Sex
Workers
Project
We engage in legal services, advocacy, education, media, and organizing to build a movement to protect the human rights of sex workers. We aim to create a world that is safe for all workers and where human trafficking does not exist.
A WORLD THAT IS SAFE FOR ALL WORKERS AND WHERE HUMAN TRAFFICKING DOES NOT EXIST
Legal Advocacy and Services
Immigration and asylum legal services for sex workers and survivors of human trafficking
Movement Building
Policy advocacy, community organizing, leadership groups, and education to build the movement for sex worker rights
Recent Press
Ohio Anti-Trafficking Operation Harms Sex Workers
The Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center condemns the arrest and detainment of sex workers, including individuals potentially experiencing trafficking, as part of Operation Autumn Hope.
Kamala Harris is our new VP, and that holds different meanings for people
Daily Kos
“The victim narrative and rescue mentality that most Democrats take around sex work is not helpful,” said RJ Thompson, a human rights lawyer, longtime sex worker, and director of the Sex Workers Project. “We do not need to be rescued, we need our human rights protected.”SWP Receives Historic $1.2M Grant from the Sex Work Rights Fund
SWRF has made a generous donation of $1.2 million to SWP to significantly increase SWP’s capacity, size, scope, and impact. With this gift, SWP is able to hire a Director of Communications, Director of Development, Director of Research, Organizing, and Advocacy, and an Associate Director for State and Local Campaigns, as well as locally based organizing consultants. While continuing to focus on legislative efforts in New York, SWP will also focus on building a statewide campaign in Oregon to decriminalize and destigmatize sex work, partnering with SWR and other national, statewide, and local human rights organizations through 2020 and beyond.
Contact
Sex
Workers
Project
We welcome your questions and comments
Main Office
40 Rector Street, 9th FloorNew York, NY 10006
Telephone: 646-602-5617
Email: swp@urbanjustice.org
Hours
SWP does not receive walk in clients or inquiries. Please call our helpline at 646-602-5617
