Political Intent, Vision, Mission, Values
February 13th, 2018
…dis/ability, gender identity, race, religion or belief, ethnicity, sex and sexual orientation in our policies and procedures. 3. RESPECT We will treat everyone we interact with in the course of…
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Рамки для защиты прав секс-работников и КЛДЖ
August 22nd, 2022
Russian translation of framework which seeks to connect human rights principles to the debates around prostitution laws and sex work, and is intended to be a tool to inform the…
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Global South Women’s Forum 2020: Disrupting macroeconomics
October 14th, 2020
…like to extend our warm thanks to the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) for their guidance in re-imagining GSWF 2020 as a virtual event. NSWP is an organiser…
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COVID-19: Capitalism’s mask has slipped
March 19th, 2020
…threat to their health, lacking outreach and information in their own languages. Low-paid workers such as cleaners, supermarket workers and delivery riders are among the unsung heroes of this crisis…
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Enhancing worker protections in a post-COVID-19 world: The urgent need for C190
June 18th, 2020
…and support from governments, employers, trade unions, workers and civil society organisations. This new convention, C190 – Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019, provides an international normative framework to recognise the…
Read MoreIntroduction
November 8th, 2021
…and incorporate this analysis into the work they are undertaking. Moreover, we also hope to encourage activists and researchers working on economic rights and justice to incorporate a gender analysis…
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Go there to come back: Reflections from Botswana’s CEDAW review
May 9th, 2019
…questions from committee members in informal briefings, but this is not where the work is. The work is in listening and observing the state commentary. The expressions that leave you…
Read MoreA just, green, feminist COVID-19 response and recovery
November 23rd, 2021
…and for maternal, sexual, reproductive and mental health”. It should be noted however that sex workers have raised concerns that policies in the plan could be used in ways that…
Read MoreGeneral criticisms of the IMF and World Bank
January 5th, 2022
…workers (e.g. as maids, caregivers, nannies, sex workers) are precarious, unregulated, and associated with low wages and poor working conditions.4Ehrenreich, B., & Hochschild, A. R. (2011). “Global Woman: Nannies, Maid,…
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Open Letter from SWIFA to Members of Congress, Spain, on Proposed Amendments to the Penal Code
September 8th, 2022
The Sex Worker Inclusive Feminist Alliance (SWIFA), of which IWRAW Asia Pacific is a member, calls upon Members of Congress to meaningfully engage with sex workers’ communities and collectives and…
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