Tools

The sex workers led organization Silver Rose from St Petersburg, Russia, has published a security guide for sex workers. The guide was developed by sex workers. It contains the recommendations on how to protect health, privacy and personal belongings, how to provide the first aid to a client in case of emergency, how to chose […]

ICRSE and SWAN members are talking about implementing SWIT in their countries. Watch the video in English here. In Russian here.

Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association published the Manual for the Ministry of Health in Turkey on Provision and Management of Health Services for Sex Workers in Turkey. The Manual has been developed with the support of the UNFPA Country Office and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Manual analysis […]

SWAN wrote a submission to UN Women regarding their consultation on “sex work, sex trade and prostitution”. read it in english here, in russian here.

Underserved. Overpoliced. Invisibilised. LGBT sex workers do matter. The struggle for sex workers’ rights intersects with many other social movements. Contrary to the monolithic abolitionist discourse, which portrays all sex workers as “prostituted women” without agency, our communities are diverse and resilient. Sex workers are male, female and non-binary, LGBTQ, migrants and workers. Supporting sex […]

The Open Society Public Health Program has developed a clear and simple guide that pairs common violations experienced by sex workers with relevant provisions of major human rights treaties. The guide, entitled Common Human Rights Violations Experienced by Sex Workers, explains briefly how human rights treaties are enforced and lists some of the most important […]