This is a Community Guide to the Advocacy Toolkit: The Real Impact of the Swedish Model on Sex Workers, a collection of papers on the harmful Swedish model. It can be used to challenge the widespread promotion of this detrimental legal and political approach to the regulation of sex work.
Resources
NSWP collects resources about sex work and makes them available on our website. You can search NSWP’s online resource library via themes, resource types, language, region and year. The resource types include NSWP publications, member publications, international guidelines, research papers and other publications.
NSWP publications include a range of resources:
- Briefing Papers and Community Guides examine issues affecting sex workers globally and provide recommendations for policy and practices. They are developed through sex worker-led policy analysis and an in-depth consultation process with NSWP members.
- Policy Briefs and Community Guides examine issues affecting sex workers globally and provide recommendations for policy and practices. They are developed through sex worker-led policy analysis and e-consultation with NSWP members.
- Global and Regional Reports document the lived experiences of sex workers on particular issues and make recommendations for future policy and good practices.
- Research for Sex Work is a peer-reviewed journal, which explores a different theme in each issue.
- The Sex Work Digest provides a quarterly round up of news stories, events and other information relating to sex work issues.
- Smart Guides provide basic information on key issues that affect sex workers globally.
- Case Studies reflect on the results and lessons learnt of activities and policies affecting the lives of sex workers.
- Statements provide responses from NSWP and our members to emerging global issues that undermine sex workers’ human rights.
- NSWP documents include organisational documents such as NSWP Strategic Plans and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and NSWP Consensus Statement.
NSWP publications that are available in Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish are featured on the language-specific sections of this website.
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Community Guide: The Real Impact of the Swedish Model on Sex Workers, NSWP - 2015
Theme: Legislation and Policy
The Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) proudly presents A Guide For Sex Worker Human Rights Defenders. This publication is aimed at sex workers of all genders and backgrounds, sex worker projects, human rights organizations and advocates. It contains practical information on how to start human rights documenting projects, to organize human rights campaigns and to use formal human rights mechanisms.
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A Guide For Sex Worker Human Rights Defenders, SWAN - September 2015
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A Guide For Sex Worker Human Rights Defenders RU, SWAN - September 2015
Theme: Human Rights
This is a summary of the findings of the Economic Empowerment: Does Rehabilitation Have a Role? briefing paper and the Overcoming Practices that Limit Sex Worker Agency in the Asia Pacific Region briefing paper. In this summary, NSWP reflects on the impact of economic empowerment programmes for sex workers.
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Summary: Economic Empowerment Briefing Papers, NSWP - 2015
Theme: Economic Empowerment
This is a summary of the Asia and the Pacific regional report on economic and social empowerment and the Africa regional report on economic empowerment programmes for sex workers. In this summary, NSWP reflects on best practices for the economic empowerment of sex workers, focusing on elements of successful economic empowerment programmes and describing lessons learnt from programmes that fail.
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Summary Regional Reports Economic Empowerment, NSWP - November 2015
Theme: Economic Empowerment
PEPFAR released their Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance for 2016 today in commemoration of World AIDS Day. NSWP is disappointed the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will continue forcing donor recipients to sign the ‘anti-prostitution loyalty oath’.
NSWP will continue to oppose PEPFAR’s ‘anti-prostitution loyalty oath’ as it is detrimental to the health and wellbeing of sex workers globally. It also undermines the minimum standards of programming implementation and development outlined in the SWIT for low, middle, and high-income countries.
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NSWP Statement on PEPFAR COP Guidance 2016 APLO , NSWP - December 2015
Theme: Health
This is a Community Guide summarising the Mapping and Population Size Estimates of Sex Workers policy brief. It is an overview and critique of mapping, population size estimates and unique identifier codes and how they are used. The practices of mapping the places where sex workers live and work, and creating population size estimates, are becoming more routine. Some of the threats associated with these practices, and the strategies that are used to keep people safe and data confidential and secure, are discussed.
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Community Guide: Mapping & Population Size Estimates, NSWP - 2015
Theme: Human Rights
This policy brief is an overview and critique of mapping, population size estimates and unique identifier codes and how they are used. The practices of mapping the places where sex workers live and work, and creating population size estimates, are becoming more routine. Some of the threats associated with these practices, and the strategies that are used to keep people safe and data confidential and secure, are discussed. A Community Guide is also available.
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Policy Brief: Mapping & Population Size Estimates, NSWP - 2015
Theme: Human Rights
Sixty-five sex workers were arrested on Thursday 19th November in Kisii County, Kenya. The following day, the sex workers were taken to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital and tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The leading officer from the Kisii Governor’s Office, Mr. Patrick Lumumba, stated there were too many sex workers loitering the streets of Kisii, “spreading HIV and STIs to married men”.
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NSWP Statement Kisii County, NSWP- 27 November 2015
Theme: Human Rights, Violence
This Advocacy Toolkit is a collection of eight evidence-based fact sheets and advocacy tools on the harmful Swedish model. It can be used to challenge the widespread promotion of this detrimental legal and political approach to the regulation of sex work. A Community Guide is also available.
