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You're a journalist. You have a tight deadline. How will you interview a sex worker in the next couple of hours? You probably won't.Including sex workers' voices in your stories is crucial to combatting misinformation, bias, stereotypes and other harms to their...
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can never hurt you? Language can actually have a profound impact. Language shapes our "normal" — the way we think, the way we feel about something and the way we pass those thoughts and feelings on to others. Download...
SWAN's Glossary Unless otherwise specified, these definitions were developed by SWAN to reflect the experiences of the women we serve. Unless specified, these definitions are not necessarily legal or universal in nature. Download the full PDF resource here >Return...
What gets posted on social media can have tangible effects on women engaged in sex work. Content written and shared about im/migrant sex workers over social media can influence the way these people are treated, the services they can and can’t access, and can even...
As a journalist, you have the ability to influence how the public perceives im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work.
In 2005, the Canadian government enacted criminal laws against human trafficking. To this day, despite amendments, these anti-trafficking laws lack a substantive basis in empirical evidence and often have the effect of harming those in marginalized positions—such as...