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Press release: Expunging Of Criminal Records for “Sale of Sex” Cautiously Welcomed

Press release: Expunging Of Criminal Records for “Sale of Sex” Cautiously Welcomed

Apr 26, 2021

Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) Welcomes Minister McEntee’s Initiativeto Expunge 607 Convictions for the Sale of Sex but says it does not go far enough.  The Criminal Law Sexual Offenses Act 2017 criminalised the purchase of sex and nearly tripled penalties for...

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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

March 14, 2023 – Sex workers failed by law AGAIN
March 3, 2023 – International Sex Workers Rights Day
December 17, 2022 – Press release: Irish government is complicit in violence against sex workers
December 7, 2022 – Reclaim the Night Speech 2022
December 1, 2022 – Ominous texts from Gardaí scare sex workers during Days of activism against gender-based violence

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