Sex workers protest for their rights in 2011. Melissa Gira/Flickr. Creative Commons.

This is the second of two letters published on Beyond Trafficking and Slavery in support of Amnesty International's 'Draft Policy on Sex Work'. The first, 'Why decriminalise sex work?' from the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), was published 30 July. To signal your own support for these initiatives, sign this letter and/or NSWP's petition at change.org. This letter has been simultaneously published on ICRSE's website.

Dear Mr. Shetty and the International Board:

We write to you in regard to Amnesty International’s “Draft Policy on Sex Work”, which will be submitted for consideration at AI’s International Council Meeting in Dublin, 7-11 August 2015.

The International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE) is a sex worker-led network representing 70 organisations led by or working with sex workers in Europe and Central Asia, as well as 150 individuals including sex workers, academics, trade unionists, human rights advocates, women’s rights activists, and LGBT rights activists. ICRSE, its members, and the signatories below are expressing their full support for Amnesty International’s “Draft Policy on Sex Work”. We commend the evidence-based draft policy that has been developed with careful consideration of the diversity of sex workers’ voices and experiences.

We are aware that Amnesty International will be pressured to back down from this position, but we urge you to show courage and tenacity and to adopt this policy. Sex workers worldwide are organising and advocating, often in very precarious and dangerous contexts, for the decriminalisation of sex work. Having Amnesty International take this position would make a significant contribution to promoting sex workers’ human rights and protecting them from discrimination and violence. A non-position by Amnesty International would be seen as an approval of the status quo and—in some national contexts—an implicit support for the criminalisation of paid consensual sex (namely through the criminalisation of clients), causing very grave consequences for the human rights of sex workers.

We, sex workers and those that support our struggle for human rights, know that any form of criminalisation (including criminalisation of clients) directly affects our livelihoods and working conditions. We urge Amnesty International to listen to sex workers and to support full decriminalisation of sex work.

We read with attention the letter addressed to Amnesty International by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), and would like to respond to some of their key arguments and highlight some of the gaps in the information that they provided.

We are urging Amnesty International to take into consideration the below arguments of the European sex worker movement, stay true to its values and vote in favour of decriminalisation of sex work. As long as sex work is criminalised—directly or indirectly through laws and practices targeting sex workers, clients, or third parties—sex workers will be at risk of police violence, arrests, rape, blackmail and deportations, and will be unable to report abuse committed by clients, third parties and members of the public.

By voting for this policy, Amnesty International will not side with exploiters and clients. On the contrary, Amnesty International will side with the universality of human rights and with sex workers, supporting us in our struggle to access justice and hold accountable those that abuse and attack us.

We hope that Amnesty International will listen to its own research, conducted over two years, to the growing evidence for decriminalisation and to the voices of all the current and former sex workers who are the most affected by laws criminalising sex work.

On the Swedish Model and its implementation

First of all, there is no evidence that the Swedish model reduces the numbers of sex workers or victims of trafficking. The Swedish National Board for Health and Welfare notes:

It is also difficult to discern any clear trend of development: has the extent of prostitution increased or decreased. We cannot give any unambiguous answer to that question. At most, we can discern that street prostitution is slowly returning, after swiftly disappearing in the wake of the law against purchasing sexual services. But as said, that refers to street prostitution, which is the most obvious manifestation. With regard to increases and decreases in other areas of prostitution—the “hidden prostitution”—we are even less able to make any statements.

In their annual report on trafficking, the Swedish police noted that “in 2009 … there were about 90 Thai massage parlours in Stockholm and vicinity, most of which were judged to be offering sexual services for sale. At the turn of 2011/2012, the number of Thai massage parlours in the Stockholm area was estimated to be about 250 and throughout the country about 450”. This is a threefold increase in three years.

There is, however strong evidence that this model is detrimental to sex workers, as it pushes them underground, prevents them from reporting violence, and deprives them of the ability to work together for safety. In particular, we urge you to understand the “The Danger of Seeing the Swedish Model in a Vacuum” and how sex workers are still marginalised and made vulnerable in Sweden itself by the Swedish Model.

Furthermore, we are concerned that the letter provided by CATW purposefully ignores the actual effects of the implementation of the Swedish Model in other countries.

A Norwegian governmental report stressed that “women in the street market report to have a weaker bargaining position and more safety concerns now than before the law (criminalising clients) was introduced. At the indoors market, prostitutes express concern for the ‘out-door’ calls”.

What Swedish Model advocates also conveniently and constantly forget to mention is that countries which have debated or considered the criminalisation of clients have not removed the criminalisation of sex workers themselves. Even worse, in such countries, the debate framed by politicians, some women’s rights and religious organisations, and the media about “abolishing prostitution” has led to a very significant increase in stigmatisation of sex workers and the associated development of policies and by-laws directly targeting sex workers.

For example, in Europe, Lithuania extended penalisation to clients, while retaining it for sex workers. In Northern Ireland, the criminalisation of clients was added to the other laws criminalising many aspects of sex work. In other parts of UK, each attempt to introduce the criminalisation of clients has been in addition to laws criminalising sex workers. In France, the three year legislative debate on the criminalisation of clients has actually delayed and possibly buried the removal of passive soliciting, a law which directly targets street based sex workers. Meanwhile, many French councils, emboldened by the debate on “abolishing prostitution”, have passed municipal by-laws banning sex workers from city centres and residential neighbourhoods, pushing them to the outskirts of the cities where they are more vulnerable to violence.

On legalisation and decriminalisation

We hope that directors of Amnesty International will have a clearer understanding than the authors and signatories of CATW’s letter regarding the differences between the legalisation and decriminalisation of sex work.

Sex workers globally—as well as the numerous institutions and international organisations including UNAIDS, WHO, and The Lancet, which have extensively researched the impact of criminalisation—advocate for the decriminalisation of sex work, referring to the system implemented in New Zealand in 2003.

We recognise the complex issues associated with legalisation. In Germany, sex work has been legal since 1927, not 2002 as stated in the CATW letter. What the new prostitution law of 2002 changed was to recognise contracts between clients and sex workers and introduce the right of sex workers to sue clients refusing to pay for their services. Thus, what is misleadingly called the “legalisation” of prostitution was actually the recognition of sex work as labour. Many issues in Germany are related to the non-implementation of the law in many federal states: in effect, many sex workers are criminalised in Germany through zoning laws. We reject the biased reporting made by CATW and object to the claims (unfounded and insulting to actual victims of torture) that “torture” is now available as a service in German licenced brothels.

Regarding estimates of the number of victims of trafficking, which is often wrongly conflated with the sex sector, the Federal Crime Office of Germany noted: "The number of identified cases of human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Germany has been decreasing in the past years and in 2013 it has reached the lowest point since 2006". In the Netherlands, the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings concluded “that it is not (yet) possible to give an answer to the question of the extent to which legalisation of prostitution leads to more human trafficking.”

On male and trans sex workers

Moreover, the CATW letter ignores that sex work is a multi-gendered phenomenon and that both male and trans sex workers in many countries face some of the most serious violence and human rights violations. Although the majority of sex workers are women, to deliberately ignore the large number of men and trans people working in the sex industry shows an incomplete and dangerous understanding of sex work. Violence and murders of trans sex workers in particular, often by the hands of or with the complicity of the authorities and police, are revoltingly high and the voices of trans sex workers should not be sidelined and ignored.

Between 2008 and 2014, 1,612 reported killings of gender-variant/trans people in 62 countries have been documented, including 90 in thirteen European countries. Of those whose profession was known, 65 per cent were sex workers. In our region, Turkey has seen 35 trans women, the majority sex workers, murdered in the last five years. Notably, any form of criminalisation significantly increases sex workers’ vulnerability to violence on the part of the police and other perpetrators. Ignoring the voices of trans sex workers is a form of social marginalisation and violence.

On migrant sex workers

As a last point, we would like to focus on some of the issues faced by migrant sex workers.

