Student Sex Workers Of SWARM – Statement On SWOP At Brighton University...
As student sex workers we know all too well the gap between what we are expected to live on and the actual cost of living. For many of us trying to navigate student life, sex work becomes the best and...
View Article‘No silence to violence’, a report on violence against women in prostitution...
To mark International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers on December 17th 2018, SWARM published ‘No silence to violence’, a report on violence against women in prostitution in the UK. The report...
View ArticleNordic Model In Northern Ireland A Total Failure: No Decrease In Sex Work,...
Joint statement from SWARM, Decrim Now and x-talk New research, commissioned by the Northern Irish Ministry of Justice and released on 18th September 2019, shows that four years of the “Nordic Model”...
View ArticleSWARM Welcomes Release Of New Home Office-Commissioned Study On Sex Work That...
The message from Bristol University’s Home Office-commissioned report into sex work is loud and clear: austerity is pushing people into sex work at the same time as current laws make them less safe....
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How to Support Victims of Domestic Abuse (without calling the police)
[This guide was kindly translated into Chinese by our comrades at vaChina. Scroll down for the translation] In April, the UK’s largest domestic abuse charity Refuge reported a 700% increase in calls...
View ArticleHow we ran a mutual aid fund
In response to COVID-19, SWARM started up a Hardship Fund to support sex workers affected by the pandemic. This report details what we did and how we did it. It is a clear eyed detailing of the...
View ArticleSWARM Response To The Scottish Government’s Equally Safe Consultation
The Scottish Government is running a consultation on ‘challenging men’s demand for prostitution, working to reduce the harms associated with prostitution and helping women to exit’, which closes on...
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Swedish Model (Aka The Nordic...
What is the Swedish Model? The Swedish Model is a legal model that criminalises the purchase of sexual services and the clients of sex workers. Depending on where you are (and your perspective) it’s...
View ArticleSex Workers As Collateral Damage, Once Again: A Critique Of The New ‘Sex...
This article is a guest post by Victoria Holt, Emily Kenway and Addy Berry, with thanks to Lydia Caradonna Context and background Evidence-based research is necessary to help improve the lives and...
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Therapy for a sex worker
Download full article here This article first appeared in the September 2022 issue of University & College Counselling, published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy....
View ArticleHookers in the House of Commons: Proceed Without Caution
By Charlie D. CN: This post contains discussions of violence against SW, police violence, rape, and CSA. On 12th November, SWARM members attended Proceed Without Caution, an event organised by the...
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