We gather evidence to fuel advocacy, understand community needs, and push for change with recommendations rooted in lived experience. By combining research with insights from sex workers, we make sure our information is clear, accessible, and impactful. Our goal is to use this evidence to demand fairer, rights-based policies and hold policymakers accountable for decisions that affect us.
SWAN’s Cyber Security Manual for Sex Workers in CEECA Our series of four Cyber Security webinars in the Summer of 2022, each with between 15 and 25 participants, brought together a mixture of sex workers, activists and allies from our member organisations, providing a great starting point towards understanding and addressing the unique challenges faced […]
15 Years of the Sex Worker’s Rights Advocacy Network – Community Mobilization and Capacity Building in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia SWAN marks its anniversary by releasing a report. It highlights our successes and achievements over the past 15 years. Do you sum up your year? We do! New Year Eve, the ending […]
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sex worker communities and organisations across Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA) have been severely affected by the virus and the state policies adopted in response to this public health threat. This briefing paper documents theimpact of COVID-19 on sex workers and sex worker-led collectives in […]