Sex worker–led organisations, legal resources, harm reduction programs, and advocacy networks — searchable by region and service type.
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International Networks
Global Organisations
International advocacy networks, research bodies, and multi-country programs working to advance sex worker rights and health globally.
NSWP
Global Network — 40+ Countries
Advocacy
Global Network of Sex Work Projects — a member-based network connecting sex worker–led organisations across 40+ countries. Produces policy briefs, advocacy tools, and runs the Smart Sex Worker's Guide series.
UNAIDS maintains dedicated sex worker programs and publishes evidence-based guides on rights, health, and decriminalisation. Their resources are used to shape national policy worldwide.
Amnesty adopted a policy in 2016 calling for full decriminalisation of sex work between consenting adults, and actively campaigns against criminalisation and violence.
The World Health Organization publishes guidelines on health, HIV prevention, violence, and occupational safety for sex workers. A key resource for accessing healthcare rights.
HRW researches and reports on violence, discrimination, and criminalisation affecting sex workers worldwide. Their reports are used in court cases and policy reform campaigns.
International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe — a platform of sex worker–led groups and allies advocating at EU and international level for rights, health, and anti-discrimination protections.
Supports migrant and trans sex workers globally with resources, peer networks, and advocacy against deportation and criminalisation. Run by and for sex workers.
SWOP operates chapters across the US, Australia, and internationally. Provides outreach, peer education, STI prevention resources, and advocacy against harmful legislation.
US, Canada, and Latin American organisations offering legal support, harm reduction, policy advocacy, and community resources for sex workers.
SWOP-USA
United States
Advocacy
Sex Workers Outreach Project USA — national network of local chapters providing peer support, harm reduction, and advocacy against FOSTA-SESTA and criminalisation. Runs the National Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (Dec 17).
Coalition of survivors and sex workers challenging FOSTA-SESTA — a 2018 US law that criminalised online platforms used for sex work advertising. Provides legal resources and campaign support.
The American Civil Liberties Union works on decriminalisation, challenges to unconstitutional laws, and free speech protections relevant to sex workers and online creators. State chapters provide local legal resources.
Occupational health and social services clinic for sex workers — run by and for current and former sex workers. Offers free STI testing, mental health support, legal assistance, and social services.
A collective of sex workers and allied researchers working at the intersection of technology, surveillance, and sex work. Publishes research on digital safety, platform discrimination, and algorithmic harm.
PACE Society runs peer-led programs for current and former sex workers in Vancouver — offering housing support, legal advocacy, outreach, and drop-in services. Led entirely by people with lived experience.
Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics — one of the oldest sex worker rights organisations in the US, founded 1973. Advocates for decriminalisation, operates local chapters, and runs the SWOP-Behind Bars program for incarcerated sex workers.
Grassroots coalition supporting Asian and migrant sex workers. Focuses on anti-trafficking rhetoric that harms workers, and campaigns against police violence and raids in massage and spa industries.
Non-profit providing free and subsidised mental health therapy to adult content creators and sex workers worldwide. Connects performers with sex-worker-affirming therapists and runs peer support groups, crisis support, and wellness resources.
The adult industry's trade association and lobbying body. Campaigns on age verification legislation, banking discrimination, and performers' rights. Runs the Sex Worker Policy Action (SWPA) programme and provides members with legal resources and advocacy tools.
Trade AssociationLobbyingAge VerificationBanking Rights
Non-profit offering holistic support services to sex workers and survivors of trafficking — including advocacy, mentorship, community care, and referrals to legal, medical, and housing resources. Operates with zero judgement and full confidentiality.
Social ServicesMentorshipSurvivor SupportReferrals
Sex worker-run mutual aid fund providing $100 micro-grants, harm reduction supplies (Plan B, condoms, Narcan, fentanyl test strips), and emergency materials to sex workers quickly, privately, and without barriers. 100% of contributions go directly to recipients.
Bay Area peer-led organisation supporting sex workers with mutual aid funds, a bad date list, harm reduction resources, healthcare referrals, legal resources, ICE safety guides, trans resources, and the SW Art Club — a creative community space for sex worker artists.
Bay AreaMutual AidHarm ReductionBad Date ListTrans Resources
National grassroots network supporting incarcerated and formerly incarcerated sex workers, trafficking survivors, and their communities. Provides reentry support, a community support line, care packages, and campaigns for decriminalisation and human rights of criminalised sex workers.
