Although selling of sex is legal in Canada, virtually every related activity is criminalized making it unsafe and jeopardizing health and safety of sex workers, not to mention the violation of their human rights. SWAN Vancouver Society has been working...
Dear UN Women, Thank you for the opportunity to submit a contribution to your ‘Consultation seeking views on UN Women approach to sex work, the sex trade and prostitution’. This submission is made by the International Secretariat of the Global Alliance...
Lee la entrevista en español aquí PION is a GAATW member in Norway. Emilia Cebrián from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with Astrid Renland, PION’s Manager, in August 2022 to better understand the organisation’s history, work, and...
GAATW-IS congratulates Amnesty International (AI) for adopting a decision to develop a policy in support of the decriminalisation of sex work at its International Council Meeting in Dublin, Ireland, in August. In doing so, Amnesty joins a growing list...
The Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center is a GAATW member in the United States. In November 2022, Borislav Gerasimov from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with Mariah Grant, Research and Advocacy Director, to learn more about...
Lee la entrevista en español aquí SWAN Vancouver is a GAATW member in Vancouver, Canada. Emilia Cebrián from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with Alison Clancey, SWAN’s Programs Director, and Kelly Go, SWAN’s Programs Manager, in July...
Borislav Gerasimov, 21 January 2020 A slightly modified version of this blog first appeared on Beyond Trafficking and Slavery The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) was founded in 1994 by a group of feminists and women’s rights advocates...
Comitato per i Diritti Civili delle Prostitute aps (CDCP ApS) is a member of GAATW in Trieste, Italy. In April 2023, GAATW spoke to Letonde Hermine Gbedo, Coordinator at COMITATO, to learn more about the history and current work of the organisation.
October 2013 US-based NGO Equality Now has launched a campaign against some UN research into HIV, human rights, and sex work, which concluded that States should decriminalise sex work. GAATW-IS regrets that it is necessary to make clear that not all...
versión en español On 4 August 2018 the Spanish State Gazette published the registration of Organización de Trabajadoras Sexuales (OTRAS), the first sex worker union in Spain. Last week, almost one month later, the Spanish government found out that a...
Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer "E.M.A.C" is a GAATW member in Mexico. Vivian Cartagena from the GAATW Secretariat conducted this interview with the organisation’s programme coordinators, Rosa Icela Madrid and Ricardo Guerrero, in May 2023 to...
Versión en español 28 May 2016 The International Secretariat of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women welcomes Amnesty International’s ‘Policy on State Obligations to Respect, Protect and Fulfil the Human Rights of Sex Workers’, developed after...
Sex workers globally organise, unionise and develop and share initiatives to protect themselves and their peers from violence, exploitation and human rights violations. Many sex workers’ organisations also play a vital role in preventing children from...
In April, the European Sex Workers Rights Alliance (ESWA) published Sex Work & Racism: Historical Overview of Racism in Anti-Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Immigration Legislation in Europe, a community report that offers a historical overview of...
Astrid Renland, PION, 4 May 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has hit people engaged with sex work in Norway extremely hard both due to the lack of income and other financial problems, as well as the shutting down of health and social services for people...
CEDAW General Recommendation on Trafficking in the Context of Global Migration Since the end of 2018, the CEDAW Committee has been working on a new General Recommendation on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration. GAATW...
Women’s Initiatives (WINS) is a member of GAATW in Southern India. In November 2022, GAATW spoke to Meera Raghavendra, founder of WINS, to learn more about the history and current work of the organization.
Over the past two decades there has been a growing body of academic and community-based literature on sex workers’ lives and work. However, the discourses, laws, and policies that impact sex workers are continually changing, and critical perspectives...
The Hidden Harms of Anti-Trafficking On 15 October, SWAN Vancouver held a forum, entitled ‘The Hidden Harms of Anti-Trafficking’, which brought together representatives of law enforcement, funders, advocates, social assistance providers and members of...
July 15, 2008 (Spanish version) The Honorable Dr. Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 VIA FAX AND E-MAIL RE: Trafficking in Persons Report June 2008 Dear Madam Secretary, The Global...
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