shakara carter – December 17th: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Crime Junkie Podcast Reports: When Shakara Carter is found strangled to death on a dead-end road in Grand Rapids, Michigan, she’s days away from testifying against a serial rapist. But she’s also one of about two dozen sex workers killed in the area over the years…and unlike some of those victims, Shakara’s killer is elusive.

December 17: December 17th: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

2025 December 17: 22nd Int’l Day To End Violence Against S3X Workers (IDTEVASW)

December 17th. IDTEVASW. Founded in 2003 by Dr. Annie Sprinkle and SWOP USA (Sx Workers Outreach Project) to honor the victims of the Green River Killer, who murdered dozens of women—many of whom were sx workers—in Washington State.

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The history of International Sex Workers Day began in the 1970s in France. Back then, prostitution was legal in France, but surrounding activities were illegal like pimping, operating a brothel, or paying for sex with someone underage. Nevertheless, police kept sex worker under increasing pressure, forcing them to work in secret. Sex workers weren’t protected, which led to increasing violence against them. The government did nothing to improve the situation. After two sex workers were murdered, a group of sex workers in the city of Lyon occupied the Church of Saint-Nizier on June 2, 1975. They went on a strike to draw attention to their inhumane working conditions and to put an end to the sex worker stigma.

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