From left: Brid Smith TD, Wendy Lyon solicitor, Adeline Berry, secretary of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) and Linda Kavanagh, commmunication officer for SWAI

This afternoon.

Buswells Hotel, Dublin 2

A press conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI), celebrate International #SexWorker Rights Day and launch the new-look SWAI website (at link below).

SWAI’s ten year mission ‘has been to advance the human rights, health, safety, participation and dignity of female, male, cis and trans sex workers’.

In fairness.

Sex Workers Alliance Ireland

Meanwhile…

@SWAIIreland celebrates 10 years of the sex workers alliance Bravely bringing the voice & experience of sex workers to the public & decision makers. @bridsmithTD calls for a focus on evidence in the upcoming review of legislation that makes it more dangerous for sex workers. pic.twitter.com/NgwESICLwj

— Quality Matters (@QualMatters) March 3, 2020

This afternoon.

Members of Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) launch a briefing paper at Buswells Hotel, Dublin to highlight the need for a “human rights based approach” to supporting people who sell sexual services in Ireland.

The report (available at link below) urges laws that promote safety and stresses that “not all sex workers are victims”

Second pic from left: Wendy Lyon, Solicitor and Blogger (Feministire.com), Kate McGrew, Sex Worker, and Activist, Derbhla Ryan, member of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland and Billie from, Community Support Project Worker GOSHH (Gender Orientation Sexual Health HIV).

Sex Workers Alliance (Facebook)

Previously: Eyes Wide Shut

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)