SWOP Behind Bars – Page 2 – December 17th 2023 is the 20th Intl Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers

We Remember: Rickie Jolene Morgan

on December 3, 2020January 22, 2022 By mgd777

Part Two of our December 17th - International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers series. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-a-days-sex-work/id1495979113

All December: All In A Days (Sex) Work Podcast 2020-2021

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December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Started in Seattle in 2003 by Dr. Annie Sprinkle and SWOP-USA as a tribute to the victims of the Green River Killer, December 17th has become a global movement. Here at All In A Day’s (Sex) Work, we will observe December 17th by telling 17 stories. Every day between now and the 17th, I’ll post a mini episode in rememberance of a sex worker lost to violence. On the 17th, SWOP-Behind Bars will be hosting a 24-hour online vigil which is open to the public. https://www.facebook.com/InternationalDaytoendViolenceAgainstSexWorkers/

SWOP Behind Bars Scholarship Fundraiser Thru Dec 17th

on November 24, 2020August 16, 2021 By mgd777

 SWOP Behind Bars offers scholarships for incarcerated sex workers to study a broad range of subjects via correspondence courses, including paralegal and accounting.

Rock The Vote 2020

on August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 By mgd777

#NovemberIsComing #RegisterToVote and make #sexworker voices heard in this election! ##RegisterToVote2020 @RockTheVote makes it easy to register online and research candidates

2019 Reported U.S. Sex Worker Deaths #IDTEVASW

on December 10, 2019January 2, 2020 By mgd777

35 when we made poster. 48 today. #december172019 is #idtevasw International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers Thanks @christadaring @swop_usa @swopbehindbars We CAN help stop the violence! #ourvoiceistheirvoice #restinpower http://www.december17.org

Transgender woman suing Allegheny County Jail opens up about struggles, acceptance

on December 17, 2017December 17, 2017 By mgd777

We're here to help.” Equality PA, a nonprofit working to advance the rights of those who identify as LGBTQ, estimates that 74 percent of transgender Pennsylvanians have reported experiencing some form of harassment at work. The organization says 26 percent of those who identify as transgender have lost a job. In 2016, advocates tracked at least 23 violent deaths of transgender people in the United States, then the most ever recorded, according to the civil rights organization Human Rights Campaign. This year, that number has risen to 27, the HRC said. Williams said that many of her friends did not make it out of their 20s because of violence, suicide or drug overdoses.

Philly vigil set for 31 sex workers slain in U.S. this year

on December 11, 2017August 18, 2019 By mgd777

Philly vigil set for 31 sex workers slain in U.S. this year

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?