Sex Workers Alliance Ireland
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SWAI promotes the human rights, equality & participation of sex workers.
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085 824 9305
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sexworkersallianceireland.org
info@swai.eu
085 824 9305
Donate here: http://paypal.me/swaiireland
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Press release: Decriminalisation of sex work bill launched by TD Ruth Coppinger
The bill was co-created by Red Umbrella Éireann, the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and the Street Workers Collective.
The bill was co-created by Red Umbrella Éireann, the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and the Street Workers Collective.
We are sad to say goodbye to our Communications and Advocacy manager, Linda Kavanagh, who has been with SWAI for 7 years.
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We are sad to say goodbye to our Communications and Advocacy manager, Linda Kavanagh, who has been with SWAI for 7 years.
We would also like an explanation as to why organisations that ran Magdelene Laundries in Ireland have a say in what happens to sex workers. Client criminalisation has pushed sex work underground in Ireland and increased violence against sex workers.
www.thenational.scot/news/2557575...
www.thenational.scot/news/2557575...
Anger as Holyrood group backed by Magdalene laundries organisation
ASH Regan “owes the Scottish public an explanation”, campaigners have said, after it emerged a Holyrood group supporting her bill to outlaw…
www.thenational.scot
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We would also like an explanation as to why organisations that ran Magdelene Laundries in Ireland have a say in what happens to sex workers. Client criminalisation has pushed sex work underground in Ireland and increased violence against sex workers.
www.thenational.scot/news/2557575...
www.thenational.scot/news/2557575...
If you are a sex worker in Ireland, please check out our website. You can find information about your rights and get signposted to services that can help you.
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Sex Workers Alliance Ireland works to promote the social inclusion, health, safety, civil rights and the right to self determination of female, male, cisgender and transgender sex workers.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If you are a sex worker in Ireland, please check out our website. You can find information about your rights and get signposted to services that can help you.
sexworkersallianceireland.org
sexworkersallianceireland.org
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Transphobia harms all women, part 4,586
Latvian Parliament votes to withdraw from treaty opposing violence against women
Latvian Parliament votes to withdraw from treaty opposing violence against women
Some 32 Latvian lawmakers voted to stay in the pact of the Council of Europe that opposes violence against women, while 56 voted to leave it. Two MPs abstained from voting on the treaty which the same parliament had ratified last year.
www.euronews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Transphobia harms all women, part 4,586
Violence against sex workers hasn't gone away. It was incredibly brave of the sex worker involved in this case to come forward, as we know that most sex workers do not.
www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts...
www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts...
Face of man who forced escort to refund his money while ‘high on drugs’
A man who forced an escort to refund his money in an “unspeakably stupid offence” has been ordered to pay €3,000.
www.sundayworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Violence against sex workers hasn't gone away. It was incredibly brave of the sex worker involved in this case to come forward, as we know that most sex workers do not.
www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts...
www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts...
We're continuing to highlight the work of SWAI. In April 2023, Geila Ibram, a sex worker in Limerick, was murdered.
Along with other sex worker organisations, we held a vigil outside the Department of Justice to highlight the lack of concern about sx workers' safety in Ireland.
Along with other sex worker organisations, we held a vigil outside the Department of Justice to highlight the lack of concern about sx workers' safety in Ireland.
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We're continuing to highlight the work of SWAI. In April 2023, Geila Ibram, a sex worker in Limerick, was murdered.
Along with other sex worker organisations, we held a vigil outside the Department of Justice to highlight the lack of concern about sx workers' safety in Ireland.
Along with other sex worker organisations, we held a vigil outside the Department of Justice to highlight the lack of concern about sx workers' safety in Ireland.
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Full decriminalization is the way; the Nordic model 'isn't' the way. #sexwork #sexworkerrights #listentoallsexworkers #sexworkiswork #sexworkisnotsextrafficking #decriminalizesexwork #sexworkerrightsarehumanrights #europeansexworkers #rejectthenordicmodel #sexworkers
Ireland continues to be criticised for our lack of action on identifying trafficking victims, prosecuting traffickers and the lack of implementation of the National Referral Mechanism. The sex work laws are failing! Time to decriminalise.
www.socialjustice.ie/article/irel...
www.socialjustice.ie/article/irel...