In many European countries migrants may constitute up to 75 per cent of sex workers. They may lack documentation and may be subjected to violence and labour exploitation. What CATW ignores in their letter is—again—that the so-called Swedish Model or partial criminalisation puts migrant sex workers under a constant threat of police repression, arrest or/and deportation, denying their right to access to justice and redress. This is particularly relevant at a time when the world is facing the highest crisis in numbers of displaced persons since World War II. Around 60 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide, and those that reach Europe face limited access to decent work and often have little or no access to benefits. Some of those seeking refuge and migrating to Europe choose selling sexual services out of very limited options to earn their living. Any argument made towards the criminalisation of sex work that ignores the working and living conditions of migrant sex workers is not only dangerous but plays into the hands of the increasingly racist and anti-migrant agendas of some state and non-state actors.

The call for the criminalisation of sex workers’ clients in the name of preventing and ending trafficking in human beings has been rejected by many anti-trafficking organisations that have learned through decades of working with trafficked persons that the criminalisation of sex work does not solve any of the problems they experience, nor does it prevent or stop human trafficking. These approaches have not been shown to protect sex workers, halt human trafficking, or dismantle criminal networks. They have rather led to violence and rights violations against sex workers and others. The stakes are simply too high here not to speak out and call for a different approach. Amnesty International must remain strong and focused on the human rights principles at issue. The decriminalisation of sex work and practices around it reduces the opportunities for exploitative labour practices in the sex sector.

Signatories

ORGANISATIONS

1. ICRSE - International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe
2. SWAN - Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
3. Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) - International Secretariat, Bangkok, Thailand
4. La Strada International Secretariat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5. Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), Global
6. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), New York, USA
7. International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW), Global Office, Kenya
8. Transgender Europe
9. Genera, Associación en Defensa de los Derechos de las Mujeres, Barcelona, Spain
10. Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Organisation Ankara, Turkey
11. Pembe Hayat/Pink Life LGBTT Solidarity Association, Ankara, Turkey
12. Pink Life - Red Umbrella Sex Workers Initiative, Ankara, Turkey
13. LGBTT Solidarity Association, Ankara, Turkey
14. PROUD, Dutch Union for Sexworkers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
15. Carusel Association, Bucharest, Romania
16. Sexworker.at, NGO for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
17. voice4sexworkers, Germany
18. Sex Worker Open University, UK
19. English Collective of Prostitutes, UK
20. SCOT-PEP (Scottish Prostitutes Education Project), UK
21. Sex Work Polska, Coalition for the Rights of Sex Workers in Poland
22. Odyseus, Slovakia
23. Sage Community Health Collective, Chicago, IL, USA
24. St James Infirmary, San Francisco, CA, USA
25. STAR-STAR, the first sex worker collective in the Balkans, Macedonia
26. Project SAFE, Philadelphia, PA, USA
27. Sex Workers Outreach Project - Philadelphia, USA
28. Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination - Guyana
29. Rights4Change, Utrecht, The Netherlands
30. Sex Work Association of Jamaica- SWAJ, Jamaica
31. Friends 4 Life- Jamaica
32. FIRST Decriminalize Sex Work, Canada
33. PIECE Edmonton, Sex Workers Advocacy Group, Canada
34. Desiree Alliance USA
35. Sex Workers Outreach Project - Los Angeles, CA, USA
36. Sex Workers Outreach Project Sacramento, CA, USA
37. Respect Inc, Queensland, Australia
38. Justicia Digna, New Mexico, USA
39. Chicago Recovery Alliance, Chicago IL, USA
40. Collective of Sex Workers and Supporters (COSWAS), Taiwan
41. Empower Foundation Thailand
42. ASPASIE, Genève, Switzerland
43. Association of Hungarian Sex Workers, Hungary
44. BOULEVARDS, Geneva, Switzerland
45. Ban Ying Coordination and Counselling Center against Trafficking in Persons e.V., Berlin, Germany
46. Kisauni Peer Educators, box 91109 Mombasa, Kenya
47. Scottish Secular Society, UK
48. Seksualpolitisk Forum / Forum for sexual politics, Copenhagen, Denmark
49. Ragazza e.V., organisation for drug using sex workers, Hamburg, Germany
50. Lady Mermaid’s Bureau, Kampala, Uganda
51. Ragazza-Kontakt, outreach team for indoors-based sex workers, Hamburg, Germany
52. HOPS-Healthy Options Project Skopje, Macedonia
53. Union “Positive in the Rainbow” - Warsaw, Poland
54. Hydra e.V., Advice and Support Centre for Prostitutes, Berlin, Germany
55. Sex Workers Outreach Project - Tampa Bay, USA
56. Gadejuristen // The Danish Street Lawyers, Copenhagen, Denmark
57. Out Now, Massachusetts, USA
58. Madonna e.V.,Bochum, Germany
59. Midnight Blue, Hong Kong
60. LEFÖ, Beratung, Bildung und Begleitung für Migrantinnen, Vienna/Austria
61. Morel LGBTI formation, Eskişehir, USA
62. Pivot Legal Society, Vancouver, Canada
63. Davida - Prostituição, Direitos Civis, Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
64. Daspu, sex worker fashion label, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
65. Beijo da rua, sex worker journal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
66. Red Light Rio project, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
67. International Women’s Health Coalition, USA
68. Association Program STACJA, Warsaw, Poland
69. BesD, Berufsverband für erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e.V., Germany
70. Comitato per i Diritti Civili delle Prostitute Onlus, Pordenone, Italy
71. Humanitas Prostitution Welfare Work, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
72. Hearts on a Wire, Philadelphia, PA, USA
73. La coalition pour les droits des travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe (Montréal, QC), Canada
74. Federation for Women and Family Planning, Poland
75. Etnoblog Associazione Interculturale - Trieste, Italy
76. Shenzhen Xiyan Communication Centre, China
77. BAYSWAN (Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network), San Francisco
78. SisterLove, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia, USA & Witibank, South Africa)
79. Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), Kingston, Jamaica
80. Double Positive Foundation, Suriname
81. Guyana Sex Work Coalition PiA Information und Beratung für Sexarbeiterinnnen, Österreich
82. Sex Worker’s Outreach Project New Mexico
83. Сharitable organization «All-Ukrainian League Legalife» ,Ukraine
84. Sex Worker Outreach Project, Tucson AZ, USA
85. Associazione Radicale Certi Diritti, Italy
86. move e. V., Berlin/Germany
87. BSD e. V., Berlin/Germany
88. Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice Alliance (RESURJ)
89. Balance Promocion para el Desarrollo y Juventud, Mexico
90. SWAN, Supporting Women Alternative Network, Vancouver Society - Vancouver, BC Canada
91. Sex Work Association of Jamaica
92. Women With a Vision, New Orleans, USA
93. Diverse Voices and Action for Equality, Fiji
94. Transgender Resource Center, Hong Kong
95. Anis - Instituto de Bioética, Direitos Humanos e Gênero, Brazil
96. Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)
97. Sex Workers Outreach Project - Las Vegas, NV, USA
98. African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA)
99. Kenya Sex Workers Alliance(KESWA)
100. MIT (Movimento Identità Transessuale) - Bologna - Italy
101. Unzip the Lips Platform for HIV Key Affected Women and Girls (Asia Pacific)
102. Ideadonna
103. CATS Comite de Apoyo a las Trabajadoras del Sexo, SPAIN
104. Social AIDS Commitee (SKA), Warsaw, Poland
105. FIZ Fachstelle Frauenhandel und Frauenmigration, Zurich, Switzerland
106. Prostitution Information Centre (PIC), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
107. Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality, Beirut, Lebanon
108. SIO Sex Workers Interest Organisation, Denmark
109. Maria Magdalena, Project of the Health Department of¨the Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland
110. Divergenti Festival Internazionale di cinema trans, Bologna, Italy
111. Colectivo Hetaira, Spain
112. Basis-Projekt, Beratungsstelle für Sexarbeiter, Hamburg, German
113. HIV Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
114. Asociación de Profesionales del Sexo - Aprosex, Spain
115. Betty&Books Associazione Culturale - Bologna (Italy)
116. SOPHIE BildungsRaum für Prostituierte (Austria)
117. Lilith e. V. (i. G.), sex worker peer education project in the course of formation, Bielefeld, Germany
118. Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights (UAF)
119. Aids Hilfe Bern, Switzerland
120. Observatório da Prostituição - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
121. COYOTE Los Angeles
122. ISWFACE International Sex Worker Foundation for Art, Culture and Education
123. Best Practices Policy Project, (USA)
124. Fundación Triángulo. (España/Spain).
125. COGAM Colectivo de Gays, Lesbianas, Transexuales y Bisexuales de Madrid (España/Spain)
126. Sekswerk Nederland (NL)
127. Animus Association Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
128. International Public Association “Gender Perspectives”, Minsk, Belarus
129. La Strada, Prague, Czech Republic,
130. International Women’s Rights Centre “La Strada”, Chisinau, Moldova
131. La Strada Foundation against Trafficking, Exploitation and Slavery, Warsaw, Poland
132. Open Gate - Association for Action against Violence and Trafficking in Human Beings, Skopje, Macedonia
133. International Women’s Rights Protection and Promotion Centre “La Strada”, Kyiv, Ukraine
134. AIDS Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
135. The Naked Truth, Canada
136. Feministinen aloite - Feminist Initiative Finland, Feminist organization supporting sex workers' rights, Finland
137. Acceptess-T, France
138. Health Global Access Project (Health GAP), USA
139. CSD-Piraten Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
140. Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (USA)
141. Associação Existências (Portugal)
142. New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective, Aotearoa/New Zealand
143. New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN), New York, USA
144. Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), New York, USA
145. The Seltzer Firm, New York, PLLC, New York, USA
146. Program on Global Health and Human Rights, University of Southern California
147. Rights Reporter Foundation, Hungary
148. Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, the organisation of sex workers in West Bengal , India
149. The International Union of Sex Workers, UK
150. Amra Padatik, the foot soldiers, the organisation of the sex workers Children,Kolkata,West Bengal India
151. Komal Gandhar, the cultural wing of DMSC ,Kolkata,West BENGAL India
152. Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, Dublin Ireland
153. PION - Norwegian sexworkers rights organization.
154. Organisations: Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de Andalucía (APDHA), Andalucía, Spain
155. TERRE DES FEMMES Schweiz, Bern Switzerland
156. Balaram Dey Street Anandam, LGBTKH organisation, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
157. USHA Multipurpose Cooperative Society,Ltda financial institute for the sex workers and run by the sex workers. Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
158. Durbar DiSHA, Mohila Griha Sramik Samanwaya Committe, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
159. Transgender Network Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
160. Associazione Enzo Tortora Radicali Milano
161. Rechtskomitee LAMBDA (RKL) (Austria)
162. Austrian Society for Sexologies - ÖGS (Austria)
163. Swiss Rainbow Families Association, Zurich, Switzerland
164. PortoG, APDES, Portugal
165. Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI), Ireland
166. National Forum for Democracy and Development, Kathmandu Nepal
167. Loom-Nepal, Kathmandu Nepal
168. Migrant Sex Worker Project,Canada
169. Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Network, Canada
170. Association Fleur de Pavé, Lausanne, Switzerland
171. Winnipeg Working Group for Sex Workers’ Rights, Canada
172. Drodrolagi Movement, Fiji
173. Asociación de Trabajadoras Sexuales MUJERES DEL SUR - PERÚ
174. Tamaulipas Diversidad VIHDA Trans A.C., Mexico

