Earlier this year BPPP was granted consultative status with the United Nations. This means that we may now send in reports to the Commission on the Status of Women about the inclusion of sex workers and related communities.

In October 2023 BPPP submitted our first official statement using our consultative status. This statement was completed with the Sex Worker Coalition, a formal group of global multi-organizational sex worker rights groups, that includes Desiree Alliance, the Outlaw Project, New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance, BPPP and The Black Sex Worker Collective. Our advocacy focus is on gender-related and human rights related processes, including several U.N. committees such as the Commission on the Status of Women, CEDAW, CERD, and the Generation Equality process.

The Commission on the Status of Women’s 68th Session priority theme, “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective” provides an opportunity for the international community to address the specific economic and financial struggles of all, including sex workers. The review theme for the Commission on the Status of Women’s 68th Session regarding, “Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls” also provides an opportunity to address the needs of sex workers. Read the complete statement via PDF.