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STATEMENT: Community organizations alarmed after City of Vancouver cuts essential Sex Work Social Planner position
“Due to the a loss of the missing and murdered women in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and the continued violence and stigma against sex workers (consistently reported by sex worker-serving organizations through local bad date lists and outreach programs), we are...
Open Letter: Adopt more effective anti-trafficking approaches
April 8, 2026 To: Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Nina Krieger Cc: RCMP ‘E’ Division Subject: Open Letter: Adopt more effective anti-trafficking approaches We, the undersigned, are individuals and organizations deeply committed to the health, safety,...
Access, on Whose Terms?
On Feb. 10, 2026, the Vancouver Community Sex Work Alliance hosted a screening of the 1984 film Hookers on Davie to provide the public with insight into sex workers’ lives, the barriers they face, and what has—and has not—changed. The following is a speech from SWAN...
Moral panic and the sex trafficking media frenzy
Marketing shapes the biggest trafficking awareness campaigns, leading journalists to ditch experts and fall for slogans. Journalists are rushing to the most sensational spokespeople while covering human trafficking, and they all say variations of the same thing…
SWAN Vancouver launches mobile STBBI testing for im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2025 SWAN Vancouver launches mobile STBBI testing for im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territory/Vancouver, B.C - SWAN Vancouver (SWAN),...
Who’s left behind as B.C. continues to expand pharmacy services?
-Guest Post by Amber Scott, UBC Pharmacy Practicum student The provincial government claims any B.C. resident can see a pharmacist for minor ailments, but new healthcare programs are largely inaccessible to immigrant and migrant women in sex work. In British...