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The Real Impact of the Swedish Model on Sex Workers Advocacy Toolkit, NSWP - November 2015.pdf
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1. Sweden’s Abolitionist Understanding, and Modes of Silencing Opposition, Swedish Model Advocacy Toolkit, NSWP - December 2014.pdf
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2. Impacts of the Sex Purchase Law - Street-Based Sex Work and Levels of Sex work, Swedish Model Advocacy Toolkit, NSWP - December 2014.pdf
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3. Impacts of the Swedish Model's Justifying Discourses on Service Provision, Swedish Model Advocacy Toolkit, NSWP - December 2014.pdf
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4. Impacts of Other Legislation and Policy - The Danger of Seeing the Swedish Model in a Vacuum, Swedish Model Advocacy Toolkit, NSWP - December 2014.pdf
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5. Right to Work and Other Work-Related Human Rights, Swedish Model Advocacy Toolkit, NSWP - November 2015.pdf
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6. Sex Work and the Right to Health, Swedish Model Advocacy Toolkit, NSWP - November 2015.pdf
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7. Sex Work and Arbitrary Interference with Families, Swedish Model Advocacy Toolkit, NSWP - November 2015.pdf
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8. Sex Work and Violence - Obligations of the State, Swedish Model Advocacy Toolkit, NSWP - November 2015.pdf
Theme: Legislation and Policy
The Strategic Plan outlines the mission, values, goals and strategies of the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) in 2016-2020. The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework explains how NSWP will reflect on and learn from its work.
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Strategic Plan 2016-2020, NSWP - November 2015
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Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, NSWP - 2016
Theme: Human Rights
This Community Guide summarises the Sex Workers Who Use Drugs: Ensuring a Joint Approach briefing paper. The community guide highlights the specific needs and rights of sex workers who use drugs.
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Community Guide: Sex Workers Who Use Drugs, NSWP - 2015
Theme: Health, Stigma & Discrimination
This joint briefing paper by NSWP and INPUD highlights the specific needs and rights of sex workers who use drugs, as a community that spans two key populations. This document provides an overview of some of the most endemic and substantive ways in which sex workers who use drugs face double criminalisation and associated police harassment, intersectional stigma, compounded marginalisation and social exclusion, heightened interference and harassment from healthcare and other service providers, infantilisation, pathologisation, and an associated undermining of agency, choice, and self-determination. A Community Guide is also available.
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Briefing Paper: Sex Workers Who Use Drugs, NSWP, INPUD - 2015
Theme: Health, Stigma & Discrimination
The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) stands by Human Rights Defender Alejandra Gil and Amnesty International’s decision to adopt a policy to protect the human rights of sex workers, including the full decriminalisation of sex work.
Theme: Human Rights
The Summary Report NSWP Strategic Review is a short summary of the extensive NSWP Strategic Review 2010-15. The summary reports the most important findings and recommendations of the review.
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Summary Report NSWP Strategic Review, NSWP - October 2015.pdf
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Summary Report NSWP Strategic Review CH, NSWP - October 2015_0.pdf
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Summary Report NSWP Strategic Review SP, NSWP - October 2015_0.pdf
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Summary Report NSWP Strategic Review RU, NSWP - October 2015_1.pdf
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Summary Report NSWP Strategic Review FR, NSWP - October 2015_1.pdf
Theme: Human Rights
The NSWP Strategic Review is a review of the 2010-15 strategic plans of NSWP. The review was led by an independent consultant. It used five research methods: a survey of all NSWP members, consultation with selected members, in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, a focus group discussion with staff and a literature review. The NSWP Strategic Review aims to inform the development of a new NSWP strategic plan for 2016-20.
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NSWP Strategic Review 2010-15, NSWP - 2015
Theme: Human Rights
This is the 13th issue of NSWP's quarterly newsletter ‘Sex Work Digest’, covering the period July - September 2015.
Features in this issue include: Decriminalisation updates from Scotland, New South Wales & South Africa; the raid at Rentboy.com; Amnesty International’s resolution on sex work; and the WHO early release guideline on ART and PrEP.
Resources featured include: new NSWP Smart Guide’s on SWIT & the Global Fund; Research for Sex Work 14; and Economic Empowerment Programmes for Sex Workers in Africa.
This resource is in English. You can download this 9 page PDF above.
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SW Digest Issue 13 July - Sept 2015
The Annual Report highlights the activities and achievements of NSWP in 2014. These activities include capacity building, providing technical support to regional networks and the development of advocacy tools that bring the human rights of sex workers very strongly into focus.
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NSWP Annual Report 2014.pdf
Theme: Human Rights
NSWP, the Global Network of Sex Work Projects, emphatically condemns the actions of the USA’s Department of Homeland Security and federal prosecutors in New York for the raid on the offices of Rentboy.com and the arrests of seven of its staff members.
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NSWP Statement Condemning the raid and arrests at Rentboy.com, NSWP - 2015
Theme: Labour, Legislation and Policy
Research for Sex Work 14: Sex Work is Work is a peer-reviewed publication for sex workers, activists, health workers, researchers, NGO staff and policy makers. It is available in English and Spanish. All issues of Research for Sex Work can be found here.
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R4SW 2015_issue14
Theme: Labour