Quick Guide to Responsible Reporting Resources
For your convenience, we have listed all of SWAN's "Responsible Reporting" media project resources below, with a brief description of the resource, its target audience and how it may be helpful. The...
Language Guide
SWAN has developed a brief language guide to aid reporters in avoiding harmful language about sex workers. This guide is not exhaustive. It should also be noted that language is ever-changing and...
Brief to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
On January 31, 2024, SWAN Vancouver responded to a Call for Input from the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, for a report to the Human Rights Council on prostitution and...
Critical Anti-trafficking Repository
Interested in learning how mainstream anti-trafficking campaigns actually result in harm for sex work communities? Do you want to hear from people with lived experience and those conducting robust...
VIDEO: Clickbait Creates a Moral Panic About Sex Trafficking
Sensationalism is hurting everyone. Clickbait headlines may get newsrooms more readers, but they're contributing to a moral panic that doesn't help actual trafficking victims. Learn more...
VIDEO: Im/migrant Sex Workers Don’t Need a ‘Hero’ Journalist
Beware of the rescue mentality. Beware of the rescue mentality that is so prevalent in anti-trafficking work. If your mission is to save people and centre yourself as the hero, you could be...
VIDEO: Finding A Balance in Reporting on Sex Work
What’s the other side of the sex work debate? Here’s why your search for interviews may not result in a balanced news story - especially when one side is deliberately using unsubstantiated...
Rethinking Red Flags
Many mainstream anti-trafficking campaigns give a list of ‘red flags’ — signs of trafficking that you should watch out for in day-to-day life. Unfortunately, these red flags cause more problems than they solve…