Category: Events

CSW68 Community-Led Parallel Sessions

The in person session The Intersection of Trans and Sex Worker Rights: Dismantling Barriers to Equality CSW68 is organized by the Sex Workers Coalition and ILGA World on March 14 at 2.30 pm ET at the church center, second floor. This session will showcase sex worker and trans leadership from across the globe to discuss organizing strategies for addressing the pushback on trans lives. The session is moderated by Monica Jones (The Outlaw Project) and includes speakers Erika Smith (BPPP),  Beyonce Karungi (Trans Equality Uganda and BPPP) and a representative of the BSWC. Social media by NJRUA. Reserve a seat (walk ins will also be welcome): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/csw68-the-intersection-of-trans-and-sex-workers-rights-tickets-854945263297


The online session Sex Worker Rights as a Resolution to Poverty CSW68 is organized by the Sex Workers Coalition on March 18 at 2.30 pm until 4.30pm ET. Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/csw68-sex-worker-rights-as-a-resolution-to-poverty-online-tickets-857598138117 and check out the FB event page https://fb.me/e/45bwCthkH

The Rights of Sex Workers in the Digital Age #CSW67

Our sex worker coalition holds space at the UN Commission on the Status of Women and this year our session will be moderator by Monica Jones (Founder and Director of the Outlaw Project). She will welcome international and local advocates including Sinnamon Love of BIPOC-AIC, N’Jaila Rhee of NJRUA, Beyonce Karungi, Trans Equality Uganda and Nosipho Vidima representing The BSWC.

Time: 6.15pm, March 9, 2023

Location: 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 (on the corner of East 44th Street)

Room: CCUN 2nd Floor

How to reserve your spot? Be there at 6 pm to get your spot. We may also update with an Eventbrite to assure seating. Keep an eye on the FB Event Page for more updates

More about the event: Sex workers’ rights are at the forefront of many social movements that are central to human rights for women and sex workers are innovators in technologies in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all. This in-person panel discussion will showcase sex worker leadership from across the globe to discuss digital technologies, online spaces and rights questions pertaining to access for women. We will describe how laws restricting sexuality, including sex workers, but more generally, limit women’s right to digital assembly (a vital way in which we all globally organize due to the COVID-19 pandemic), strategies for women’s rights in online spaces that defend our bodies, our speech, and the free flow of ideas. We will also review areas of multilateral and global policies that affirm the rights of sex workers and how fears about digital life are challenging these rights.


Town Hall for Rights on Dec 9, 2021

Dear Fellow Champions of the People Centered Movement for Human Rights,

Seasons greetings. We come to you with a request. We need your support and input into the reformation of a Member driven Human Rights movement. Thank you for all you’ve done this year to strengthen our mutual promotion of human rights. Next month we celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a TownHall meeting on Thursday, Dec. 9th at 2pm ET (virtual). Please save this date and time and let us know that you’ll plan to attend by Registration.  

Please also fill out the following short questions to let us know your human rights focus and interests: https://forms.gle/ZRYuoBgbYnVW3EKY8. We are re-committing ourselves to this empathic work with you and hope you will join us to exchange ideas on the next phase of this important movement for justice.

A group of human rights advocates, including the organizations listed below, are organizing to ensure that the spirit and work of our past collaboration continues. We have been meeting weekly and we are reaching out to fellow champions of our people centered movement to learn how we can support each other’s efforts going forward. Of note, an open invitation was submitted for sharing with the full USHRN membership weeks ago, but was not forwarded on by the board.

Background

In late October 2021, the US Human Rights Network was unexpectedly suspended for an indefinite period and the coordinating center staff was immediately terminated. This sudden interruption of activities comes at a crucial time as several international human rights delegations, convenings, binding decisions, and treaty reports are due. 

For some publicly available information about what has occurred please read an open letter about the pausing of the network from the former ED and a report from the Sex Worker Rights Working Group 

Looking Ahead/Opportunities

Because our collaboration is valuable to our important work, we are inviting you to an expanded collaboration so that a new network &/or process can emerge to fill the current gap. 

  • Mark your calendar for the TownHall meeting on Thursday, Dec. 9th at 2pm ET (zoom) and let us know that you’ll plan to attend with your Registration 

Again, thank you for your ongoing human rights advocacy in your center of influence. Moreover, we are grateful for our past mutual efforts. We look forward to your response and our continued collaboration.

Best Practices Policy Project

Charles Watts, Founder and CEO, Empathy Surplus Network USA

Desiree Alliance

Dr. Onaje Muid, Co Chair N’COBRA Health Commission

Greg Kennedy, Trustee, Empathy Surplus Network USA

Mary Gerisch

Robin Benton, US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee

Sandy Bernabei, Antiracist Alliance

Sex Worker Rights Working Group of USHRN

The Black Sex Workers Collective

Tomiko Shine, Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign

Vickie Casanova-Willis, PhD – Human Rights Educator, Activist

Women Lead Network

Women’s Rights Working Group of USHRN

Webinar: It’s More than Money, Oct 8, 2021

As sex worker rights ascend, many groups are interested in supporting this work. Find out the best practices in providing funding.


About this event

Friday October 8, 2021: 2 pm US Eastern / 11 am US Pacific / 8 pm Central European Time

BPPP is inviting granters, program managers for grants, board members of foundations, mutual aid and community based sex worker funds/ programs and our community to hear presentations and discuss what sex workers really need in our current times. As sex worker rights ascend, many groups are interested in supporting this work or are already doing so. Find out the best practices in providing funding and support. We will turn preconceptions about sex workers and funding around so that audience members can go out with a fresh mind set to do even better work.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-more-than-money-tickets-171202139207