European Sex Workers Rights Alliance

The European Sex Workers Rightgs Alliance (ESWA; previously, International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe, ICRSE) is a sex worker-led network representing more than 100 organisations led by or working with sex workers in  35 countries in Europe and Central Asia. The core aim of ESWA is to ensure that the voices of sex workers in the region are heard, listened to and respected. We strive to raise awareness about the social exclusion of sex workers of all genders in Europe and Central Asia; to promote the human, health and labour rights of all sex workers at the community, national and regional level; and to build alliances with key partners, including sex workers and their organisations on a global level, and with NGOs, other civil society organisations and key stakeholders involved in policy- and decision-making processes in the Europe and Central Asia.

ESWA opposes all forms of criminalisation of sex work and firmly rejects the conflation of sex work with human trafficking. It raises awareness of the harmful impact of this conflation on sex workers’ lives and seek to put forward a labour rights’ perspective of sex work, whereby the labour, health and human rights of all sex workers are recognised, protected and fulfilled by national, regional and international laws, policies and programmes. ESWA supports sex workers’ right to self-determination and self-organisation. Sex workers can and do effect change; solidarity among ESWA members will ensure that the needs and voices of sex workers will be heard and addressed equally.

Learn more about ESWA in our Featured Members of the Fortnight interview in English or Spanish

Contact Details: 
Address: Eerste Helmersstraat 17 D, 1054 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Website: eswalliance.org