Are you a sex worker anywhere in Europe? Your voice counts!
We want to improve access to sexual health and PrEP services across Europe for sex workers. In order to do that, we'd like to understand better the needs and perspectives of the community.
www.thelovetank.info/esws/en
ESWA is looking for a consultant to update the our website to reflect our new Strategic Plan βπ»
www.eswalliance.org/webdesign26
Please share this call with your networks, so this opportunity goes to someone within the community β€οΈ
We are beyond excited to work with Kali in this new capacity! Please comment to give her a warm welcome, and stay tuned to meet other members of the ESWA team soon.
In their own words:
"My vision for ESWA is that we remain resilient, sx worker led, that we uphold our values of collective liberation, and that we practice proactive advocacy to move beyond responding to challenges to actively shaping the future of our rights through solidarity."
Welcome our new Executive Director - @thekalisudhra.bsky.social π₯³π₯³ Kali was selected after an extensive recruitment process, after having previously served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of ESWA.
This International Womenβs Day, organisations across multiple movements stand together in a call for legal systems that support people instead of punishing survival.
Watch the video where sex workers share what they wish the world knew on ESWA YouTube: youtu.be/FOp1q9x2qRw
Forward this invitation and say hi to us in the live chat on March 3rd. Let's celebrate International Sex Workers' Rights Day together βοΈββ€οΈ
Join us March 3rd, 3 p.m. CET for the premiere of ESWA's newest community video, where sx workers share what they wish the world knew about us, our work, and our communities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOp1...
www.eswalliance.org/newsletter26
Exciting opportunity for sex workers to build skills and gain experience in communications in the context of NGO work!
ESWA is looking for a consultant to support our communications team with the creation and distribution of the ESWA Monthly newsletter.
www.eswalliance.org/executive25
π£ ESWA is still looking for our new Executive Director - deadline extended until Jan 9th 2026!
βοΈ We strongly encourage migrant, racialised, women, trans, and otherwise marginalised sx workers to apply.
Please help us by sharing the research, as well as this post. Donate to a sx workers' led organisation if you can. Take care of yourselves and each other.
www.eswalliance.org/victims_report
This is how we end violence against sx workers. By nurturing the care that is already there, so it can grow and flourish until everyone is supported and protected.
We need strong and well funded community care structures.
Sx workers have always taken care of each other when no one else did. We do so while struggling ourselves. We share the little resources we have.
We need a transformative justice framework, built with understanding of existing violence and oppression. Only such approach can address the problems without perpetuating them.
We need to decriminalise sx work, recognise it as a legitimate form of labour, and remove all laws that make sx workers targets.
December 17th is the International Day to End Violence Againts Sx Workers.
But how can we achieve this goal when the very people trusted with protecting us ignore our calls for help, take the side of the perpetrators, or assault us themselves?
The research is conducted by YiΔit AydΔ±nalp @yigitindenial.bsky.social in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and University of Leeds.
Please share widely!
ESWA is looking for sex workers living and working in Belgium, France or both to take part in a research!
If you'd like to participate fill out this short survey and we'll get back to you:
shef.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Letβs keep up the momentum built by the powerful projections on the European Parliament. Read & share the Call to Action: hivpreventionalliance.eu/wp-content/u...
π’ As MEP Marc Angel said:
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βοΈ Sx workers' have been long recognised as one of the key populations whose meaningful involvement is essential in enging HIV. Combating stigma & discrimination are a vital part of this work, as is protecting #HumanRights and ensuring #GenderEquality
β οΈFailing to end the transmissions will lead to 80,000 extra HIV infections in Europe over the next 5 years. π§π΅π²ππ² π°πΌππΉπ± π―π² π½πΏπ²ππ²π»ππ²π±.
π Since 2010, HIV infections in Europe have deacreased by only 30% - comparing to the UNAIDS target of 90% by 2030.
π¨ #EU commited to zero HIV transmissions by 2030 - a goal we are NOT on track to reach! As a part of HIV Prevention Alliance, ESWA demands that the European Parliament takes action.
Read & share call to action here: hivpreventionalliance.eu/wp-content/u...
Our message is simple: A Gender Equality Strategy that excludes sex workers cannot claim to promote equality.
We will continue to push for an EU strategy that protects everyoneβs rights, safety, and bodily autonomy without stigma and without discrimination.
The report calls for destigmatisation of sex workers, yet consistently uses the term βpr*stitutionβ instead of βsex work.β This language is outdated, harmful, and directly contradicts any effort to combat stereotypes or promote dignity.
