A woman carrying a NSWP red umbrella in 2015

Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) is an organisation that advocates for the health and human rights of sex workers.[1] It is a private not-for-profit limited company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and founded in November 1990.[2] NSWP is a membership organisation, with members from five regions (Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean). NSWP publishes resources, including briefing papers, policy briefs, community guides, global and regional reports, smart guides, statements, the Research for Sex Work Journal, and case studies. It supports the decriminalisation of sex work.[3]

NSWP advocates for sex worker representation at international policy forums. It "credits itself as largely responsible for "sex work" replacing "prostitution" as the go-to terminology for institutions such as the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO)".[4]

Manifesto

NSWP's website states:

NSWP amplifies the voices of sex worker-led organisations advocating for rights-based services, freedom from abuse and discrimination, freedom from punitive laws, policies, and practices, and self-determination for sex workers. NSWP works primarily with sex worker-led regional networks, and facilitates sex worker-led capacity building.[5]

History

Global Network of Sex Work Projects was founded in November 1990, at the 2nd International Conference for NGOs working on AIDS,[2] and was registered in the UK in 2008.[6][7]

In 2008, it received $60,000 in grant funding from Open Society Foundations.[8]

In 2009, it was appointed co-chair of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) "Advisory Group on HIV and Sex Work",[9] established to "review and participate in the development of UNAIDS policy, programme or advocacy documents, or statements".

Publications

NSWP consensus statement

In 2013, NSWP released a consensus statement on sex work, human rights, and the law which details eight essential activism goals of sex work-related advocacy groups.[10] They include the right to:

Research for Sex Work journal

Contributions to publications

See also

References

  1. ^ Ford, Liz (21 September 2016). "Sex workers in poor countries have no voice on UN consultation, activists say". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "History of the NSWP and the Sex Worker Rights Movement: 1990s". Global Network of Sex Work Projects. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. ^ Murphy, Catherine (13 August 2015). "Here's why we at Amnesty backed the decriminalisation of sex work". The Independent. London. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. ^ Banyard, Kat (7 June 2016). "The dangers of rebranding prostitution as "sex work"". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  5. ^ "What we do". Global Network of Sex Work Projects. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  6. ^ "History of the NSWP and the Sex Worker Rights Movement: 2000s". Global Network of Sex Work Projects. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Global Network of Sex Work Projects Limited". Companies House. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Network of Sex Work Projects". Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  9. ^ Banyard, Kat (22 October 2015). "Why is a pimp helping to shape Amnesty's sex trade policy?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  10. ^ NSWP (16 December 2013). "NSWP Consensus Statement on Sex Work, Human Rights, and the Law". Global Network of Sex Work Projects. Retrieved 24 October 2019.

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