In 8 days the police raided the church and evicted the sex workers and allies. This event inspired the start of the worldwide sex workers’ movement, and celebration of June 2 as International Sex Workers’ Day.

On the International Sex Workers Day SWAN joins with other voices in calling for justice for sex workers in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. We condemn injustice against sex workers, corruption and laws that deteriorate their working conditions, ongoing attacks against sex workers, and scandalous and disrespectful media representation of sex work.

In 8 days the police raided the church and evicted the sex workers and allies. This event inspired the start of the worldwide sex workers’ movement, and celebration of June 2 as International Sex Workers’ Day.

On the International Sex Workers Day SWAN joins with other voices in calling for justice for sex workers in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. We condemn injustice against sex workers, corruption and laws that deteriorate their working conditions, ongoing attacks against sex workers, and scandalous and disrespectful media representation of sex work.

SWAN demands:

•protection of working, social, human rights of sex workers;

•involvement of sex workers into decision-making about sex work;

•an end to systematic abuse, oppression, discrimination, and other forms of violence against sex workers.

                      Only rights can stop the wrongs!