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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...
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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](https://swanvancouver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/FI_Immigrant-sex-workers-dont-need-a-‘hero-journalist.jpg)
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](https://swanvancouver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/FI_Finding-a-balance-in-reporting-on-sex-work.jpg)
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...
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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…
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How Data & Statistics Can Be Misinterpreted, Misrepresented and Manipulated
For a change, we aren’t going to be talking about im/migrant women engaged in sex work… Instead, we’ll be talking about some of the ways data and statistics can be misleading (both intentionally and unintentionally)…
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Expert Take: Questions to Ask About Human Trafficking ‘Facts’ & Statistics
To combat misinformation, SWAN has collaborated with qualified experts to discuss a heavily sensationalized and politicized topic in Canada — human trafficking.In this resource, Drs O'Doherty and...
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Interviewing Sex Workers
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...