The SWOP USA webteam would like to announce the new site dedicated to December 17, the International Day to End Violence Against sex workers. All at SWOP USA are looking forward to receiving information from organizations hosting events worldwide to update the events locations section of the site, news articles about events and issues, photographs, videos, poetry, songs and texts about the day. Materials can be emailed to dec17 [at] swopusa [dot] org or sent directly to the webteam by using the forms available at the site.

Announcement!

The Sex Workers Outreach Project (www.swop-usa.org)is seeking a few thoughtful individuals who are passionate about sex worker rights to join our Board of Directors and help us grow our organization!

THREE US-BASED GROUPS WIN APPEAL ON "ANTI-PROSTITUTION PLEDGE": A federal appeals court has ruled the United States cannot force US-based groups seeking international HIV/AIDS funding to denounce sex workⁱ. This decision from the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court in New York upholds a lower court decision in favor of the Alliance for Open Society International, Pathfinder International, Interaction and the Global Health Council.

In the second half of the hour of a show produced by Out-FM, Liz Coplen (board chair of SWOP-USA) and Jill McCracken (SWOP USA board member and an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg) discuss the case of David C. Flory. Florey, a New Jersey professor, was recently arrested on 40 counts of promoting prostitutionⁱ because of a site he ran that helped sex workers network and screen clients. Liz and Jill contextualize the panic around this case within the broader story of violence against sex workers and other efforts to make sex workers' lives safer. Listen to the show on Out-FM at http://tinyurl.com/outfm06282011