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Structural and actual violence against sex workers did not end under COVID

Structural and actual violence against sex workers did not end under COVID

Dec 17, 2020

December 17th marks International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Kate McGrew, director of Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) says “This year the review of the sex work laws has begun and we worked to ensure that sex worker’s voices were heard in the...
Structural and actual violence against sex workers did not end under COVID

Candlelit vigil to mark International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Sex Workers 17th Dec 6:30pm

Dec 12, 2020

Details are as follows: Event: Candlelit vigil to mark International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Sex Workers Date: Thursday 17th December Location: Gates of Leinster House Time: 6:30pm Hosted by: Sex Workers Alliance Ireland The Sex Worker Alliance Ireland...
Press Release: “It’s a brothel. I’ll end you!” – chilling words of a man who attacked two sex workers

Press Release: “It’s a brothel. I’ll end you!” – chilling words of a man who attacked two sex workers

Oct 14, 2020

Today the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) learned that two sex workers working together for safety were attacked precisely because they were, in the eyes of the law, working illegally.  Two workers were sharing a premises in Limerick when a client refused to...
Press Release: Migrant worker guilty of working with another worker says Sex Workers Alliance Ireland

Press Release: Migrant worker guilty of working with another worker says Sex Workers Alliance Ireland

Oct 10, 2020

Today the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) learned of a migrant who has pled guilty to brothel-keeping charges in Waterford. Kate McGrew, active sex worker and director of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) said “The crime of so-called brothel-keeping punishes...
Press release: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons highlights Ireland’s failure

Press release: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons highlights Ireland’s failure

Jul 29, 2020

Today, 30th July is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Falling from Tier 1 to Tier 2 Watchlist in the Trafficking in Person’s Report since the purchase of sex law was introduced shows that Ireland is not utilising its best weapon against sex trafficking: sex...
Press release: Review will show that the current law is a failed experiment

Press release: Review will show that the current law is a failed experiment

Jul 9, 2020

Sex workers must be listened to in the review of the sex work law  Currently working sex workers in Ireland are central to the review of the law, says Kate McGrew, sex worker and director of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI). We are the experts in how this law...
Press release: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons highlights Ireland’s failure

Press release: Time to decriminalise sex work in order to combat Ireland’s failure to combat trafficking

Jun 26, 2020

Ireland has moved from Tier 2 to Tier 2 Watch List in the US State Department Trafficking in Persons report, released yesterday. This shows that our sex work laws are failing to help sex trafficking victims. Gardaí are ignoring and creating antagonism with their best...
Press release: Ireland is a safer place thanks to sex workers coming forward

Press release: Ireland is a safer place thanks to sex workers coming forward

Jun 26, 2020

“When sex workers work together with Gardaí we can make society better,” says Kate McGrew, current sex worker and director of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) commenting on two court cases involving attacks on sex workers which were reported on today. She...
Time to get real about sex work in Ireland on International Sex Workers Day

Time to get real about sex work in Ireland on International Sex Workers Day

Jun 2, 2020

 “Today is International Sex Workers Day and we are marking it while slowly emerging from the throes of a global pandemic”, says Kate McGrew, current sex worker and director of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI). She continues “Even a global pandemic cannot...
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January 10, 2021 – Outdoor Sex Work and COVID-19 resource

December 17, 2020 – Structural and actual violence against sex workers did not end under COVID

December 12, 2020 – Candlelit vigil to mark International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Sex Workers 17th Dec 6:30pm

November 25, 2020 – SWAI statement on leaked nudes 

October 14, 2020 – Press Release: “It’s a brothel. I’ll end you!” – chilling words of a man who attacked two sex workers

Press Releases

Structural and actual violence against sex workers did not end under COVID

“It’s a brothel. I’ll end you!” – chilling words of a man who attacked two sex workers together

Another migrant worker guilty of working with another worker

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons highlights Ireland’s failure

Review will show that the current law is a failed experiment

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SWAI supports the self-determination of all sex workers to be given a voice and allowed to speak on their own behalf. We support a harm reduction policy in relation to sex work and that sex workers should be granted the same rights as all other workers.

Mission Statement: To promote the social inclusion, health, safety, civil rights and the right to self determination of female, male, cisgender and transgender sex workers.

Latest News

January 10, 2021 – Outdoor Sex Work and COVID-19 resource
December 17, 2020 – Structural and actual violence against sex workers did not end under COVID
December 12, 2020 – Candlelit vigil to mark International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Sex Workers 17th Dec 6:30pm
November 25, 2020 – SWAI statement on leaked nudes 
October 14, 2020 – Press Release: “It’s a brothel. I’ll end you!” – chilling words of a man who attacked two sex workers

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