INDIVIDUALS

1. Dr Teela Sanders, Reader in Sociology, University of Leeds (UK)
2. Katie de Long, author, former sex worker - US
3. Alessandra Voutsinas, social worker, Palermo, Italy
4. Sonia Corrêa, research associate at ABIA, co -chair of Sexuality Policy Watch, Brazil
5. Paul J. McConnochie - Producer / Director / Animator - Vortex42Studios, Scotland, Denmark, Germany
6. Professor Jane Scoular, Law School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK
7. Tanya Serisier, Lecturer in Criminology, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
8. Eurydice Aroney, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology, Sydney, (Aus)
9. Caoimhe Mader McGuinness, PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London (UK)
10. Luca Stevenson, sex worker, coordinator ICRSE, UK
11. Veronica Munk, coordinator TAMPEP-Germany
12. Dr Alison Phipps, Director of Gender Studies, Sussex University (UK)
13. Ali Can Kalan, MA East European Studies, IR Coordinator at Pink Life
14. Stewart Cunningham, PhD candidate, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
15. Eva Klambauer, PhD candidate at King’s College London(UK)
16. Dr. Lucy Neville, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Middlesex University (UK)
17. Professor Phil HUbbard, University of Kent (UK)
18. Laura Connelly, PhD Student, University of Leeds (UK)
19. Dr. Billie Lister, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Leeds Beckett University (UK)
20. Alex Feis-Bryce, National Ugly Mugs
21. Francisca Funk, Sexworker, Germany Frankfurt
22. Dr P.G. Macioti, Hydra e.V., Berlin, Germany
23. Mark McCormack, Co-Director, Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities, Durham University (UK)
24. Irina Maslova- - Chair Coordination Committee on prevention and fight against HIV/AIDS
25. in the Russian Federation and Leader Silver Rose
26. Laetitia, Harm reduction and sexual health educator (Portugal)
27. Dr Jane Pitcher, Loughborough University, UK
28. Silke Suck, sysadmin, ex sexworker, Germany
29. Dan Gallin, Global Labour Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
30. Filipa Alvim, Anthropologist, Lisbon, Portugal
31. Cameron Watt, student and community activist, Napier University, UK
32. Simona & Ramona, performance art duo, Bucharest, Romania
33. Dr Anne Mulhall, Director, Centre for Gender, Culture & Identities, University College Dublin
34. Sonja Dolinsek, PhD candidate, University Erfurt (Germany)
35. Kolja Sulimma, Engineer, Frankfurt (Germany)
36. Dr Kate Hardy, Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations, University of Leeds (UK)
37. Margaret Corvid, sex worker and writer (UK)
38. Dr Agata Dziuban,Faculty Member, Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland)
39. Roxana V, sex worker (Romania/Hungary)
40. Dr Heidi Hoefinger, Gender/ Sexuality Studies, Institute of South East Asian Affairs, (Thailand)
41. Magne Pihl, Socialworker, Copenhagen, Denmark
42. Sarah Jenny Bleviss, M.P.S., co-founder and organizer, Sex Workers Outreach Project - New York City (SWOP-NYC), member, U.S. Women and PReP Working Group and U.S. Center for Sex Work Research and Policy (USA)
43. Derek J. Demeri, South Jersey Regional Director, New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance
44. Janet Duran, North Jersey Regional Director, New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance
45. Amber Dawn, former sex worker, educator and author, Vancouver, Canada
46. Ekaterina, sex-worker, Russia, Spain, France, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Italy
47. Jury Kalikov, The Head of AIDS Information & Support Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
48. Stefanie Lohaus, Journalist, Missy Magazine, Germany
49. Alex Cooper, MA Critical Gender Studies, USA
50. Dafna Rachok, co-editor, Political Critique Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
51. Rachel Carlisle, Sex Worker, Volunteer Member SWOP Denver
52. Toni Mac, sex worker, activist with SWOU, London, UK
53. Remi Soileau, Sex Worker, New Orleans, USA
54. Sabrina Chap - Writer, Musician and Mental Health Activist
55. Minerva Valenzuela. Former sex worker, Cabaret artist. Mexico.
56. Professor Paul Braterman, MA, DPhil., DSc
57. Helga Pregesbauer, Writer,Vienna
58. Emy Fem-Sexworker, performer and Sexworkactivist-berlin, germany
59. Marlon Taylor, President Sex Work Association of Jamaica
60. Emily Kissner, MAT, Former Volunteer, Veronica’s Voice, Kansas City, KS,USA
61. Katherine Koster, Director of Communications - Sex Workers Outreach Project - USA
62. Shira Hassan, MSW, former sex worker and past Executive Director of Young Women’s Empowerment Project, Chicago, IL
63. Daniela Danna, researcher at the University of Milan, Italy
64. Tanuja Jagernauth, former Board Member and adult ally with Young Women’s Empowerment Project
65. Cyd Nova, Programs Director at St James Infirmary, San Francisco, CA sex worker and transgender activist, USA
66. Ronald Weitzer, Professor of Sociology, George Washington University, USA -- research on sex work in the USA and internationally, expert testimony, author of two books and many scholarly journal articles on prostitution, pornography, and human trafficking
67. Seth Holmes, PhD, MD, Martin Sisters Endowed Chair Assistant Professor, University of California Berkeley, USA
68. Alice Calin, writer, Romania
69. Brigitte Obrist, Ex-Seworker, Switzerland
70. Sharon Oselin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
71. Lindsay Roth, MSW, Sex Worker, Board Chair of Sex Workers Outreach Project - USA
72. Borche Bozhinov, male sex worker, Macedonia
73. Ntokozo Yingwana, sex worker rights scholar-activist, Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) Africa Correspondent (South Africa)
74. Jenny Webber GMB member, Ruskin College
75. Marjan Wijers, MA, LL.Mresearcher, consultant and trainer human rights and human trafficking, former president of the European Experts Group on trafficking in human beings, established by the European Commission, Utrecht, The Netherlands
76. Alicja Palecka, sociologist, Warsaw, Poland
77. Jody Paterson, communications strategist and former executive director of Peers Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada
78. Charna Albert, BA University of Chicago, Public Health Researcher
79. Ralston Beckford
80. Blake Nemec, Former Sex Worker, Chicago, Illinois
81. Giulia Garofalo Geymonat, PhD, Researcher, University of Lund, Sweden
82. Kerry Porth, former Sex Worker, Independent Researcher, Chair, Pivot Legal Society, Vancouver, Canada
83. Meg Munoz, Former Sex Worker and Domestic Sex Trafficking Survivor, Founder of Abeni (CA)
84. Anna Marya Smith, journalist, performing artist, sex worker, Triple X society co-director, Vancouver B.C.
85. Laura Dilley, Executive Director PACE Society, Vancouver, Canada.
86. Daniel Rodriguez, Director SWOP Los Angeles, Community Organizer HOOK Online, current sex worker
87. Dr Calum Bennachie, Programme and Operations Co-ordinator, New Zealand Prostitutes Collective
88. Manta Alexandra, PhD student, CEU
89. Dr. Paul J. Maginn, Programme Co-ordinator (Urban/Regional Planning), University of Western Australia.
90. Tara Birl , Former Board Chair, Sex Workers Outreach Project
91. Carol Leigh, Sex Worker Rights Activist
