Research

Our rigorous evidence-informed research documents and addresses the critical issues impacting people involved in the sex trades. It also draws on the extensive and diverse knowledge of our staff and community partners made up of sex workers, trafficking survivors, and allies. SWP has a long history of conducting original research on priority subjects as identified by sex workers and trafficking survivors, this includes investigations on the criminal legal and immigration systems, policing of the sex trades, impacts of COVID-19 on sex workers, and harmful public health outcomes of anti-sex work policies, among other timely topics. Our research provides communities and policymakers with the information and practical recommendations needed to defend the rights of sex workers and end human trafficking.