Dec 17th #IDTEVASW 2021 TAMPEP International

On December 17^th 2021, on the International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers, TAMPEP, the European Network for the Promotion of Rights and Health among Migrant Sex Workers, gives continuity to its campaign Europe has forgotten the Human Rights of Migrant Sex Workers.

TAMPEP is launching a video with Migrant Sex Workers voices regarding the covid-19 period, their demands for rights and the improvement of their working condition, https://youtu.be/9xV-aSeXlN4

By choosing this date and the video format, we expect to ensure the voices of Migrant Sex Workers are heard and included in the days discourse.

To accompany the video a booklet presents the full testimonies of the eleven migrant sex workers who gave their statements tampep.eu/booklet2021

We ask you to share the TAMPEP Declaration, the video and the booklet on your social media and respective websites.

Together we can enact change, but we need your help. The plight of migrant Workers cannot be ignored any longer, for the situation is critical.

The campaign will go on. We collected already more than 635 endorsements on TAMPEP’s Declaration and hope to get more, to continue sensitizing the action of politicians. Our Declaration demands are representative of fundamental adherence to the European Convention on Human Rights and similar international treaties and standards.

We ask you to follow and share posts on different social media to promote the campaign.

Declaration and endorsement –www.tampep.eu/campaign

Demands – www.tampep.eu/declaration/tampep-demands/

Instagram – www.instagram.com/tampep_eu/

Facebook – www.facebook.com/tampepnetwork/

Twitter – www.twitter.com/tampepeu

YouTube – http://bitly.ws/k5B2 and https://youtu.be/9xV-aSeXlN4

Email – tampep.info@gmail.com

Website – www.tampep.eu

Hashtags to use:

#MigrantSexWorkersCall4Rights

#Respect4MigrantWorkers

#NoneLeftBehind

#EuropeMustAct4MigrantWorkers

#NotEqualNotSafe

#DifferentJobsEqualRights

Best regards,

Jake, Veronica, Licia and the Working Group #MigrantSexWorkersCall4Rights

December 17: December 17th 2023 is the 20th Intl Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers

2023 Community Support Line

2022 Jayne Swift Article:

Research shows that sex workers are particularly vulnerable to physical and sexual violence at work. Globally, sex workers have a 45- 75% chance of experiencing sexual violence on the job. Individual studies of sex work in the US confirm high rates of violence, often from law enforcement. Street workers (who are more likely to be of color, trans, and housing precarious), are especially vulnerable. One New York City-based study of street workers found that 80% had experienced violence and 30% reported violence or threats of violence from law enforcement. A similar study of indoor workers found that 46% had been victims of violence and 14% had experienced police violence. Migrants and LGBTQ sex workers are also more likely to encounter violence.

2023 December 17th

2023 Pre Covid Sx Work Stats

Fact Sheet: It should be noted that the Sex Worker community is largely unrecognized as a population. This is an injustice and impacts our ability to gather statistics about both our losses and our resiliency. Sex Workers as a demographic need to be recognized and supported and funded so that data can be accurately reflected.

2023 Letter from Dr. Annie

When Ridgeway was finally caught, I felt a need to memorialize my whore sisters that had died so horribly and needlessly. I cared, and I knew other people cared too. So I got together with Robyn Few, Founder of the Sex Worker Outreach Project, and SWOP members Stacey Swimme and Michael Fowley, and we claimed Dec. 17th as the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. We invited people to do memorials, vigils, and their chosen kind of events in their countries and cities. We produced a vigil at San Francisco’s City Hall. To date, hundreds of people around the world have done dozens of memorials, actions, and events of all kinds, and the participation is growing. Won’t you join us?

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