PRESS RELEASE: SWWAC Demands an End to Stigmatizing By-laws and “Anti-trafficking” Campaigns – January 26, 2022

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Email: swwac@sexworkwinnipeg.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition demanded an end to Winnipeg’s stigmatizing and inaccessible licensing for “escorts” and “body rub practitioners”, as named by the city, and the removal of the biased anti-trafficking training from the recommendations in the public safety report, and won! Sex Workers and their allies presented at the Executive Policy Committee meeting on Wednesday, January 19th, 2022, in order to address…

SWWAC Supports Sex Workers, Not Winnipeg Police

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Winnipeg—May 2019—Winnipeg Police Services’ Counter Exploitation Unit claims, on their website, that they partner with “sex trade workers themselves” to fight street prostitution. The Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition is not one of these partners. SWWAC’s goal is to make things safer for sex workers. Criminalizing and arresting those who buy sex, as Winnipeg police currently do, puts sex workers at risk. Here’s why: Tracking and arresting clients creates risk for sex workers Essentially, any…