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International Sex Workers' Rights Day.

Back in Europe again~

🇬🇧 UK 👥 NUM
🇳🇱 Netherlands 👥 SMAP
🇪🇺 CEECA 👥 SWAN

And I gotta remark again on the Turkish one above; it's just delightful~! 💖
🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116165839019541759

#SexWork #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 #Europe #CEECA #SWAN #UK #NUM #Netherlands #SMAP

International Sex Workers' Rights Day.

Back in Europe again~

🇬🇧 UK 👥 NUM
🇳🇱 Netherlands 👥 SMAP
🇪🇺 CEECA 👥 SWAN

And I gotta remark again on the Turkish one above; it's just delightful~! 💖
🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116165839019541759

#SexWork #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 #Europe #CEECA #SWAN #UK #NUM #Netherlands #SMAP

Some highlights for International Sex Workers' Rights Day on Europe~ ^^ #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 #SexWork #Europe #CEECA #SWAN #TAMPEP #ESWA

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7p4pbes77hhseeifiozhobxl/post/deyhisdu2rmiw

A few highlights from Africa~

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> ✊🏽✨ International Sex Worker Rights Day ✨🌍
> On March 3rd, we honour the legacy and stand in solidarity with sex workers around the world in the ongoing fight for rights, safety, and self-determination.
> Sex workers are the true experts of their own realities, and their insights must lead the way in research, policy, and advocacy. We celebrate the incredible strength and resilience of this community.
> Today and every day: Centre their voices. Challenge injustice. Stand in solidarity and #DecrimSexWork

— SWEAT and Sisonke 🇿🇦

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> UNESOs Message in Commemoration of 3rd March International Sex Workers' Rights Day under the Global Theme "Labour Rights."
> In Uganda, sex work and sex workers’ workplaces are excluded from national labour laws, which creates an environment where sex workers have no option but to accept exploitative working conditions and other targeted human rights violations. The struggle for the recognition of sex work as work is closely tied to the struggle for decriminalisation.
> Decriminalising sex work means that sex workers will no longer be treated as criminals. It brings sex work within a Human Rights framework, enabling sex workers to claim their fundamental rights to health, equality, and freedom from violence. It also ensures they have access to the same labour law protections that all other workers in Uganda are entitled to.

— UNESO 🇺🇬

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> Today, we stand with sex workers globally.
> Refugee and migrant sex workers in all our diversity demand: • Labour rights • Full decriminalization • Equal rights and protection.
> Our work is labour. Our dignity is non-negotiable. ✊🏾

— KNESWO 🇰🇪

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> Today we mark Sex Workers' Rights Day
> Decriminalization reduces violence, improves health access, and protects human rights.
> Sex work is work. Safety is non-negotiable. Dignity is a right.

— KESWA 🇰🇪

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#SexWork #ISWRD #ISWRD2026
#SWEAT #Sisonke #Zimbabwe
#UNESO #Uganda
#KNESWO #KESWA #Kenya

A few highlights from Africa~

---

> ✊🏽✨ International Sex Worker Rights Day ✨🌍
> On March 3rd, we honour the legacy and stand in solidarity with sex workers around the world in the ongoing fight for rights, safety, and self-determination.
> Sex workers are the true experts of their own realities, and their insights must lead the way in research, policy, and advocacy. We celebrate the incredible strength and resilience of this community.
> Today and every day: Centre their voices. Challenge injustice. Stand in solidarity and #DecrimSexWork

— SWEAT and Sisonke 🇿🇦

---

> UNESOs Message in Commemoration of 3rd March International Sex Workers' Rights Day under the Global Theme "Labour Rights."
> In Uganda, sex work and sex workers’ workplaces are excluded from national labour laws, which creates an environment where sex workers have no option but to accept exploitative working conditions and other targeted human rights violations. The struggle for the recognition of sex work as work is closely tied to the struggle for decriminalisation.
> Decriminalising sex work means that sex workers will no longer be treated as criminals. It brings sex work within a Human Rights framework, enabling sex workers to claim their fundamental rights to health, equality, and freedom from violence. It also ensures they have access to the same labour law protections that all other workers in Uganda are entitled to.

— UNESO 🇺🇬

---

> Today, we stand with sex workers globally.
> Refugee and migrant sex workers in all our diversity demand: • Labour rights • Full decriminalization • Equal rights and protection.
> Our work is labour. Our dignity is non-negotiable. ✊🏾

— KNESWO 🇰🇪

---

> Today we mark Sex Workers' Rights Day
> Decriminalization reduces violence, improves health access, and protects human rights.
> Sex work is work. Safety is non-negotiable. Dignity is a right.

