Sex workers’ rights based inputs for UN report on violence against women 2024

The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences (SRVAW) is preparing a report on ‘the nexus between the global phenomenon of prostitution and violence against women and girls.’ The SRVAW is one of the UN Human Rights Council’s special procedures. These independent human rights experts are appointed with mandates to report and advise on human rights violations from a thematic or country-specific perspective. Civil society and community organisations play a key role in providing information to these independent experts in addressing how their communities are impacted by laws, policies and societal norms, and suggesting ways states can guarantee their human rights. 

We appreciate the concern for violence in the lives of sex workers and welcome a report that elaborates on this important topic. The language from the call and the use of ‘prostitution’ in the title suggests that the SRVAW has chosen to focus on a specific perspective and ideological approach to sex work and prostitution law. This call was a crucial opportunity for sex workers’ rights organisations to have their voices and their experiences of violence included in such a report.  Sex workers’ rights, feminist, and human rights organisations and academic researchers working at local, regional and global levels from around the world submitted their sex workers’ rights-based inputs for this upcoming report. 

Click on the names of the regions and then the names of the organisations or groups to access summaries of the submissions and links to the full documents. Also click here to find an overview of all submissions and here to access resources on sex workers rights. 

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If you have any questions, comments, or would like to send additional submissions, please send a message to communications@cmiconsortium.org

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