Documents [sex workers]
Sex Workers' Rights Under CEDAW
08/03/2007
PDF - 324K
A report to the committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Comments on Report of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking
09/01/2006
PDF - 271K
SWP comments to the Special Rapporteur on the notion of demand, conflation of sex work and trafficking and findings from Behind Closed Doors that highlight the experiences of migrant sex workers.
Sex Workers and Finances: A Case Study of New York City
06/01/2006
PDF - 1024K
This article, published in Research for Sex Work 9, is based on data from "Behind Closed Doors."
Submission to NGO ICCPR Shadow Report
05/01/2006
PDF - 227K
This report features information from "Revolving Door" and "Behind Closed Doors" regarding violence against sex workers and police response.
Fact Sheet: Unfriendly Encounters: Street-Based Sex Workers and Police in Manhattan, 2005
03/21/2006
PDF - 32K
A fact sheet documenting aggressive policing of street-based sex workers in Manhattan and recommending alternatives.
Fact Sheet: Sex Workers and Taxes
03/20/2006
PDF - 36K
A fact sheet on issues that sex workers should consider in paying their taxes.
Sex Workers and Police in New York City
07/06/2005
PDF - 1.5888671875MB
This article, published in Research for Sex Work 8, is based on data from "Behind Closed Doors".
Sex Workers: Perspectives in Health and Human Rights
04/01/2005
PDF - 392K
This report includes articles by SWP staff on funding restrictions that affect sex workers, and on indoor sex workers.
Fact Sheet: Federal Travel Act
03/16/2005
PDF - 208K
A fact sheet about the implications of the Federal Travel Act (1961) for sex workers.
Human rights violations: The acceptance of violence against sex workers in New York
12/01/2003
PDF - 56K
This article, published in Research for Sex Work 6, is based on data from "Revolving Door".
These documents can be read using the free Acrobat Reader from Adobe.

