Front Page Confidential

"Regarding the Super Bowl-sex trafficking myth, Mariah Grant, director of research and advocacy at the Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers Project, said there’s no excuse for perpetuating this urban legend at this late date.  She noted that way back in 2011, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) released its seminal report, “What’s the Cost of a Rumor?”  — which concluded that there is “no evidence that large sporting events cause an increase in trafficking for prostitution.'”

Jezebel

"According to [the Sex Workers Project of] the Urban Justice Center, 30% of interviewed sex workers said they had been threatened with violence by police officers, and 27% reported experiencing violence at the hands of police that included beatings and rape."

Science Direct

"Emerging evidence suggests that sex workers face unique and profound risks arising from the COVID-19 pandemic...The authors wish to thank participants who so generously shared their time and energy. We also wish to thank organizations that supported recruitment and consulted on study design, …[including] the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center."

CDT

We, the undersigned organizations [including SWP], believe that the privacy, online safety, and digital well-being of children should be protected. However, S. 3663, the “Kids Online Safety Act” (KOSA), would undermine those goals for all people, but especially children, by effectively forcing providers to use invasive filtering and monitoring tools; jeopardizing private, secure communications; incentivizing increased data collection on children and adults; and undermining the delivery of critical services to minors by public agencies like schools. 

Fight for hte Future

"While KOSA has laudable goals, it also presents significant unintended consequences that threaten the privacy, safety, and access to information rights of young people and adults alike. We urge members of Congress not to move KOSA forward this session..." - Signed by the Sex Worker’s Project of the Urban Justice Center and many other non-profits

North Jersey News

Illicit massage parlors have become the most prevalent form of the sex industry, constituting up to 85% of all sex industry activity in the U.S., according to research by the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center.

Albany News

"The symposium’s panel discussion on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 3 p.m. will be moderated by Albany Law School's President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law Melissa L. Breger and feature….RJ Thompson, Esq. - Managing Director of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center."

US Today

"Mo Ho, a Missouri sex worker rights organization, is already in the process of establishing a fund for people who need abortions. “We’re very, very good at making sure we find ways to circumvent this systematic oppression,” said Zola Bruce of the Urban Justice Project’s Sex Workers Project. “Because we have no other support.”"

Reason

“There's no way the Allow States and Victims Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) doesn't violate the First Amendment, argues a federal lawsuit challenging the law. Among other things, it criminalizes web platforms that facilitate prostitution...Briefs supporting the plaintiffs have been filed by the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center and more than 20 other groups.”