PRESS RELEASE: SWWAC calls for immediate halt to Manitoba’s Hospitality Sector Customer Registry Act

May 13, 2022contact: swwac@sexworkwinnipeg.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SWWAC calls for immediate halt to Manitoba’s Hospitality Sector Customer Registry Act The Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition (SWWAC) is deeply against the impending Hospitality Sector Customer Registry Act. While we agree that human trafficking is abhorrent, we absolutely can’t condone this bill, as it will directly harm sex workers operating in the province. The bill would require Manitoba’s hotels, temporary accommodations…

EVENT: International Sex Workers’ Rights Day – March 3, 2022

Thanks for joining us for March 3rd, International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, for the decriminalization of our work! Please join us in demanding that the Canadian government REPEAL THE LAW that criminalizes sex work, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA), and to FULLY DECRIMINALIZE sex work! Details about the event We will begin around 6pm, and we will have a visual and auditory show, which will be…

PRESS RELEASE: SWWAC Members Participate in House of Commons Review of PCEPA – February 8, 2022

Email: swwac@sexworkwinnipeg.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SWWAC Members Participate in House of Commons Review of PCEPA Members of the Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition, along with other members of the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform, are participating this week in the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. The consultation is a long-overdue review of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which came…

PRESS RELEASE: SWWAC Celebrates Repeal of By-Laws in Winnipeg – January 27, 2022

Email: swwac@sexworkwinnipeg.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SWWAC Celebrates Repeal of By-Laws in Winnipeg Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition is incredibly pleased to report that the City of Winnipeg’s paternalistic and counter-productive by-laws and licensing concerning body rub and escort practitioners and parlours in Winnipeg have been repealed. We support the removal of these harmful by-laws, and are excited to work with the city to ensure that sex workers do not…