About the Sex Workers Project
Using human rights and harm reduction approaches, the Sex Workers Project (SWP) protects and promotes the rights of individuals who engage in sex work, regardless of whether they do so by choice, circumstance, or coercion. In addition to providing direct legal and social services to over a hundred individual clients a year in immigration, criminal legal, civil, and police misconduct matters, we offer "know your rights" trainings for sex workers and people who have been trafficked, and conduct training and outreach to service providers and community organizations who may come into contact with trafficked persons or sex workers.
Our direct service and human rights documentation work enables us to provide unique and critical information, analysis, and practical recommendations for policy advocacy at the local, state, federal and international level aimed at securing systemic change grounded in the experiences and concerns of our constituencies.
Audio Feature
Recording of a radio show about the Sex Workers Project by Angela McKenzie of Initiative Radio. The show has been broadcast in Nashville on WRFN, Chicago on WBML, and Staten Island on WSIA.
What's New
The Sex Workers Project is one of the sponsors of the Desiree Alliance conference "Working Sex: Power, Practice, and Politics", which will be held in Las Vegas on 25th-30th July 2010.
SWP is a co-sponsor of a new advocacy brief on microbicides (Word, 1.2MB)
A Newsweek blog post discusses the new NY law and the State Department's annual report on trafficking in persons.
SWP's Sienna Baskin talked to Morning Edition about New York's new law on vacating convictions.
The NY State Senate has passed a bill co-authored by the Sex Workers Project, allowing victims of trafficking to vacate prostitution convictions
Photo show by Artanagnorisis to benefit the Sex Workers Project at Station Digital, 73 Franklin St (btw. Broadway and Church). Silent auction, free entry & drinks.
Information and phone session with the Sex Workers Project at Columbia University.
Panel discussion & screening at the Tank, organized by Paradigm Shift (7:00pm-10:00pm)