Ireland and the 2025 Trafficking in Persons Landscape | Social Justice Ireland
The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, published annually by the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,…
www.socialjustice.ie
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Full decriminalization is the way; the Nordic model 'isn't' the way. #sexwork #sexworkerrights #listentoallsexworkers #sexworkiswork #sexworkisnotsextrafficking #decriminalizesexwork #sexworkerrightsarehumanrights #europeansexworkers #rejectthenordicmodel #sexworkers
Next year, organisations will go to the Western Cape High Court to argue for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa. Like in Ireland, condoms are used as evidence that sex work has occurred, and sex workers often face discrimination and judgment.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
Standing with Sex Workers: Why This Case Matters
At the beginning of September, South Africa’s Western Cape High Court will hear a case that could finally end the criminalization of sex work in the country.
www.hrw.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Next year, organisations will go to the Western Cape High Court to argue for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa. Like in Ireland, condoms are used as evidence that sex work has occurred, and sex workers often face discrimination and judgment.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
Ireland continues to be criticised for our lack of action on identifying trafficking victims, prosecuting traffickers and the lack of implementation of the National Referral Mechanism. The sex work laws are failing! Time to decriminalise.
www.socialjustice.ie/article/irel...
www.socialjustice.ie/article/irel...
Ireland and the 2025 Trafficking in Persons Landscape | Social Justice Ireland
The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, published annually by the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,…
www.socialjustice.ie
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Ireland continues to be criticised for our lack of action on identifying trafficking victims, prosecuting traffickers and the lack of implementation of the National Referral Mechanism. The sex work laws are failing! Time to decriminalise.
www.socialjustice.ie/article/irel...
www.socialjustice.ie/article/irel...
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Self-Advocacy as a Pregnant Trans Person
An article covering how to advocate for yourself when accessing pregnancy care, correcting misinformation that medical professionals might give you, and going over what kinds of misgendering you can expect and how to avoid it when possible.
An article covering how to advocate for yourself when accessing pregnancy care, correcting misinformation that medical professionals might give you, and going over what kinds of misgendering you can expect and how to avoid it when possible.
Self-Advocacy as a Pregnant Trans Person
Pregnancy care varies in quality at the best of times, but when you’re trans and coping within a system that isn’t built for you it’s important to be proactive about self-advocacy…
jackviolet.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Self-Advocacy as a Pregnant Trans Person
An article covering how to advocate for yourself when accessing pregnancy care, correcting misinformation that medical professionals might give you, and going over what kinds of misgendering you can expect and how to avoid it when possible.
An article covering how to advocate for yourself when accessing pregnancy care, correcting misinformation that medical professionals might give you, and going over what kinds of misgendering you can expect and how to avoid it when possible.
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With 4 days left, we're in the final stretch to get this funded! We've raised £11,676 so far of the £15,700 we need and it's all or nothing.
Help this project get the rest of the way there so it can be made - by pre-ordering a copy or sharing the campaign!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...
Help this project get the rest of the way there so it can be made - by pre-ordering a copy or sharing the campaign!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
With 4 days left, we're in the final stretch to get this funded! We've raised £11,676 so far of the £15,700 we need and it's all or nothing.
Help this project get the rest of the way there so it can be made - by pre-ordering a copy or sharing the campaign!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...
Help this project get the rest of the way there so it can be made - by pre-ordering a copy or sharing the campaign!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...
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That's pretty awesome. ^_^ #sexwork #sexworkerrights #listentoallsexworkers #sexworkiswork #sexworkisnotsextrafficking #decriminalizesexwork #europeansexworkers #ireland #sexworkerrightsarehumanrights #rejectthenordicmodel #sexworkers
We are so delighted to see Catherine Connolly elected! She has consistently advocated for the health and safety of sex workers in Ireland during her time in the Dáil. While we will miss her as a TD, we know she will be a president for all on the island, especially the most marginalised.