— KESWA 🇰🇪

---

#SexWork #ISWRD #ISWRD2026
#SWEAT #Sisonke #Zimbabwe
#UNESO #Uganda
#KNESWO #KESWA #Kenya

«3 March: International Sex Workers' Rights Day»

Joint statement by [Turkish] organizations working with and for trans communities. 👠🇹🇷🏳‍⚧

> 3 March marks the anniversary of the historic march launched by thousands of sex workers in India in 2001 to demand their rights!

> Today, from Türkiye, we salute the legacy of that struggle. March 3 is not merely a date on the calendar; it symbolizes a global voice raised for the recognition of sex workers' labor, for working conditions free from violence, and for the demand for equal citizenship.

> Yet we commemorate this meaningful day amid acute rights violations in Türkiye, intensified under the declaration of the “Year of the Family” which directly targets the living and working spaces of sex workers.

> Today, sex workers are subjected to systematic repression under vague justifications such as “public morality” and “public order”.

> Over the past year, this regime of pressure in Türkiye has evolved into a process in which arbitrary home sealings have become normalized, judicial harassment and open targeting have increased, and allegations of ‘obscenity’ have been transformed into systematic tools of punishment for sex workers.

> Our constitutional right to housing is being violated through unlawful home sealings; sex workers pushed onto the streets are exposed to economic violence through arbitrary and unjust administrative fines imposed under the Misdemeanors Law.

> Efforts to exist and create working spaces in digital spheres are also criminalized; social media posts and online communication activities are used as grounds for investigations and prosecutions under claims of “obscenity” and “immorality”, keeping sex workers under constant threat of judicial harassment.

> These punitive practices not only push sex workers into deeper poverty but also render them unprotected and vulnerable to hate crimes, physical violence, and systematic abuse.

> For trans sex workers, these violations intersect with social exclusion and employment discrimination, resulting in even harsher isolation and life-threatening risks.

> As organizations working with and for trans communities, we firmly assert that sex workers are entitles to full and equal rights, and that our labor must be legally recognized and protected. The closure of safe working spaces, the sealing of brothels, and policies that force people into unregistered and precarious work disregard occupational safety and endanger our lives.

> We raise our voices against all arbitrary and unlawful practices, against stigmatizing language, and against impunity policies that fuel violence.

> On this March 3, we once again declare:

> In the face of criminalization and isolation, our greatest strength is our organized struggle and solidarity.

> We will continue to defend one another's rights and stand shoulder to shoulder in courts, in the streets, and in every sphere of life.

> We will not give up our right to and desire for an equal, just, and violence-free life.

> FOR OUR RIGHTS AND OUR LIVES, WE STAND SIDE BY SIDE!

• Pink Life LGBTI+ Solidarity Association.
• Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association.
• 20 November Association Against Hate Crimes.
• Mersin LGTB 7 Colors Research and Solidarity Association.
• Kapsama Alanı.

Signatory International Organizations:
• SWAN: The Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network.
• ESWA: European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance.
• Red Umbrella Athens.

👏👏👏👏👏 😍

#SexWork #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 #Trans #Turkey #Türkiye #SWAN #ESWA

«3 March: International Sex Workers' Rights Day»

Joint statement by [Turkish] organizations working with and for trans communities. 👠🇹🇷🏳‍⚧

> 3 March marks the anniversary of the historic march launched by thousands of sex workers in India in 2001 to demand their rights!

> Today, from Türkiye, we salute the legacy of that struggle. March 3 is not merely a date on the calendar; it symbolizes a global voice raised for the recognition of sex workers' labor, for working conditions free from violence, and for the demand for equal citizenship.

> Yet we commemorate this meaningful day amid acute rights violations in Türkiye, intensified under the declaration of the “Year of the Family” which directly targets the living and working spaces of sex workers.

> Today, sex workers are subjected to systematic repression under vague justifications such as “public morality” and “public order”.

> Over the past year, this regime of pressure in Türkiye has evolved into a process in which arbitrary home sealings have become normalized, judicial harassment and open targeting have increased, and allegations of ‘obscenity’ have been transformed into systematic tools of punishment for sex workers.

> Our constitutional right to housing is being violated through unlawful home sealings; sex workers pushed onto the streets are exposed to economic violence through arbitrary and unjust administrative fines imposed under the Misdemeanors Law.

> Efforts to exist and create working spaces in digital spheres are also criminalized; social media posts and online communication activities are used as grounds for investigations and prosecutions under claims of “obscenity” and “immorality”, keeping sex workers under constant threat of judicial harassment.

