This panel will focus on the legal issues surrounding sex work, human trafficking, sexual freedom, and human rights. All three panelists and the moderator are attorneys who have dedicated their careers to defending the rights of sex workers and human…
Sex work policy is an intersectional human rights issue - labor, immigration, racial justice, gender justice, disability justice, and LGBTQIA+ issues all arise under the criminalization of adult consensual sex work. We will discuss sex work policymaking within a human…
For years, “allies” have told sex workers they have no rights and that only new legislation will protect them. In a groundbreaking decision, a federal magistrate judge in Gililland v. Southwestern Oregon Community College held that a nursing program’s targeted…
Trans Sex Workers experience a higher rate of Human Rights Violations than nearly any other population. This workshop will help you to greater understand the disconnect and how to stand up for Trans Sex Workers.
You don’t need to be an escort or stripper to benefit from advancements in sex workers rights. Frequently referred to as “canaries in the coalmine”, sex workers are among the first to experience and resist creeping injustices that will eventually…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Woodhull’s Human Rights Commission Releases “Fact or Fiction: Sex Trafficking, Sex Work, and Human Rights at the Super Bowls” (Washington, DC / February 8, 2022) -- Woodhull Freedom Foundation, as part of its Human Rights Commissions program,…
Fact or Fiction: Sex Trafficking at the Super Bowl began as an in-person event in Los Angeles on February 10th - Super Bowl week. Because of COVID and our concern about keeping people safe, we tried to move this Human Rights Commission to a virtual event. We quickly came to realize that we could not pivot and shift all of the wonderful participants and elements of the program to a virtual event in time for the February 10th event, and so we made the difficult decision to postpone the Super Bowl event until 2023 (we’ll see you live in Phoenix!).
Woodhull Freedom Foundation is excited to announce the launch of a brand new project, Woodhull’s Human Rights Commissions. It is fitting to announce this new program on Human Rights Day, 2021 as the Commissions will mirror the theme for the…