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Crown Office is correct here. In Ireland, over the 8 years since client criminalisation was introduced, only 15 people have been prosecuted for the purchase of sex. Many more sex workers have been prosecuted during that time. The law is a failure!
www.thenational.scot/news/2548108...
www.thenational.scot/news/2548108...
Crown Office warns Ash Regan's prostitution bill would be unenforceable
The Crown Office have warned that Ash Regan’s proposed bill to outlaw the purchase of sex will be unenforceable ...
www.thenational.scot
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Crown Office is correct here. In Ireland, over the 8 years since client criminalisation was introduced, only 15 people have been prosecuted for the purchase of sex. Many more sex workers have been prosecuted during that time. The law is a failure!
www.thenational.scot/news/2548108...
www.thenational.scot/news/2548108...
We are so delighted to see Catherine Connolly elected! She has consistently advocated for the health and safety of sex workers in Ireland during her time in the Dáil. While we will miss her as a TD, we know she will be a president for all on the island, especially the most marginalised.
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We are so delighted to see Catherine Connolly elected! She has consistently advocated for the health and safety of sex workers in Ireland during her time in the Dáil. While we will miss her as a TD, we know she will be a president for all on the island, especially the most marginalised.
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Bill seeks to change law on brothels to improve safety for sex workers
Organisations including the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland have argued that the brothel keeping element of the legislation has made it unsafe
Organisations including the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland have argued that the brothel keeping element of the legislation has made it unsafe
Bill seeks to change law on brothels to improve safety for sex workers
Organisations including the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland have argued that the brothel keeping element of the legislation has made it unsafe
www.irishexaminer.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Bill seeks to change law on brothels to improve safety for sex workers
Organisations including the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland have argued that the brothel keeping element of the legislation has made it unsafe
Organisations including the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland have argued that the brothel keeping element of the legislation has made it unsafe
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Amazing work by our friends in Ireland to write and launch a bill to decriminalise sex work, which would enable sex workers to work together for safety, and improve their health and access to workers’ rights.
Press release: Decriminalisation of sex work bill launched by TD Ruth Coppinger
The bill was co-created by Red Umbrella Éireann, the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and the Street Workers Collective.
The bill was co-created by Red Umbrella Éireann, the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and the Street Workers Collective.
October 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Amazing work by our friends in Ireland to write and launch a bill to decriminalise sex work, which would enable sex workers to work together for safety, and improve their health and access to workers’ rights.
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Ireland - Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill Launched by TD Ruth Coppinger
TD Ruth Coppinger launched a decriminalisation of sex work bill, removing criminal sanctions for sex workers working together or hiring people to assist their work. universitytimes.ie/2025/10/sex-...
TD Ruth Coppinger launched a decriminalisation of sex work bill, removing criminal sanctions for sex workers working together or hiring people to assist their work. universitytimes.ie/2025/10/sex-...
Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill Launched by TD Ruth Coppinger
universitytimes.ie
October 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Ireland - Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill Launched by TD Ruth Coppinger
TD Ruth Coppinger launched a decriminalisation of sex work bill, removing criminal sanctions for sex workers working together or hiring people to assist their work. universitytimes.ie/2025/10/sex-...
TD Ruth Coppinger launched a decriminalisation of sex work bill, removing criminal sanctions for sex workers working together or hiring people to assist their work. universitytimes.ie/2025/10/sex-...
Sex workers are routinely kicked off financial platforms such as these, but people who have spread harmful, racist content are allowed to continue to fundraise. Make it make sense!
www.dublininquirer.com/a-desi-group...
www.dublininquirer.com/a-desi-group...
A Desi group asked BuyMeACoffee not to let influencers make money from anti-Indian hate – and got ignored
Researchers say the role of crowdfunding platforms in the spread of harmful ideologies is largely overlooked.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sex workers are routinely kicked off financial platforms such as these, but people who have spread harmful, racist content are allowed to continue to fundraise. Make it make sense!
www.dublininquirer.com/a-desi-group...
www.dublininquirer.com/a-desi-group...