92. Erica Magenta, sex worker and youth-focused peer educator at Respect Inc, Queensland, Australia
93. Nandita Sharma, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
94. Michelle Aldrich, retired meeting planner, Original Coyote Member, San Francisco, CA
95. Carolina M. Ramos, Esq, Human Rights Attorney
96. Lissa M. Knudsen, MPH, New Mexico Health Policy Advocate
97. Pardis Mahdavi, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Pomona College, Los Angeles, California
98. Adrien Lawyer, Co-Director, Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
99. Erica Elena Berman, current sex worker, director of SF Bay Area Sex Worker Film and Art Festival, and founder and director of Whore’s Bath, a sex worker only healing arts project.
100. Dan Bigg, Director, Chicago Recovery Alliance, Chicago IL, USA.
101. Dr. Maria Wersig, Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
102. Liz Hilton Empower Thailand
103. Marianne Schweizer, coordinatrice ASPASIE, Switzerland
104. Almuth Waldenberger, sex work historian and anthropologist, Vienna
105. Justyna Struzik, sociologist, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
106. Dennis van Wanrooij, programme associate, Red Umbrella Fund (NL)
107. Shane Anthony Petzer C.S.A.W (SA), M.D.O. Ashoka Fellow, MA Student
108. Sylvie Mathys, lawyer, Présidente Association Boulevards, Geneva, Switzerland
109. Sarah Kingston, Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Lancaster & Sex Worker Support Volunteer Streetlink Preston, UK
110. Mistress Geneva active worker and volunteer support for Aspasie Geneva Switzerland
111. Holger Fehmel, lawyer, Germany
112. Olivia Benyoussef, programme officer, prévention et formations, Groupe sida Genève, Switzerland
113. Ruxandra Costescu, researcher, non-academic feminist, Bucharest, Romania
114. Petra Timmermans, (ex)sex worker, activist, lecturer on sex work policies in the Netherlands, member of SWexpertise, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
115. Wuddri Rim, Aids Hilfe Bern
116. Borislav Gerasimov, Communications officer, La Strada International and Global Alliance against Traffic in Women, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
117. Anna Ratecka, Faculty Member, Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland)
118. Neil Howard, Marie Curie Fellow, European University Institute
119. Sandro Cattacin, professor, Institute for sociological research, University of Geneva
120. Sherry HUI, activist, Executive Officer, JJJ Association(HK).
121. Gudrun Greb, coordinator of ragazza e.V. Hamburg, Germany
122. Christian Groes-Green, Anthropologist, Associate Professor, Roskilde University, Denmark
123. Jo Vearey, Associate Professor, University of the WItwatersrand, South Africa
124. Pippa Grenfell, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
125. Paula Riedemann, Project Coordinator, Ban Ying Coordination and Counselling Center against Trafficking in Persons, Berlin, Germany
126. Jenny Coetzee, Co-Head of Prevention in Key Populations, Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Soweto, South Africa and Medical Research Council of South Africa National Health Scholarship PhD Candidate.
127. Theodora Becker, PhD Student and Sex Worker, Berlin Germany
128. Amalia Jurj, social work student, Romania
129. Dr. Katherine Allison, Politics, University of Glasgow, UK
130. Nicola Mai, Professor of Sociology and Migration Studies, London Metropolitan University, UK
131. Ine Vanwesenbeeck, Professor of Sexual Development, Diversity and Health, Utrecht University; and Senior Advisor at Rutgers, Knowledge Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Utrecht, the Netherlands
132. Kohoutek, private
133. Dr Richard de Visser, University of Sussex , UK
134. Laura Oso, Professor of Sociology, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
135. Noëmi Landolt, Journalist, Zurich Switzerland
136. Sex work Projects Programme, Aids Fonds, the Netherlands
137. Onkokame Mosweu, Male Sex Worker, BA (Hons) Law and Research, Botswana, Africa
     Steen Schapiro, filmmaker, spokesperson for Seksualpolitisk Forum / Forum for sexual politics, Denmark
138. Eini Carina, screenwriter and feminist activist, Denmark
139. Sylvie Mathys, attorney, President of Boulevards, an association aiming to defend and promote the rights of street sex workers , Geneva, Switzerland
140. Daniel Seiler, President European Lesbian and Gay Manager Association
141. Sharlene Kessna-Duncan, Nurse/Project Coordinator.Parish HIV/AIDS Association. Jamaica,working with sex workers
142. Nadia van der Linde, Coordinator, Red Umbrella Fund, the Netherlands
143. Linda Kristiansen, Selfemployed, member of Seksualpolitisk Forum / Forum for sexual politics, Denmark
144. Ashit BK, President, Young Professional Development Society Nepal (YPDSN), PO Box 19243, Kathmandu, Nepal.
145. Dr Tuppy Owens (Sex Therapist)of the TLC Trust where Disabled Men and Women find Responsible Sexual Services
146. Marie Bruvik Heinskou, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen; Denmark
147. Ursula Probst, Anthropologist, Berlin, Germany
148. Erman Dolmacı, Queer Cyprus Activist, Cyprus
149. Ida Lobba-Schönfeldt, Streetworker, Hamburg, Germany
150. Lina María Pinzón Ruiz, Fitnesstrainer, Hamburg, Germany
151. Gladys Adriana Becerra, Lawyer and Independent Researcher,MA in Critical Gender Studies, Colombia
152. Gosia Stachowiak, outreach worker, Hamburg, Germany
153. Valentina Duelli, Student
154. Derya Buket, Istanbul, Graphic Designer
155. Dr. Melinda Chateauvert, University of Pennsylvania, author, Sex Workers Unite! A History of the movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk
156. Alexandre Teixeira, Psychologist and PhD Researcher Porto University (Portugal).
157. Dr Sharron A. FitzGerald, Academic, Munich, Germany
158. Fabienne Freymadl, Sexarbeiterin, Politische Sprecherin, Berufsverband für erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e.V., Berlin, Germany
159. Martine Collumbien, Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
160. Mark Gordon, Secular Activist, Switzerland
161. Nanna W. Gotfredsen, director, Gadejuristen // The Danish Street Lawyers, Copenhagen, Denmark
162. Giovanna Gilges, MA Gender Studies, Germany
163. Dr. Jill McCracken, University of South Florida St. Petersburg; SWOP-Tampa Bay, USA
     Yiğit AYDIN, sex worker, activist, Glasgow-SCOTLAND
     Ewelina Ciaputa, sociologist, Kraków, Poland
164. Anne Wizorek, Consultant, Author, Feminist activist, Berlin, Germany
165. Dorothee Schmidt, Historikerin, Germany
166. Holly Richardson, Massachusetts, USA
167. Dr Zuzanna Dziuban, research fellow, Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, Austria
168. Anna Forbes, MSS, Maryland, USA
169. Lizzie Seal, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Sussex
170. Emre Busse, Curator & Director, Berlin, Germany
171. Bo Jensen, M.Sc. and scholar in the history of prostitution, Denmark
172. Tamara O'Doherty, PhD Candidate, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
173. Semih Togay, student, Istanbul, TURKEY
174. Fabio Casagrande, M.A. Social Work, Lecturer, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business & Social Sciences, Department Social Work, Germany