501(c)(3) nonprofit and affiliated 501(c)(4) lobbying body working to end the prohibition of consensual adult prostitution in the United States. Campaigns state-by-state for full decriminalisation, produces policy research and briefing papers, and litigates against FOSTA-SESTA.
Coalition of Canadian sex worker organisations campaigning for full law reform and the repeal of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA). Submits to parliamentary committees, the UN Human Rights Council, and produces policy recommendations grounded in sex workers' lived experience.
BC-based sex worker solidarity association advocating for the rights and safety of all sex workers in British Columbia. Tracks Canadian legal developments including Supreme Court decisions affecting sex work law, and promotes collective organisation and worker solidarity.
British ColumbiaLegal AdvocacyWorker SolidarityCanadian Law
Winnipeg-based sex worker advocacy coalition campaigning for decriminalisation, maintaining a bad date list for worker safety, providing resources and peer support, and educating media, researchers, and allies on sex workers' rights in Manitoba.
WinnipegDecrimBad Date ListPeer SupportMedia Education
National coalition of current and former sex workers focused on civil, labour, and human rights for all sex workers. Organises a national conference bringing together activists, academics, artists, and advocates. Note: currently on hiatus — check the site for updates.
National CoalitionConferenceCivil RightsLabour Rights
Sex Workers and Erotic Service Provider Legal, Educational and Research Project. Litigates constitutional challenges to sex work criminalisation (including ESPLERP v. Gascón), produces research and education on decriminalisation policy, and advocates for erotic service providers' rights in California and beyond.
UK, EU, and wider European sex worker–led organisations, unions, and outreach programs. The UK has particularly active communities post-Brexit policy changes.
English Collective of Prostitutes
United Kingdom
Advocacy
One of the UK's longest-running sex worker rights organisations. Campaigns for decriminalisation, provides legal support, and operates a 24/7 legal helpline. Feminist and led by sex workers.
Scottish sex worker–led organisation delivering harm reduction, community support, and advocacy for decriminalisation. Played a key role in Scotland's national review of sex work policy.
Sex Workers Alliance Ireland — advocates for decriminalisation and against the Nordic model, which criminalises buyers and has driven sex work underground in Ireland. Provides peer support and harm reduction.
French sex worker collective fighting the 2016 law that criminalised clients. Provides mutual aid, legal information, and political advocacy. Works with STRASS (trade union) and other French groups.
Berlin-based counselling centre for sex workers — offers anonymous health support, legal advice, and social services. Germany's regulated sex work industry means Hydra works within a different legal context to most Western orgs.
European network on migration, sex work, and health — focuses on migrant and trans sex workers across 25 EU countries. Publishes European mapping reports and provides peer education resources.
France's sex worker trade union — one of the few formal labour unions for sex workers in Europe. Campaigns for workers' rights, against the criminalisation of clients, and provides legal support to members.
African Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA) works across Africa and connects with European advocacy networks. Focuses on rights, health, and policy at continental scale.
UK-based community organisation for adult content creators, running industry awards, networking events, creator interviews (SNAP Chats), and providing a peer support network for independent performers in the British adult industry.
The world's foremost network of sex worker-led organisations, connecting regional groups across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean. Advocates at the UN, WHO, and UNAIDS for full decriminalisation and rights-based policy. Publishes the Research for Sex Work journal and a comprehensive resource library.
Global NetworkUN AdvocacyDecrimResearchPolicy Briefs
Australia, New Zealand, and Asian organisations — including some of the world's most progressive sex worker–led models operating under New Zealand's decriminalised framework.
NZPC
New Zealand
Advocacy
New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective — the organisation that campaigned for NZ's Prostitution Reform Act 2003, which fully decriminalised sex work. Now operates as an advocacy and peer support organisation under full decriminalisation.
Australian Sex Worker Association — peak body representing sex workers' organisations nationally. Works on state-level law reform, occupational health, and anti-discrimination. Australia has variable laws by state.
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee — a collective of 65,000 sex workers in West Bengal. Runs its own STI clinics, children's educational programs, savings cooperatives, and advocates for full decriminalisation in India.
Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers — regional network connecting sex worker–led organisations across Asia and the Pacific. Focuses on HIV, migration, violence prevention, and coordinating regional advocacy.
VAMP (Veshya Anyay Mukti Parishad) is a collective of over 5,000 sex workers in Maharashtra. Partners with SANGRAM on health, rights, and opposing anti-trafficking interventions that harm workers.
Thai sex worker–run organisation since 1985. Provides language classes, health services, and legal support. Famous for producing the documentary "Can't Buy My Love" exposing the harm of anti-trafficking raids.
