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This year's #ISWRD is themed around Labour.

The adage of "sex work is work" is one often repeated amongst sex work communities and activists, but what does this phrase mean?

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"Sex work is work" de-emphasises the "sex" in sex work, and emphasises the "work".

It recognises sex workers as being defined not by their engaging in sex, but by their status as workers and labourers.
It deliberately opposes the stereotype of sex workers as being (white, cis) women who simply lie on their backs for clients. It understands that sex work is physical, emotional and aesthetic labour.
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Today is International Sex Workers' Rights Day #ISWRD.

In 2001, over 25000 sex workers gathered in Calcutta despite protests for a festival. Every year since, the day has been one for the sex workers' rights movement to highlight global activism, resilience and solidarity.
The fight for sex workers' rights is a global one. While legal, social, cultural and economic contexts vary between and within nations, the demands of sex workers are the same.

To be safe, to be respected, to be valued, to have autonomy, and to be a part of that society.
The NSWP @GlobalSexWork is a worldwide network of sex worker led and serving organisations, united in achieving these demands.

Here are a few things that their member organisations are doing:
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