Who We Are

Almi (they/them) is an artist and community organiser with three years of experience as a sex worker activist.
They bring nine years of experience in grassroots activism and community organising, including planning independent music and arts events and fundraisers.
Almi focuses on environmental issues, housing, and migrant solidarity activism. For the past three years, they have helped organise Climate Camp Ireland with Slí Eile, an anti-capitalist climate group, which has hosted up to 500 people in various locations across Ireland to support environmental grassroots struggles and campaigns.
Their aim is to build community among sex workers and combat the isolation and stigma faced by sex workers in Ireland, alongside efforts to change the way sex workers are portrayed and perceived.
"Intersectionality is a big focus in the groups I am involved in, as I strongly believe all of our struggles are connected. Sex workers' rights are workers’ rights, and we must also strive to improve the material conditions of sx workers and all workers regarding access to housing, education, healthcare and migration."

Linda Kavanagh manages the communications for SWAI as well as advocacy for the organisation. She has 6 years experience in communications for the Abortion Rights Campaign. She comments on news items, promotes attendance at events, drives readership to our website, leads and moderates conversations around sex workers rights in Ireland. She also comments on public events, provides annotations and recommendations for articles, responds to questions, and post facts to bust the myths around sex work.
She communicates with organisations, politicians and policy-makers to ensure the voices of sex workers are heard in Ireland. Her aim is to change the conversation around sex work in Ireland.

Leea Berry is a Domina and activist. After suffering extended and cruel harassment and eventually eviction by the Gardaí under the Nordic model in Ireland she decided something must be done. She joined SWAI to work to fight stigma and work toward the decriminalisation of sex work in Ireland. Sex Workers are humans that deserve human rights. Under current laws, sex workers are denied basic human rights such as the right to food and housing.