We have organised our growing library of publications and tools to better serve the sex worker-led movement, funders, and allies. We have highlighted key topics that intersect with our work including participatory grantmaking, donor finders, and other work contributed from regional networks, sex worker funders, and other organisations that support sex worker rights.
To a large extent, the violence in the lives of sex workers is created by the conditions of criminalisation. Sex work is not inherently violent but discrimination and stigma against sex workers generate violence and limits sex workers’ access to justice.
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This ‘Smart Sex Workers’ Guide’ provides an overview of the advocacy tools and interventions used by sex worker-led organisations globally to combat violence against sex workers. It builds on the guidance provided in ‘Addressing Violence Against Sex Workers’, chapter 2 of the Sex Worker Implementation Tool (SWIT).
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“According to research published […] by the Network of Latin American and Caribbean Sex Workers (Red de Trabajadoras Sexuales de Latinoam?rica y el Caribe, RedTraSex) more than 1,200 sex workers in 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean reported having experienced some form of human rights abuse since 2016. Among the abuses most frequently reported are discrimination, harassment, intimidation, threats, physical assault, rape and extortion.”
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