NSW peer-based organisation providing sexual health services, mental health resources, harm reduction, peer support workshops, and multilingual information (English, Thai, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese) to sex workers across New South Wales, Australia.
Singapore-based non-profit providing outreach, support services, and advocacy for sex workers and performing artistes. Offers sexual health resources, a get-help line, and publishes research and articles on the legal and social situation for sex workers in Singapore.
Queensland-based peer support and advocacy organisation for sex workers. Provides outreach, community support, multilingual resources (Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Chinese), and campaigns for sex workers' rights across Queensland. Operates from offices in Brisbane/Meanjin.
African sex worker–led organisations facing highly varied legal contexts — from decriminalisation advocacy to HIV outreach in highly criminalised environments.
SWEAT
South Africa
Advocacy
Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce — South Africa's leading sex worker rights organisation. Provides legal aid, healthcare access, and campaigns for decriminalisation of consensual adult sex work.
African Sex Worker Alliance — continental network connecting sex worker–led organisations across Africa. Focuses on health, rights, and regional policy coordination. Secretariat based in Nairobi.
National sex worker movement led by sex workers themselves — focuses on mobilising sex workers politically, providing solidarity, and organising community responses to violence and police abuse.
Nairobi-based peer-led organisation providing HIV services, harm reduction, and advocacy for male sex workers and LGBTQ+ sex workers in East Africa. Runs mobile outreach clinics.
Pan-African alliance of sex worker-led organisations across Eastern, Southern, Northern, and Western Africa. Focuses on advocacy and policy change, leadership development, knowledge-sharing, and resource mobilisation. Operates a murder monitoring tool to document violence against African sex workers.
Key rights and protections for online sex workers and content creators — regardless of jurisdiction. Always verify local laws; this is informational, not legal advice.
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Digital Privacy Rights
You have the right to use a work name, keep your address private, and not disclose your identity to platforms beyond legal verification requirements. No platform may share your ID without your consent or a valid legal order.
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Platform Terms vs Law
Platform bans are not criminal charges. Being suspended from OnlyFans, Fansly, or similar sites is a contractual matter — not a legal one. You have the right to appeal suspensions and request your data under GDPR (EU/UK) or similar frameworks.
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Income & Tax Rights
In most jurisdictions, sex work income is taxable whether legal or not. You have the right to file taxes, claim business expenses, and avoid self-incrimination by using general business categories. A specialist accountant is worth every penny.
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Content Ownership
You own the copyright to content you create. Platforms license it — they do not own it. You can file DMCA takedowns for stolen content. Read platform ToS carefully regarding exclusive vs non-exclusive licenses before signing.
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Healthcare Access
In most countries you have the right to access healthcare without disclosing your occupation. Doctors are bound by confidentiality. You may decline to disclose your work to medical providers — though sexual health disclosures can help you get appropriate care.
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Police Contact Rights
Regardless of legal status, you have the right to remain silent, the right to legal representation, and the right to be free from illegal search and seizure. Never consent to a search without a warrant. Contact an advocacy org before speaking to police.
Current & Upcoming
Legislation Tracker
Key laws and bills affecting sex workers and online adult creators globally. Status as of 2025.
FOSTA-SESTA (2018, Ongoing)
US law holding platforms liable for user-generated sex work content. Has forced removal of safety tools used by workers. Ongoing legal challenges by ACLU and EFF.
USA
Online Safety Act (2023)
UK law requiring age verification and content moderation. Implications for adult platforms still being worked out through Ofcom guidance. Watch for secondary legislation.
UK
EU Digital Services Act (2024)
Requires platforms to be more transparent about content moderation decisions and give users appeal rights. Potentially beneficial for creators facing unexplained bans.
EU
NZ Prostitution Reform Act (2003)
Full decriminalisation of consensual adult sex work in New Zealand — the gold standard model. Sex workers can work together (up to 4), employ others, and access all employment rights.
New Zealand
Scotland Sex Work Review (Ongoing)
Scottish Government commissioned review examining current criminalisation and potential reform. SCOT-PEP and ECP actively involved. Watch for policy announcements in 2025–26.
Scotland
Nordic Model — Client Criminalisation
Criminalises buyers but not sellers of sex. Implemented in Sweden, Norway, Iceland, France, Ireland, Canada, Northern Ireland. Evidence shows it increases harm to workers by rushing negotiations.
Europe / CA
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Crisis & Emergency Resources
If you are in immediate danger, always call your local emergency number. The following organisations provide crisis support specific to sex workers and survivors of violence.