I Am a Sex Worker: Video and Audio PSA
April 28, 2009 – 9:32 pm | 18 Comments

Sex Work Awareness recently implemented its first day-long Speak Up media training workshop, which took place in New York at the Harm Reduction Coalition in mid-April 2009. At the end of the day, the workshop …

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Legislative Training

In the United States, there are lots of opportunities for sex worker advocacy at the local level. Our training details the legislative process and shows you how to be a stronger advocate.

Research

We conduct research about sex workers and the sex industry in order to better understand it, develop public education initiatives, and advocate for the rights of sex workers.

Sex Work 101

Sex Work 101 is a basic primer on issues affecting sex workers. It adds to public knowledge about sex work and encourages discussion about the issues sex workers face.

Speak Up

Annual media training workshop for sex workers that builds skills in traditional and new media, including mastering an interview, writing a press release, and building an online campaign.

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We produce advocacy and public education videos and prepare sex workers to participate in television and documentary interviews.

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New Research Study: Sexuality Information Access Online
February 19, 2010 – 10:19 am | Comments Off

Sex Work Awareness (SWA) has been named the United States country research partner for the Exploratory Research on Internet & Sexuality (EROTICS) research project, funded by the Association for Progressive Communications. Other research teams are from …

Sex Work Issues and the New York State Legislative Process
February 8, 2010 – 5:10 pm | Comments Off

Tuesday , February 23rd, 6:00pm-8:30pm
At the Urban Justice Center in NYC
Ask most people about government and they tend to talk about their federal representatives, the White House, or maybe the Mayor. But the state government …

Speak Up 2010 Application
January 24, 2010 – 8:29 pm | Comments Off

“Speak Up! Media Skills for the Empowered Sex Worker” is a weekend-long seminar offered by Sex Work Awareness (SWA) in New York City. Speak Up is taught by Audacia Ray and Eliyanna Kaiser, two former …

Tell the Department of Health and Human Services How the Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath Harms Sex Workers
December 19, 2009 – 7:48 am | Comments Off

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The anti-prostitution loyalty oath (APLO) is a regulation that has been part of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (aka “Leadership Act”) which requires non-governmental organizations and …

Pay As You Go Redux : Sex Worker Shorts at UnionDocs Nov 7
November 4, 2009 – 7:27 am | Comments Off

Due to the overwhelming success and turn out for the first screening and panel event, Pay As You Go : An Evening of Sex Worker Shorts, we’ve decided to do another night of it! …

November 6 : Sex Blogger 2010 Calendar Release Party
October 28, 2009 – 10:12 am | Comments Off

Friday, November 6, 2009 6:30 TO 9:30 PM

VISIONS OF SEXUAL FREEDOM
NEW YORK CITY SEX BLOGGERS 2010 CALENDAR
BURLESQUE…..SWAG…..SEXY BLOGGERS….RAFFLE
Celebrate the release of our Limited Edition 2010 Calendar – I’ve posed with the very handsome Sinclair …

Pay As You Go: Sex Worker Shorts at UnionDocs, October 24
October 14, 2009 – 7:37 pm | Comments Off

Photo of Kamalabai Pani by Audacia Ray/International Women’s Health Coalition
Pay As You Go: Sex Worker Shorts
Saturday, Oct. 25 – 6pm & 8:30pm
Suggested donation $7 per show, $10 double feature price. Special free panel …

Sex Worker Literati Reading Series Launching August 6th in NYC
July 27, 2009 – 7:40 am | Comments Off

This isn’t a Sex Work Awareness project, but it’s a reading series put on by Audacia Ray that is of interest to our communities.

Photo by Sinead McCarthy, design by Sinclair Sexsmith
Best-selling author David Henry Sterry …

Women’s Studies Professor Isn’t Listening to Women: Sex Workers Clash with “Experts” in Rhode Island
June 25, 2009 – 6:37 am | 6 Comments

Donna Hughes, a Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Rhode Island and an outspoken opponent of the sex industry, wrote a piece for the Providence Journal called RI’s Carnival of Prostitution. In …

What defines ‘adult content’ and what exactly do you mean by explicit?
June 10, 2009 – 8:25 am | Comments Off

With the support of the APC Women’s Networking Support Programme, Sex Work Awareness is embarking on a research project to investigate restrictions on women’s access to sexuality information on the internet. Part of the project includes regular …