The bill we have co-created does not decriminalise violence against sex workers, including rape, exploitation, or trafficking. The current client criminalisation and brothel-keeping laws have failed and have actively made the lives of current sex workers worse.
universitytimes.ie/2025/10/sex-...
universitytimes.ie/2025/10/sex-...
Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill Launched by TD Ruth Coppinger
On Monday, October 20th, TD Ruth Coppinger launched a decriminalisation of sex work bill. The bill removes criminal sanctions for sex workers working together or hiring people to assist their work…
universitytimes.ie
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The bill we have co-created does not decriminalise violence against sex workers, including rape, exploitation, or trafficking. The current client criminalisation and brothel-keeping laws have failed and have actively made the lives of current sex workers worse.
universitytimes.ie/2025/10/sex-...
universitytimes.ie/2025/10/sex-...
We're continuing to highlight the work of SWAI by highlighting some of the research we have been involved with over the past 16 years. In 2020, we contributed to ESWA's 'Undeserving victims? A Community Report on Migrant Sex Worker Victims of Crime in Europe'.
www.eswalliance.org/undeserving_...
www.eswalliance.org/undeserving_...
Undeserving victims? A Community Report on Migrant Sex Worker Victims of Crime in Europe
On 28th October 2020, ICRSE organised an online event to launch its latest report on access to justice for migrant sex workers in Europe.
www.eswalliance.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We're continuing to highlight the work of SWAI by highlighting some of the research we have been involved with over the past 16 years. In 2020, we contributed to ESWA's 'Undeserving victims? A Community Report on Migrant Sex Worker Victims of Crime in Europe'.
www.eswalliance.org/undeserving_...
www.eswalliance.org/undeserving_...
Further coverage of the launch of our decriminalisation of sex work bill. The bill was co-created by several sex workers' rights advocates and centres the health and needs of sex workers.
gcn.ie/decriminalis...
gcn.ie/decriminalis...
New bill to decriminalise sex work in Ireland launched
A new campaign and a bill to fully decriminalise sex work in Ireland were launched this weekend at the Red Umbrella Film Festival.
gcn.ie
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Further coverage of the launch of our decriminalisation of sex work bill. The bill was co-created by several sex workers' rights advocates and centres the health and needs of sex workers.
gcn.ie/decriminalis...
gcn.ie/decriminalis...
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“Anyone who cares about violence against sex workers, violence against women, the rights of the LGBTQI+ community, migrants, undocumented people, people in poverty and insecure housing or homelessness, people in addiction and people with disabilities MUST support this bill”
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Press release: Decriminalisation of sex work bill launched by TD Ruth Coppinger
The bill was co-created by Red Umbrella Éireann, the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and the Street Workers Collective.
The bill was co-created by Red Umbrella Éireann, the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and the Street Workers Collective.
October 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“Anyone who cares about violence against sex workers, violence against women, the rights of the LGBTQI+ community, migrants, undocumented people, people in poverty and insecure housing or homelessness, people in addiction and people with disabilities MUST support this bill”
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We're holding a sex worker-only meet-up in Cork next week!
Learn about
• Your legal rights
• Your medical rights
• STI/HIV testing
• Prep info
And get free condoms.
Email outreach @ swai.eu to find out the details.
Learn about
• Your legal rights
• Your medical rights
• STI/HIV testing
• Prep info
And get free condoms.
Email outreach @ swai.eu to find out the details.
October 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We're holding a sex worker-only meet-up in Cork next week!
Learn about
• Your legal rights
• Your medical rights
• STI/HIV testing
• Prep info
And get free condoms.
Email outreach @ swai.eu to find out the details.
Learn about
• Your legal rights
• Your medical rights
• STI/HIV testing
• Prep info
And get free condoms.
Email outreach @ swai.eu to find out the details.
Our new decriminalisation of sex work bill centres the safety and health of sex workers in Ireland.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Bill seeks to change law on brothels to improve safety for sex workers
Organisations including the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland have argued that the brothel keeping element of the legislation has made it unsafe
www.irishexaminer.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Our new decriminalisation of sex work bill centres the safety and health of sex workers in Ireland.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...