175. CARRÉ Jean-Michel, film director
176. Ferhat YILDIZ, LGBTI Rights activist, sex worker, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
177. Elisa Ludwig, Project Manager, LEFÖ-IBF (Intervention Center for Trafficked Women), Vienna Austria
178. Eylül Yıldız, trans*-sex worker, Eskişehir-TURKEY
179. Dilara Akarcesme, student, editor at HOSI Salzburg (Homosexual Initiative), Salzburg, Austria
180. AV Flox, writer, California, United States
181. Njáll Hvalreki, writer, former programmer for Sexworker CC-debit systems, Germany.
182. Megan Grime, researcher, Decision Science, Strathclyde University, Scotland.
183. Gregory Mitchell, PhD Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA
184. Julie Ruvolo, Editor, Red Light Rio project, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
185. Kerwin Kaye, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA
186. Katrina Pacey, Executive Director, Pivot Legal Society
187. Ellen Berger, alternative Körperwahrnehmung, Seminare, Deutschland
188. Katharina Beclin, Assistant Professor for Criminology, University of Vienna
189. Lorena Jaume-Palasí, Political Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
190. Carla Corsosex worker andwriter, President Comitato per i Diritti Civili delle Prostitute Pordenone, Italy
191. Pia Covre sex worker founder of Comitato per i diritti Civili Delle Prostitute, Pordenone, Italy
192. Dr. Emily van der Meulen, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Ryerson University, Canada
193. Dr. Robert Heynen, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, York University, Canada
194. Mag. Julischka Stengele, former sex worker, artist, activist and writer, Vienna, Austria
195. Flavio Lenz Cesar, journalist, Davida, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
196. Friederike Strack, sociologist, Hydra and Davida, Berlin, Germany
197. Dr Zuzanna Dziuban, research fellow, Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, Austria
198. Dr. Svati P. Shah, Associate Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
199. Petra Östergren, PhD student, Social Anthropology, Lund University, Sweden
200. Nicole D. McFadyen, PhD(c), Social Anthropology, York University, Canada
201. Daniel Seiler, Director, Swiss Aids Federation, Switzerland
202. Ralf Neugebauer, Jurist, Cologne, Germany
203. Ray Lam, Male Sex Worker, China
204. Liliane Maury Pasquier, MP; Switzerland
205. Carla Sabrina Marenco, Venice, Italy
206. Kay Garnellen, sexworker, Berlin
207. Camelia Badea, anthropologist, Romania
208. Alexandra Oliveira, Professor at University of Porto (Portugal)
209. Fiona Gilbertson
210. Kristen DiAngelo, Executive Director Sex Workers Outreach Project, Sacramento, CA, USA
211. Christine Nagl, Österreich
212. Rainer Pommrich, teacher, Germany
213. Andray Patterson, Volunteer, Guyana Sex Work Coalition
214. Jordan Flaherty, Television Producer, TeleSUR English News Network
215. Simon Kowalewski, speaker for equalisation, Pirate faction, Berlin Parliament
216. Laura Lee, sex worker and sex workers’ rights advocate, Sex Workers Alliance Ireland
217. Cracey Fernandes, Co-Chairman, Guyana Sex Work Coalition
218. Patrick Lalor - Human Rights Advocate and Sex Work Projects Supporter.
219. Olena Tsukerman, former sex worker, Ukraine
220. Raven Bowen, MA, (crim)-Program Manager SPACES Project, University of British Columbia, Canada
221. Annalee Lepp, University of Victoria and GAATW Canada
222. Molly Merryman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of LGBT Studies, Kent State University, United States
223. Stephanie Klee, sexworker, Berlin/Germany
224. Jasna Lisha Strick, author, feminist activist, Berlin, Germany
225. Matteo Torcinovich, Venice, Italy
226. JM Kirby, Human Rights Advocate, New York, USA
227. Jennifer Tyburczy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Feminist Studies and Director of LGBTQ Minor, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
228. Karen Gardiner, former sex worker, Sex Workers Outreach Project New York
229. Daniel Hellmann, artist & sex worker, Berlin, Germany
230. Quentin Barthassat, student social science, Lausanne, Suisse
231. Isabelle Johansson, PhD-candidate, Lund University, Sweden
232. Rev. Elder Pat Bumgardner, Global Justice Institute and Metropolitan Community Churches
233. Lena Morgenroth, sex worker, Berlin, Germany
234. Helga Amesberger, social scientist, Institute of Conflict Research, Vienna
235. Jan Glogau, student, Potsdam, Germany
236. Dr. Mithu M. Sanyal, author and broadcaster, Germany
237. Charlotte Jahnz, student, Germany
238. Roos Schippers, sex worker, member of SWexpertise, Netherlands
239. Andrea Knabe-Schönemann, certified business manager, Berlin
240. Sven Gramstadt, PhD candidate, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
241. Lene tymoshenko, former sexworker Berlin germany
242. Paula Marija Balov, student, feminist activist, Berlin, Germany
243. Raik Lorenz, student, Leipzig, Germany
244. Melissa Gira Grant, journalist and author, former sex worker, New York, United States
245. Eve Rickert, author and entrepreneur, Canada
246. Franklin Veaux, author, United States
247. May-Len Skilbrei, Professor Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, Norway
248. Boughalem Faterha Suisse
249. Rhett Epler, M.A. University of Wyoming
250. Gus Grannan, harm reductionist and member of SWOP-Philadelphia, USA
251. Hans Christian Voigt, sociologist, human rights activist in Vienna, Austria
252. John Michael Lopez, social activist, Germany/USA
253. Kristy Choi, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellow, Berlin, Germany
254. A.D. Burns, author, RWA, RRWA,Missouri, United States
255. J. C. Maia, author, therapist, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
256. Jean Mabbs, proofreader and editor, UK
257. Cassandra Damm, LCSW, Chicago, IL
258. Arthur Paris, Chicago, IL
259. Kelli Dorsey, former Executive Director of Different Avenues, Washington, DC, USA
260. Jane Deaux, Sex Workers Outreach Project, New Orleans Chapter
261. Louise LO, Female Sex Workers Outreach Officer, JJJ Association, HK
262. Cynthia Rothschild, Independent activist and former AIUSA Board Member, New York, USA
263. SWexpertise 21.NL, Dutch Platform for the Improvement of the Position of Sex Workers, The Hague, The Netherlands.
264. SHOP, The Hague, The Netherlands
265. M.A. Scali, Manager of SHOP The Hague, The Netherlands
266. Kristina Mahnicheva, the member of Tais Plus, strong ally, Kyrgyzstan
267. Dr Matthew Weait, Professor of Law and Policy, former member, Technical Advisory Group, GlobalCommission on HIV and the Law, London, United Kingdom.
268. Christian Klein, liberal politician, Luxembourg
269. Johanna Weber, Germany, Berlin - Sexworker and politcal spokeswomen of German Sexworker Organisation BesD
270. Dr. Fuensanta Gual, sex workers support committee, CATS Spain
271. Giuliana Gilges-Richards, text trainee, Germany, Düsseldorf
272. Jennifer J. Reed, Sociology Ph.D. Candidate, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, USA
273. Dr. LUK Kit-ling, Lecturer, Hong Kong Community College, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - teaching gender and sexuality subjects and working on research on sexuality education
274. Frankie Mullin, journalist, London, UK
