International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Campaign
The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers is held annually on December 17 by sex workers, their advocates, friends, families and allies. The day calls attention to hate crimes committed against sex workers worldwide, as well as the need to remove the social stigma and discrimination that have contributed to violence against sex workers.
2017 Campaign – Trans sex workers demand an end to transmisogyny, racism, and xenophobia
Download and share our campaign materials for the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, and add your voice to our demands to decriminalise sex work and migration!
- Social Media Images (German, English, Ukrainian, Turkish, Serbian)
- Poster (English)
- Publication “The vicious circle of violence: trans and gender-diverse people, migration, and sex work.” (English, Spanish, Russian)
Social media images (German, English, Ukrainian, Turkish, Serbian)
Click on each image to open in a new tab and download to share on social media, or print as stickers.
Poster (English)
Publication (English, Spanish, Russian)
TvT publication series volume 16: The vicious circle of violence: trans and gender-diverse people, migration, and sex work
Boglarka Fedorko and Lukas Berredo, TGEU, October 2017
TvT publication series volume 17: El círculo vicioso de la violencia: personas trans y género-diversas, migración y trabajo sexual
Boglarka Fedorko and Lukas Berredo, TGEU, October 2017
(Spanish version, original in English)
TvT publication series volume 18: Порочный круг насилия: транс и гендерно вариативные люди, миграция и секс-работа
Boglarka Fedorko and Lukas Berredo, TGEU, October 2017
(Russian version, original in English)
2016 Campaign – Listen to the voices of sex workers!
Videos
In 2016 we launched a series of videos “Listen to the voices of sex workers!” where Emy Fem, Sabrina Sanchez, and Ozge share their stories. You can watch the series here:
Press Release
On this International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers (December 17th), Transgender Europe (TGEU) calls for the full decriminalisation of sex work.
Violence against sex workers is widespread. It is estimated that, globally, sex workers have a 45-75% likelihood of experiencing workplace violence at some point in their life, mainly due to high levels of stigma and criminalisation of sex work.
2015 Campaign
In 2015 for this day we focused on and highlighted data from the Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide research project which shows that 65% of the murdered trans people, between 2008 and 2015, whose occupation is known were sex workers.