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NUM is a charity committed to supporting sex workers who have been victims of crime. To contact the NUM team, please email admin@nationaluglymugs.org.
Mar 3, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
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?

🧵A thread: "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.
Mar 3, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
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.
Mar 2, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
✨ We are very excited to launch our new campaign: Vocation, Vocation, Vocation. ✨

Support for sex workers should never depend on them leaving the industry, but sex workers who do choose to leave must be able to access appropriate support to do so.

🧵Here's what we want to do: We want to hire a vocational support caseworker to provide one-to-one advice on career planning, education, and accessing financial resources for sex workers.
Mar 8, 2021 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
There is always a lot to say about sex work on #InternationalWomensDay, and this year is no exception.

At NUM, we are able to witness, participate in and move forward because of the incredible work of women each and every day. A teal background with three feminine figures holding signs. Just last week, we honoured the 25,000 sex workers, mainly women, who took to the streets in Calcutta in 2001 to demand rights and recognition as workers as part of #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay. We are able to do what we do because of them.