Publications

We gather evidence to fuel advocacy, understand community needs, and push for change with recommendations rooted in lived experience. By combining research with insights from sex workers, we make sure our information is clear, accessible, and impactful. Our goal is to use this evidence to demand fairer, rights-based policies and hold policymakers accountable for decisions that affect us. Nothing about us without us!

In this section you will find:

  • Data and quotes from the lived experiences of sx workers
  • Data to back up your research 
  • Toolkits for advocacy and campaigning

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Deepfakes and Sex Work: Harms, Benefits, and Worker-Led Recommendations

Deepfakes and Sex Work: Harms, Benefits, and Worker-Led Recommendations

research report
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Digital rights

(A Sex Worker Inclusive) Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030

(A Sex Worker Inclusive) Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030

Gender equality
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Legal reform
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EU

What sex workers wish the world knew: community video

What sex workers wish the world knew: community video

video
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Sex Workers' Rights
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Rights Not Rescue

Research Report: Sex Workers' Experiences as Victims of Crime

Research Report: Sex Workers' Experiences as Victims of Crime

Access to Justice
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Policy
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Policy Brief
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research report

Sex work & Tech Tarot Cards: Second deck is here!

Sex work & Tech Tarot Cards: Second deck is here!

Digital rights
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Educational
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Printable




Police Violence Against Sex Workers: Policy Brief

Police Violence Against Sex Workers: Policy Brief

Access to Justice
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research report


Call to Action: Sign Our Open Letter to Meta’s Oversight Board

Call to Action: Sign Our Open Letter to Meta’s Oversight Board

Open Letter
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Digital rights


UnPrEPared: Community Report on Access to PrEP by Sex Workers in Europe

UnPrEPared: Community Report on Access to PrEP by Sex Workers in Europe

Webinar
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Community report
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Explainer video
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access to health

Labour rights, safety and privacy: How to centre sex workers’ needs on advertising platforms

Labour rights, safety and privacy: How to centre sex workers’ needs on advertising platforms

Digital rights
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online platforms
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Labour rights
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research report

Trans Day of Remembrance 2024 Joint Statement

Trans Day of Remembrance 2024 Joint Statement

statement
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LGBTQI+ Rights

NEW RESEARCH | Exposed from All Sides: The Role of Policing in Sex Workers' Access to Justice

NEW RESEARCH | Exposed from All Sides: The Role of Policing in Sex Workers' Access to Justice

Policy Brief
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Legal reform
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Access to Justice
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research report
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Explainer video

EU Elections 2024: European Sex Workers Rights Alliance Manifesto

EU Elections 2024: European Sex Workers Rights Alliance Manifesto

Policy
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elections
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Manifesto

Sex Work & Tech Tarot Cards

Sex Work & Tech Tarot Cards

Digital rights
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Digital literacy
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Other


Inclusive HIV Programming for Male & Trans Sex Workers: Fact Sheets

Inclusive HIV Programming for Male & Trans Sex Workers: Fact Sheets

LGBTQI+ Rights
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access to health
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Fact Sheet


Toward Safer Intimate Futures: Recommendations for Tech Platforms to Reduce Image Based Sexual Abuse

Toward Safer Intimate Futures: Recommendations for Tech Platforms to Reduce Image Based Sexual Abuse

Digital rights
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online platforms
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research
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research report



Conditions, Control and Consent: Exploring the impact of platformisation of sex work

Conditions, Control and Consent: Exploring the impact of platformisation of sex work

Digital rights
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online platforms
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research report

Key Resources on Decriminalisation and Sex Workers' Rights

Key Resources on Decriminalisation and Sex Workers' Rights

Legal reform
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research
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research report
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access to health
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Anti-trafficking

Why Do Human Rights Organisations Support Sex Worker Rights?

Why Do Human Rights Organisations Support Sex Worker Rights?

Racial Justice
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LGBTQI+ Rights
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Other



Sex Work & Racism: Historical Overview of Racism in Anti-Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Immigration Legislation in Europe

Sex Work & Racism: Historical Overview of Racism in Anti-Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Immigration Legislation in Europe

Racial Justice
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Community report
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Legal reform
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Anti-trafficking
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anti-racism


The Impact of Online Censorship and Digital Discrimination on Sex Workers

The Impact of Online Censorship and Digital Discrimination on Sex Workers

Digital rights
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Briefing paper



Briefing Paper on Sex Work and Mental Health

Briefing Paper on Sex Work and Mental Health

access to health
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Briefing paper
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mental health

Toolkit on supporting sex workers' mental health and well-being

Toolkit on supporting sex workers' mental health and well-being

mental health
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access to health
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Toolkit

LAUNCH OF BRIEFING: TACKLING TRAFFICKING UNDER A DECRIMINALISATION MODEL

LAUNCH OF BRIEFING: TACKLING TRAFFICKING UNDER A DECRIMINALISATION MODEL

Legal reform
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Anti-trafficking
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Briefing paper

ICRSE PUBLISHES NEW REPORT ON SEX WORK, MIGRATION, EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING

ICRSE PUBLISHES NEW REPORT ON SEX WORK, MIGRATION, EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING

Access to Justice
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Labour rights
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report
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Migration

Advocacy Tool on Sex Work and HIV in Europe

Advocacy Tool on Sex Work and HIV in Europe

access to health
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HIV
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Toolkit


Undeserving victims? A Community Report on Migrant Sex Worker Victims of Crime in Europe

Undeserving victims? A Community Report on Migrant Sex Worker Victims of Crime in Europe

Anti-trafficking
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Migration
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Access to Justice
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research report



Collateral Damages Of Anti-trafficking Laws And Measures On Sex Workers

Collateral Damages Of Anti-trafficking Laws And Measures On Sex Workers

Anti-trafficking
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Access to Justice
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report

Trafficking 101

Trafficking 101

Anti-trafficking
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Rights Not Rescue
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Toolkit

Intersectional Activism Toolkit For Sex Workers And Allies

Intersectional Activism Toolkit For Sex Workers And Allies

Intersectionality
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tool kit
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LGBTI+
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Labour rights
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Gender equality
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Migration
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Racial Justice


Understanding Sex Workers’ Right to Health: Impact of Criminalisation and Violence

Understanding Sex Workers’ Right to Health: Impact of Criminalisation and Violence

access to health
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Intersectionality
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HIV


Understanding Sex Work As Work: A Brief Guide For Labour Rights Activists'

Understanding Sex Work As Work: A Brief Guide For Labour Rights Activists'

Labour and social inclusion
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Workers' rights


Community Report on Exploitation in the Sex Industry

Community Report on Exploitation in the Sex Industry

Exploitation
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Labour and social inclusion
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Human rights


Nothin About Us Without Us: 10 Years Report On Sex Workers' Rights In Europe And Central Asia

Nothin About Us Without Us: 10 Years Report On Sex Workers' Rights In Europe And Central Asia

Activism
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Sex Workers' Rights
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History
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ICRSE
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ESWA

Training Manual on Sex Work, HIV And Human Rights

Training Manual on Sex Work, HIV And Human Rights

HIV
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capacity building
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access to health

Underserved. Overpoliced. Invisibilised. LGBTI Sex Workers Do Matter.

Underserved. Overpoliced. Invisibilised. LGBTI Sex Workers Do Matter.

LGBTI+ rights
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Intersectionality

Community Report on Structural Violence

Community Report on Structural Violence

Structural violence
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Community report
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Human rights