungarian Sex Workers’ Shadow Report Sparks CEDAW Response
The Association of Hungarian Sex Workers (SZEXE) successfully lobbied for UN support of sex workers’ rights during the first part of 2013. SZEXE submitted a sophisticated and constructive shadow report (Report on Violence and Discrimination Against Female Sex Workers by State and Non-State Actors in Hungary) to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms […]
More InfoPodcast: How Sex Workers Convinced Vancouver Police to Back Off
In this podcast, Katrina Pacey of Pivot Legal tells the story of how her organization and sex workers from the community succeeded in getting the Vancouver, Canada police to declare enforcement of anti-prostitution laws to be a low priority. Using a variety of advocacy tactics, activists were able to convince police to adopt new and […]
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