275. J. Lange, Germany
276. Marta Zoppetti, Venice, Italy
277. Emiliano Cibin, graphic designer, Venice, Italy
278. Julia Stempel, tantric bodywork, Cologne Germany
279. Aya de Leon, novelist, lecturer African American Studies Dept. UC Berkeley, California, USA
280. Kendy Yim, Hong Kong
281. Daughtie Ogutu, African Sex Workers Alliance, Regional Coordinator
282. Anna Bongiovanni, Minneapolis MN United States
283. Melanie Schwarz, Sexworker,Bielefeld, Germany
284. Phelister Abdalla - Kenya Sex Workers Alliance (KESWA)
285. Gábor Szegedi - Research Fellow, Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, Vienna
286. Franco Boldini operatore sociale - Modena - Italia
287. Birgit Sauer, Professor of Political Science, University of Vienna
288. Cristiano Berti, artist, Jesi, Italy
289. Pieke Biermann, former sex worker, writer
290. Christa Ammann, Social Worker, Member of the legislative council of Berne, Switzerland
291. Soraya Simoes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
292. Observatório da Prostituição - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
293. Casper Hunnerup Dahl, part-time lecturer, University of Copenhagen, Ph.D.
294. Hazwany binti Jamaluddin, statistician, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
295. Mariska Majoor, (ex) sex worker, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
296. Tamara Vukasovic, ASTRA Anti Trafficking Action, Serbia
297. Marija Andjelkovic, ASTRA Anti Trafficking Action, Serbia
298. Ivana Radovic, ASTRA Anti Trafficking Action, Serbia
299. Cynthia El Khoury, MPH, Lebanon
300. Philipp Oelwein, IT Consultant, Hamburg
301. Elouise Abandon, Sexworker, Stuttgart, Deutschland
302. Chiara Bertone, Associate Professor in Sociology of Culture, Univ. Eastern Piedmont, Italy
303. Porpora Marcasciano, President of MIT (Movimento Identità Transessuale), Bologna, Italy
304. Jad Adams, Historian, UK
305. Antonella Ciccarelli, operatrice sociale, MIT (Movimento Identità Transessuale), Bologna, Italy
306. Francisco Majuelos Martínez, Antropólogo, Universidad de Almería, España.
307. Stefan Lucke, M.A., PhD Student of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, USA
308. Alexander Hofmann (Germany)
309. Veronika-Maria Schmid, accountant, Munich, Germany
310. Nadine Schreiterer, Sozialpädagogin, München
311. Sabine Skutella, social worker, Munich, Germany
312. Erin Sanders-McDonagh, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Middlesex University, London, UK
313. Tomer Barnea, PhD candidate at the Université de Genève, Switzerland
314. Maria Michalski, Social Worker Munich, Germany
315. Andrés Sarabia, PhD, Central European University, Hungary
316. Marlon Lacsamana, Filipino Migrant Rights Advocate, The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands
317. Mario Di Martino - Divergenti Festival internazionale di cinema trans - Bologna, Italy
318. Marija Jozic, social worker, St. Gallen, Switzerland
319. Niilas Helander, Artist, Berlin
320. Cecilie Lolk Hjort, former sex worker, writer, Copenhagen, Denmark
321. Iadrina, social worker, Frankfurt(Oder)/Berlin, Germany
322. Christiane Perregaux, Université de Genève (Switzerland)
323. Loris Fuschillo, Vicenza
324. Artiom Zavadovschi, LGBT activist, Republic of Moldova
325. Claire Hayward, PhD Student, London
326. Agnès Boulmer, Everybody’s Perfect Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland
327. Jelena Seidel former sex worker, Copenhagen Denmark.
328. Nicolás Acosta, PhD Student, Cultural Anthropology. Oulu, Finland
329. Porpora Marcasciano, ex sex worker and President of M.I.T. Movimento Identità Transessuale, Bologna, Italy
330. Sara Manfredi, Bologna, Italy
331. Rayna Dimitrova, coordinator of outreach work, Bulgaria
332. Boysan Yakar, LGBTI Rights Advocate, Mayoral Advisor - District Municipality of Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
333. Kendy Yim, Hong Kong
334. Thierry Moosbrugger, roman-catholic theologue, basel, Switzerland
335. Sara Thapa Magar, Young Key affected Population (YKAP Nepal), Program Coordinator
336. Nicole Sanner, Sexworkerin, Düsseldorf-Germany
337. Dr. Sumeeta Hasenbichler, Frau und Arbeit, Salzburg, Austria
338. Ali Channon, Programme Officer in GBV and Sexual Diversity Rights, Johannesburg, South Africa
339. Easthertrans, sexworker, the Netherlands
340. Annie Tidbury, former Women’s Officer at University College London Union, UK
341. Rita Alcaire, PhD Researcher in Human Rights and member of the Portuguese Network on Sex Work
342. Michaela Engelmaier, Soziologin, Beratungsstelle f. Sexarbeiterinnen, Graz Austria
343. Salome Kokoladze, Philosophy MA, Central European University, Batumi, Georgia/Budapest, Hungary.
344. Chi Adanna Mgbako, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic, Fordham University School of Law School, New York. Author, To Live Freely in This World: Sex Worker Activism in Africa (NYU Press)
345. Maaike van Groenestyn, SHOP/Spot 46, The Hague, The Netherlands
346. Denise Tomasini-Joshi, attorney working in philantropy, New York
347. Professor Ulrike Lembke, Law Faculty, University of Hamburg, Germany
348. Sarah Oughton, citizen journalist, UK
349. Joel Quirk, Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
350. Golde Carlsson, co-foundress Berufsverband erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e. V., executive chairwoman at Lilith e. V. (i. G.), sex worker peer education project in the course of formation, Bielefeld, Germany
351. Christiane Howe, researcher, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
352. Mark Pendleton, Lecturer, School of East Asian Studies, The University of Sheffield
353. Mareen Heying, historian, Ruhr-University Bochum/Università di Padova
354. Anne Dölemeyer, researcher, Leipzig University, Germany
355. Ghiwa Sayegh, Editor in Chief of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research, Lebanon
356. Anne Burgmer, roman-catholic theologian, Switzerland
357. Weronika Justyńska, LGBTQ activist NGO: Factory of Equality, Łódź, Poland
358. Arianne Shahvisi, Lecturer in Ethics and Medical Humanities, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
359. Irina Krause, social worker, Erfurt, Germany
360. Kiesia Carmine, sex worker, Berlin / New Zealand
361. Irina Stiop, Beratungsstelle f. Sexarbeiterinnen,Graz, Austria
362. Natascha Wey, Switzerland
363. Helga Bilitewski, Aktivistin, Berlin, Germany
364. Astrid Gabb, Social Worker, Germany
365. Amy, former sex worker, Scotland
366. Anastacia Ryan, PhD researcher, University of Glasgow, UK
367. Jan Lis, researcher, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
368. Estelle Pralong, Genève, Suisse
369. Laurens Buijs, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
370. deema kaedbey, PhD in gender and sexuality studies, Kohl: Journal for Body and Gender Research, Lebanon
371. Zohra Moosa, The Netherlands
372. Béatrice Aebersold, Bern, Switzerland
373. Y. Spada, transgender rights activist, Berlin, Germany
374. Arikia Millikan, Founder and EIC of LadyBits, Brooklyn, New York, USA
375. Barbara Zwahlen, Bern, Switzerland
376. Lawrence Mamabolo, Registered Counsellor, independent/private practice. South Africa
377. B. Herzog, Social Worker, Leipzig, Germany
378. Cemil Inangil, social worker, Munich, Germany
