Sex Workers

Criminalizing Sex Work Does Not Improve Safety or Public Health

  • Wendy Stanga

Criminalization of sex work is often falsely believed to improve societal health, minimize sex trafficking, and keep sex workers safe. However, criminalization worsens these outcomes by driving both sex workers and trafficking victims underground, where they experience more violence, fewer social services, and less access to adequate healthcare. Decriminalization would be far more effective at ensuring sex workers' physical safety, economic stability, and physical and mental health.

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This National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Woodhull Calls on Jacksonville Mayor to Listen to the Experts: Fight for Sex Work Decriminalization over Ineffective and Harmful Punitive Anti-Trafficking Approaches

  • Mandy Salley

In 2010, by presidential proclamation, President Obama declared January National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. For the past 15 years, every presidential administration has continued this tradition, which seeks to raise awareness of the issue and highlight domestic and international efforts…

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Silenced and Sidelined: Censorship, Adult Content, and Employment

  • Mandy Salley

A timely and provocative panel discussion exploring the complex intersection of personal freedom, censorship, and digital privacy in the age of social media. Our conversation will delve into the controversial topic of professionals facing termination due to their online presence,…

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