On June 15, 2010 the New York State senate passed a bill that, effective as soon as Governor Paterson signs it, enables survivors of human trafficking to vacate their convictions for prostitution-related offenses. This amendment …
Read the full story »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.
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 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.
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.
We produce advocacy and public education videos and prepare sex workers to participate in television and documentary interviews.
On April 18, 2009 Sex Work Awareness had our first Speak Up! Media Training for the Empowered Sex Worker in New York City. All the attendees got to take home a big packet of …
Join us at the 6th Annual Conference: HOPE to ACTION
Saturday, May 30, 2009
9am-6pm: Hunter College, 68th St & Lexington Ave
Tables are still available – reserve yours today.
Registration is now open — save cash, register early!
Sex …
Sex Work Awareness 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’ Women’s Networking Support Program (APC …
After the success of the Speak Up! seminar, made possible by the funds raised last year from the 2009 NYC Sex Blogger Calendar, we’re all extremely excited to be repeating this project. This year some …
Sex Work 101 was inspired by conversations that happened during the Women, Action and the Media 2008 conference held in Cambridge, MA from March 28-30, 2008.
Former $pread magazine editor and board member of Sex Work …
A sex worker is a person who does erotic labor in exchange for an agreed upon exchange of money, goods or services.
Sound vague? It’s meant to be!
It’s often assumed that “sex worker” is a euphemism …
The sex industry is a big, amorphous, largely unregulated (though in some instances, strangely and/or over-regulated) industry. It includes both legal and illegal jobs and in the United States is often identified as a multi-billion …
“Speak Up! Media Skills for the Empowered Sex Worker” is a day-long seminar offered by the New York-based organization Sex Work Awareness (SWA). The workshop is based on $pread Magazine’s successful “Journalism for Sex Workers” …
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 …
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 …
For the Second Edition of the Speak Up! Media Training for the Empowered Sex Worker manual, we’ve updated our examples, refined our approached, and added more goodies.
Here are some of the subjects covered in the …