379. Dirk Schuck M.A., Political scientist, University of Leipzig, Germany
380. Dearbhla Quinn, Student of Equality Studies, University College Dublin
381. Nicolas Barnes, Sex Worker & Nurse, Belgium.
382. Jasper Lenderink, Consultant sustainability, Amsterdam, Netherlands
383. Jenny Olaya-Peickner,Social Worker, Vienna, Austria
384. Sally Armstrong, Housing Professional and Sex Worker Ally, UK
385. Moriah Oxnard, Nurse, New York, NY
386. Marie-Eve Volkoff-PeschonretraitéeGeneva Switzerland
387. Marianne Jonker, Swexpertise, Amsterdam, Netherlands
388. Norma Jean Almodovar Sex worker rights activist Los Angeles CA
389. Alexandra Holmes, MA student, Freie Universitaet, Berlin
390. Amanda Mercedes Gigler, Director of Philanthropic Partnerships and Communications, Mama Cash, Amsterdam, Netherlands
391. Lady Tanja Hamburg Sexworker, Germany
392. Maria K. Powell, JD, LLM, Sex Worker Advocate and Articling Student, NB, Canada
393. Soraya Silveira Simões, Anthropologist, Professor Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano e Regional- IPPUR-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
394. Jess Rousse, cleaning lady, France
395. Pietro Saitta, researcher and lecturer in Sociology, University of Messina (Italy)
396. Heather Berg, PhD Candidate, Santa Barbara, CA
397. Shaun Kirven, Human Rights Activist, Kathmandu Nepal
398. Jack Harrow, author/human, Seattle, WA
399. Melisa Stephen, BA Northwestern University, activist
400. Elene Lam, activist, Canada
401. Hella Dee, sex worker (NL)
402. Faika El-Nagashi, Human Rights Activist, The Green Party Vienna
403. Marissa Ram, Esq., LGBTQ Rights and Immigration Attorney, New York, New York, USA
404. Olaf Göbel, Tantra-Massage-Teacher, Velbert, Germany
405. Marina Kronkvist, Sexsibilitycoach, Founder of Ritual Play, Finland
406. Suzanne B Seltzer, The Seltzer Firm, PLLC, NY, NY USA
407. Annie Temple, Sex Worker, The Naked Truth, Surrey BC Canada
408. Frannie Blew Velvet, Sex Worker/Performance Artist, Liberty, Tennessee, USA
409. Frank Cipriani, Activist, Florida, USA
410. Erika S. Becker, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
411. Flora Pagan, social services worker, Victoria BC, Canada
412. Anne Lieberman, Program Officer, Sexual Health and Rights, American Jewish World Service, NY, NY
413. Ana Mohr, outreach worker, CARUSEL, Romania
414. Dr. Marian Ursan, Executive Director, CARUSEL, Romania
415. Dr. Susanne Dodillet, Gothenburg University, Sweden
416. Niina Vuolajarvi, PhD student, University of Eastern Finland & Rutgers University, United States
417. Agnes Foldi, Human Rights Activist, Hungary
418. Matilda Bickers, SWOP-PDX, STROLL, SWOC Portland, Portland, OR, USA
419. Sunny Maguire, LCSW, NYC
420. Niamh Brown, PhD Student, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
421. Anushka Aqil, Public Health, GA, USA
422. Marlen Löffler, PhD candidate, University Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
423. Mathilde Bouvard, Artist, Bretagne France
424. Chris Atchison, Research Associate, University of Victoria, Canada
425. Jessica Whitbread, AIDS Activist, Toronto, Canada
426. Alice Iancu, Lecturer, Romania
427. Patrick John Burnett, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia, Canada
428. Catherine Fertel, feminist and activist with the LGBTQ Task Force to Undo Mass Incarceration & Institutional Racism, Woodstock, NY, USA
429. Frands Sørensen, Denmark
430. Ahi Wi-Hongi, Community Liaison at New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective, ONTOP - Ongoing National Transgender Outreach Project, Sex Worker. Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand
431. Raviva Hanser, Program Associate, Sexual Health & Rights, American Jewish World Service
432. LiLi K. Bright, UK
433. Noemi Katona, PhD student, Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany)
434. Dee-Amela Conti, Secretary of Respect Inc, Australia
435. Sara Regensburger, Archaeologist and activist, CT, USA
436. Paulo Anjos, Social Worker, Portugal
437. Maria Lobo, Psychologist, Portugal
438. Elizabeth Pride, paralegal, Philadelphia, PA, USA
439. Teresa Dobney, Health Resource Specialist, Volunteer at Project Safe, Philadelphia, PA, U
440. Rebecca Hiles, The Frisky Fairy Sex Education and Coaching, Sex Worker, Herndon, VA US
441. Juhu Thukral, Esq, Human Rights Lawyer and Advocate for Women and LGBTQ People, USA
442. Florrie Burke, Consultant and Chair Emeritus, Freedom Network USA
443. Sealing Cheng, Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
444. Tessa de Ryck, human rights worker and trainer, Indonesia
445. Magdalena Simstich, Gender Student, sw & Activist, Germany
446. Ulrike Rothe, NRW, Sexarbeiterin
447. Leyla Safta-Zecheria, PhD Candidate, Central European University Budapest
448. Agnieszka Walendzik-Ostrowska, PhD, Poland
449. Dr. Elisabeth Greif, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
450. Rhoda Tretow, Feministisches Institut, Hamburg
451. Dr. Meike Lauggas, university lecturer and freelance counselor, Vienna
452. Karina Laursen, prosex forum member, Denmark
453. Fiona Montagud, Calala Fondo de Mujeres, España
454. Sinem Hun, Human Rights Lawyer, Turkey
455. Nihan Erdoğan, Human Rights Lawyer, Turkey
456. Evelyn Probst, Psychologist, Vienna/Austria
457. Eva Kaufmann, Councelor, Austria
458. Christien Rijks, social worker for sex workers, SHOP, The Hague, The Netherlands
459. Jo Bindman, former activist, UK
460. Ferenc David - Biopolitics expert, Hungary, Budapest
461. Laura María Agustín, UK, Sweden, Spain
462. Petra Gugler, Graz, Österreich
463. Ovidiu Anemtoaicei, PhD, HECATE Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania.
464. Pia Poppenreiter, Entrepreneur, Berlin, Germany
465. Adina Manea, Programmes Director, Youth for Youth Foundation, Romania
466. Dr Kathryn McGarry, Centre for Rights, Recognition and Redistribution, Maynooth University, Ireland
467. Dr Soma Roy, PhD, Research Officer, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
468. Catherine Stephens, sex worker for 15 years
469. Mónica Aragonés Padilla, Sociologist, Barcelona, Spain
470. Jessica Cusell Fernández, Barcelona, Spain
471. Leila Ghorbel, Translator, Barcelona, Spain
472. Przemysław Hasiński, Łódź, Polska
473. Andrés Lekanger, outreach worker, PION, Norway
474. Morten Sortodden, sexworkers rights activist, PION, Norway
475. Monica Clef, board member PION, Norway
476. Jean Cristal, board member, PION, Norway
477. Kristin (workname), sexworker, Norway
478. Alexandra (workname), sexworker, Norway
479. Emilie (sexworker), sexworker, Norway
480. Camilla Winther-Griffenfeldt, activist, Norway
481. Mr. $,male sexworker, Oslo, Norway
482. Mr. Tony, male sexworker, Oslo, Norway
483. Mr. AMIR, male sexworker, Oslo Norway
484. Rico, male masseur and sexworker, Oslo, Norway
485. Mr. Marco, male sexworker, Norway
486. Miss Jeanette, female sexworker, Norway
487. Miss Donna, transexual sexworker, Norway
488. Paramita Chowdhury, Project Coordinator, Amra Padatik, DMSc, Kolkata India
489. Esther Wortmann-Knoth, communication consultant, Germany
490. Abhijit Lodh, Program Coordinator, Durbar Disha Mahila Griha Sramik Samanwaya Committee, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
491. Sergio Lo Giudice, Italian MP, Italy
