Responsible Reporting Project Evaluation
SWAN Vancouver partnered with academics, justice-oriented advocates and local and national media outlets and engaged im/migrant sex workers to create a series of resources aimed at shifting the...
Improving health outcomes for im/migrant sex workers
Canada is a country that is highly regarded for their universal healthcare. Despite this, as is the case with even the best healthcare system, there continue to be health inequities among...
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. ...
Misleading police news releases
Police across Canada are presenting cases as human trafficking in their news releases, but it’s often just a crackdown on sex workers and their clients. In some cases, police framed child...
“You’re always on edge:” Sex Work, Immigration, and Canadian Law
SWAN Vancouver conducted a broad community consultation to record women’s experiences about how the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), which ban temporary residents from doing...
You Choose: Seek Justice as a Migrant Sex Worker
‘You Choose: Seek Justice as a Migrant Sex Worker’ is an interactive campaign in which you step into the shoes of a migrant sex worker. The project highlights the systemic barriers migrant sex workers
Expert Take: Men & Masc Sex Workers
To combat the longstanding stereotype that sex workers are only women, SWAN teamed up with HIM, an organization that supports men and masc sex workers, to help dispel some myths and shed light on an...
A Word on Ethical Imagery
Bad Imagery in Sex Work Reporting Using inappropriate images when reporting on sex work can contribute to misinformation, widely-held stereotypes and the dehumanization and 'othering' of sex...