Tag: CSW
Would you like to spend time with the Sex Worker Rights Working Group during the 2025 Commission on the Status of Women? This year at the Commission our work will be educational and link folks to celebrate the night life that NYC is famous for. Sterling Starlets Burlesque will host a show to celebrate every element of community on March 16. The show is free for swers and trans/gender-expansive folks but please don’t miss out if money is a concern. We can provide some free tickets and CSW attendees get a discount. We are hosting parallel sessions too, online and in person!
IN PERSON Panel discussion on Friday March 14 at 12.30 – 2 pm US ET – Present – Trans and Sex Worker Rights Organizing for Beijing+30 and CSW69, Drew Room/8th floor of the Church Center of the United Nations, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York. Organized by the Sex Worker Rights Working Group. Free and open to everyone (no UN Pass needed).
SHOW – Sterling Starlets Burlesque – the Commission Edition, Sunday March 16 doors open at 7 pm with show at 8 pm (food and drinks available for purchase). Join the Sterling Starlets for a global celebration (and queering) of the 2025 Commission of the Status of Women aka CSW69. A spectacular night affirming our queer, trans and femme existences, everyone welcome, wheelchair accessible, FREE for swers and gender expansive folks, tickets $12 otherwise (discount codes available if needed). Crystal Lake Brooklyn, 647 Grand Street (coming from the UN – 4/5/6 downtown from Grand Central to Union Square and then change to the Brooklyn Bound L, exit at Grand Street and walk to venue). Sign up here – https://tinyurl.com/BurlesqueCSW69
ONLINE 12.30 pm US ET on Wednesday, March 19 for CSW69: Sex Workers Deserve Quality of Life (online). Free! Open to everyone! Join us for an online parallel session, hear from sex worker leadership during the UN Commission on the Status of Women, organized by Jenna Torres with support from the Sex Worker Rights Working Group. Sign up here –https://www.eventbrite.com/e/csw69-sex-workers-deserve-quality-of-life-online-tickets-1261723883099
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.