492. Jessica Cusell Fernández Barcelona
493. Ratan Dolui, Assistant Secretary, Amra Padatik, organisation of the children of sex workers, DMSC, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
494. Puja Roy, Director, TI DMSC, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
495. Letonde Hermine Gbedo, cultural mediator, Etnoblog Interculural association, Trieste, Italy
496. Rama Debnath, Outreach Worker, working in the organisation for the last 14 years of DMSC, West Bengal, India
497. Mampi Halder, Amra Padatik, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
498. Sampa Basak, Amra Padatik, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
499. Stefanie Grabatsch, BASIS-Projekt Hamburg, Germany
500. Momita Naskar, Secretary, Durbar Disha, Kolkata, India
501. Baby Naskar, President, Durbar Disha, Kolkata, West Bengal
502. Sintu Bagui, Secretary Anandam, Balaram dey Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
503. Antonella Ius, ideadestroyingmuros, Italy
504. Marty Huber, queer-feminist activist, Vienna Austria
505. Dr Kiril Sharapov, Senior Lecturer, University of Bedfordshire
506. Henrik List, author, Copenhagen, Denmark
507. Matthias Lehmann, Doctoral Researcher, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
508. Stefan Benedik, Centre for Gender History, University of Graz, Austria
509. Elisabeth Armstrong, Program for the Study of Women and Gender, Smith College, US
510. Professor Kamala Kempadoo, York University, Toronto Canada
511. Boglarka Fedorko, Human Rights, Sex Worker Rights, Trans* Rights activist
512. Agnes Foldi, Chairwoman, Association of Hungarian Sex Workers
513. Istvan Kobanyai, Social Counsellor
514. Marta Gergovics, Social Counsellor
515. Jacqueline Suter, Bern, Switzerland
516. Dr. Henry Hohmann, Trans* activist, Bern, Switzerland
517. Professor Deborah Brock, York University, Canada
518. Dr. Sarah Speck, Visiting Professor Universität Tübingen, Germany
519. Judith Brandner, Rechtsanwältin und Fachanwältin für Sozialrecht, Berlin, Germany
520. Dr. Amanda Glasbeek, Associate Professor of Criminology, York University, Toronto, Canada
521. Lubica Vysna, social worker and PhD. candidate, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
522. Dr. Denise Brennan, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
523. Pablo Hörtner & Stefanie Klamuth, Librería Utopía – radical bookstore vienna, Austria7
524. Janine Revillet, retired accountant, member of Aspasie, Geneva, Swizerland
525. Marta Graça, PhD student, Department of Education, University of Aveiro, Portugal
526. Dr. Mary Laing, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Northumbria University, UK
527. Nine, former project worker at Scot-PEP & consultant to NSWP, Malaysia
528. Niall Mulligan, Co. Meath, Ireland
529. Alexandra Podova, sex worker, Slovakia
530. Kat Kolar, PhD Student University of Toronto, Canada
531. Dr. Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
532. Melissa Hope Ditmore, Ph.D. Editor, Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work (Greenwood, 2006)
533. Juliana Piccillo, filmmaker, I was a Teenage Prostitute, Whores on Film
534. Maria Cecilia Hwang, PhD Candidate, Brown University, USA
535. Billie, Community Support Worker, GOSHH (Gender, Orientation, Sexual Health, HIV (Ireland))
536. Dr. Helmut Graupner, attorney-at-law (Vienna, Austria), president Rechtskomitee LAMBDA (RKL) (Austria), co-president Austrian Society for Sexologies (ÖGS), member World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)
537. Lauren Pragg, PhD Candidate, York University, Toronto, Canada
538. Jacqueline Suter, XENIA, Bern Switzerland
539. Grogg, Artist, Bern Switzerland
540. Jensen Byrne, LGBTI and Human Rights Project Officer, Bangkok, Thailand/Dublin, Ireland
541. Simone Wiegratz, Hydra, Deutschland
542. Anna Elisabetta Benucci, Venice, Italy
543. Gloria Pasqualetto, Venice, Italy
544. Samuel Fried, Artist, Bern, Switzerland
545. Janine Althorp (MA), former exotic dancer, sex work researcher
546. Christine Hibbert – Sex Worker Jamaica
547. Peta-Gay Ebanks - Sex Worker Jamaica
548. Emma Eastwood, Senior Media Officer, London
549. Angela Wright – Sex Worker Jamaica
550. Michele Lancione, University of Cambridge
551. Sinéad Redmond, abortion and maternity rights activist, Ireland
552. Princess Brown, Vice President, SWAJ
553. Jenice Jackson, Public Relation Officer, SWAJ
554. Samantha Walton, Field Officer, SWAJ
555. Suzan Brown - Sex Worker - Jamaica
556. Rushell Frame - Sex Worker - Jamaica
557. Tanisha Boode - Sex Worker - Jamaica
558. Andrean Reynelds - Sex Worker - Jamaica
559. Andrea Brackett- Sex Worker - Jamaica
560. Dr. Linda Duits, affiliated researcher Utrecht University, Amsterdam the Netherlands
561. Jashett Cunningham, Sex Worker, Jamaica
562. Christol Stewart, Sex Worker, Jamaica
563. Darlet Williams, Sex Worker, Jamaica
564. Althea Williams, Sex Worker, Jamaica
565. Michelle Ann-Marie Bennett, Sex Worker, Jamaica
566. Natoya Williams, Sex Worker, Jamaica
567. Lucy Smith, UglyMugs.ie, Ireland
568. Lindsay Blewett, sex worker and PhD student in Gender, Feminist, and Women’s Studies, Toronto, Canada
569. Ben Gwalchmai; maker, writer, worker - United Kingdom
570. Alessandro Iannelli, communication manager, Berlin Germany
571. Siobhan O'Donoghue, Social Justice Activist, Ireland
572. Dearbhla Ryan, Community Worker, Irelan
573. Kedar Maharjan, human rights activist, Kathmandu Nepal.
574. Paul Formaran, writer, human rights and peace advocate, Philippines
575. Michelle Sands, sex worker and sex worker rights activist
576. Meghan Maury, former sex worker, Senior Policy Counsel, National LGBTQ Task Force, United States
577. Mojca Pajnik, researcher, Peace Institute, Slovenia
578. Dr. Erica Lorraine Williams, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA USA
579. Damián Castañeda Hidalgo, Social Community Worker, Spain
580. Wellington Pedroso da Silva, sex worker, Madrid, Spain
581. Nacho Pardo Benavente, Sex Workers Support Comeettee
582. Ana Karen Lopez Quintana, Mexico
583. Iztok Šori, researcher, Peace Institute, Slovenia
584. Eka Iakobishvili, PhD candidate, University of Essex, Law School/Human Rights Center
585. Linda Kavanagh, pro choice activist, Ireland
586. Helen Guinane, pro choice and maternity rights activist, Ireland
587. Sine Plambech, Anthropologist, Ph.D, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
588. Sven Beck, Belgium
589. Susan Davis Sex Worker and Advocate, Vancouver BC
590. Elena Shih, PhD, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Brown University, United States
591. Anlina Sheng, NSWP, Winnipeg Working Group, sex worker, Canada
592. Professor Julia O’Connell Davidson, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
593. Mario Esteve, sex worker, Madrid, Spain
594. Anne Fehrenbacher, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
595. Robert WALOCH, Vienna, Austria
596. Martina Weiser, Ananda Tantra Massage Institute, Cologne, Germany
597. Ana Luz Mamani Silva, Mujeres del Sur - Perú
598. Miriam Needham, Pro Choice Activist, Ireland
599. Cameron Thibos, Managing Editor, Beyond Trafficking and Slavery
600. Dénes Türei, activist and ally, Budapest Hungary
601. Julie Ham, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong