Since 2019, police have piloted a special program in which women taken into custody for prostitution are immediately offered social services in lieu of criminal charges. The program,known as Police Assisted Diversion, or PAD, connects willing participants with the Salvation Army’s New Day to Stop Trafficking program. Through New Day, women receive help from finding housing to guidance on how to get protection-from-abuse orders from partners who exploit them.
2022 CA Safer Streets for All Act
“SB 357 repeals a Jim Crow law that criminalized Black and trans people in public spaces,” said Fatima Shabazz of the DecrimSexWorkCA Coalition.
2022 CA Coalition’s “housing as healthcare” pilot
April 15, 2022The Honorable Nancy SkinnerChair, Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee California State SenateSacramento, CA 95814The Honorable Sydney Kamlager Chair, Senate Budget Subcommittee 4 California State SenateSacramento, CA 95814The Honorable Phil TingChair, Assembly Budget Committee California State Assembly Sacramento, CA 95814The Honorable Wendy CarrilloChair, Assembly Budget Subcommittee 4 California State AssemblySacramento, CA 95814Subject: Support … Continue reading 2022 CA Coalition’s “housing as healthcare” pilot
2022 Safe Sx Workers Study Act: HR 6928 and SB 3758
The consequences of FOSTA/SESTA were swift for people who trade sex, including survivors of violence, people experiencing exploitation and trafficking, caregivers and parents, people with disabilities, and the many sex workers who were struggling to get by.
2021 (HIPS) DC Since 1993
Thank you for prioritizing harm reduction education, services and advocacy. We look forward to working with you for a better 2021.
2020 BPPP on Biden Win
In the run-up to the presidential election, leading sex worker rights advocates are trying to anticipate the impact of either candidate’s win—and it’s the possibility of a Biden presidency that elicits both deep concern and cautious optimism. While most of the advocates I spoke with strongly favored Biden over Trump as a candidate, none considered … Continue reading 2020 BPPP on Biden Win
2020 Sex Workers Recognised As ‘Women At Work’: National Human Rights Commission by palak agrawal
Sex Workers Recognised As 'Women At Work': National Human Rights Commission by palak agrawal : The commission issued an 11-page advisory titled 'Human Rights Advisory on rights of Women Context of COVID-19', listing the recommendations for sex workers under the women at work section.
2020. Plaintiffs Continue Effort to Overturn FOSTA, One | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Special thanks to legal intern Ross Ufberg, who was lead author of this post.A group of organizations and individuals are continuing their fight to overturn the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, known as FOSTA, arguing that the law violates the Constitution. — Read on http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/plaintiffs-continue-effort-overturn-fosta-one-broadest-internet-censorship-laws A group of organizations and … Continue reading 2020. Plaintiffs Continue Effort to Overturn FOSTA, One | Electronic Frontier Foundation
2020 ESPLER RTK LA Zoom
Join the Erotic Service Providers Legal, Education and Research Project and Sex Workers Outreach Project Sacramento in hosting an online special presentation by UCLA Law Students panelist who will discuss their report “Tracing Criminalization: Policing and Prosecution in LA, 2017-2019”.
2020 COYOTE RI: An open letter on upcoming EARN IT Act
COYOTE RI: An open letter to Senator Whitehouse on upcoming EARN IT Act vote – Uprise RI — Read on upriseri.com/2020-06-30-coyote-ri/ COYOTE RI: An open letter to Senator Whitehouse on upcoming EARN IT Act vote By COYOTE RI June 30, 2020 “Your office was not willing to review any of the evidence based research regarding … Continue reading 2020 COYOTE RI: An open letter on upcoming EARN IT Act
2020 Fundraiser by Raani Begum : Philadelphia Sex Worker Relief Fund
You can follow us on: Twitter, Instagram & Facebook For more, our Website … Raani Begum needs your support for Philadelphia Sex Worker Relief Fund — Read on http://www.gofundme.com/f/m4q8nw
2020 Police mistreatment of sex workers by Sarah Smit
The relationship between sex workers and the South African Police Service has always been strained, with both male and female workers levelling allegations of discrimination and harassment against law enforcers. But sex workers say intensified policing during the nationwide lockdown has made matters far worse. As violence erupted in the United States over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, news broke of the death of a sex worker in police custody in Mowbray, Cape Town. - Sarah Smit
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