> These punitive practices not only push sex workers into deeper poverty but also render them unprotected and vulnerable to hate crimes, physical violence, and systematic abuse.

> For trans sex workers, these violations intersect with social exclusion and employment discrimination, resulting in even harsher isolation and life-threatening risks.

> As organizations working with and for trans communities, we firmly assert that sex workers are entitles to full and equal rights, and that our labor must be legally recognized and protected. The closure of safe working spaces, the sealing of brothels, and policies that force people into unregistered and precarious work disregard occupational safety and endanger our lives.

> We raise our voices against all arbitrary and unlawful practices, against stigmatizing language, and against impunity policies that fuel violence.

> On this March 3, we once again declare:

> In the face of criminalization and isolation, our greatest strength is our organized struggle and solidarity.

> We will continue to defend one another's rights and stand shoulder to shoulder in courts, in the streets, and in every sphere of life.

> We will not give up our right to and desire for an equal, just, and violence-free life.

> FOR OUR RIGHTS AND OUR LIVES, WE STAND SIDE BY SIDE!

• Pink Life LGBTI+ Solidarity Association.
• Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association.
• 20 November Association Against Hate Crimes.
• Mersin LGTB 7 Colors Research and Solidarity Association.
• Kapsama Alanı.

Signatory International Organizations:
• SWAN: The Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network.
• ESWA: European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance.
• Red Umbrella Athens.

👏👏👏👏👏 😍

#SexWork #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 #Trans #Turkey #Türkiye #SWAN #ESWA

ESWA's February newsletter is published~ 💖 And today seems a particularly good day to note it. ^~ #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 👠 📰 Check it out at their website! 👈 Or look through the thread below~ (0/15) @[email protected] #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #SexWork #Europe #ESWA #Newsletter

ESWA's February newsletter is published~ 💖 And today seems a particularly good day to note it. ^~ #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 👠 📰 Check it out at their website! 👈 Or look through the thread below~ (0/15) @[email protected] #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #SexWork #Europe #ESWA #Newsletter

ESWA's February newsletter is published~ 💖 And today seems a particularly good day to note it. ^~ #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 👠 📰 Check it out at their website! 👈 Or look through the thread below~ (0/15) @[email protected] #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #SexWork #Europe #ESWA #Newsletter

Of course, I gotta highlight specially ✨ the premiere of ESWA's new community video ✨ today at 3pm CET. 💖

A few more quotes from it~ 💕

🐘 Previous announcement: https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116141536096476508

📼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOp1q9x2qRw 👈

#SexWork #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 #ESWA #CommunityVideo #Premiere

Of course, I gotta highlight specially ✨ the premiere of ESWA's new community video ✨ today at 3pm CET. 💖

A few more quotes from it~ 💕

🐘 Previous announcement: https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116141536096476508

📼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOp1q9x2qRw 👈

#SexWork #ISWRD #ISWRD2026 #ESWA #CommunityVideo #Premiere

ESWA's February newsletter is published~ with a fair share of good news and interesting contents. 💖
Today seems a particularly good day to note it, as well~ 😉

Check it out!
📰 https://www.eswalliance.org/eswa_february_2026_newsletter

#SexWork #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #ESWA #Europe #Newsletter #ISWRD #ISWRD2026

ESWA's February newsletter is published~ with a fair share of good news and interesting contents. 💖
Today seems a particularly good day to note it, as well~ 😉

Check it out!
📰 https://www.eswalliance.org/eswa_february_2026_newsletter

#SexWork #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #ESWA #Europe #Newsletter #ISWRD #ISWRD2026

ESWA's February newsletter is published~ with a fair share of good news and interesting contents. 💖
Today seems a particularly good day to note it, as well~ 😉

Check it out!
📰 https://www.eswalliance.org/eswa_february_2026_newsletter

#SexWork #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #ESWA #Europe #Newsletter #ISWRD #ISWRD2026

ESWA's February newsletter is published~ with a fair share of good news and interesting contents. 💖
Today seems a particularly good day to note it, as well~ 😉

Check it out!
📰 https://www.eswalliance.org/eswa_february_2026_newsletter

#SexWork #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #ESWA #Europe #Newsletter #ISWRD #ISWRD2026

ESWA's February newsletter is published~ with a fair share of good news and interesting contents. 💖
Today seems a particularly good day to note it, as well~ 😉

Check it out!
📰 https://www.eswalliance.org/eswa_february_2026_newsletter

#SexWork #ESWAMonthly #February2026 #ESWA #Europe #Newsletter #ISWRD #ISWRD2026