> Whether we love our jobs, hate them, or have mixed feelings about them, we all deserve safety and protection from harm at work.

> When it comes to sex work, however, this is often not the reality. Laws that criminalise or restrict sex work fail to protect sex workers. Instead, they place them at risk of violence, including from the police. Criminalisation also prevents sex workers from accessing labour protections, seeking sexual and reproductive health services, reporting violence without fear, and exercising their rights like any other worker.

> Sex workers know what keeps them safe. For decades, they have been calling for the decriminalisation of sex work–– a legal model that removes criminal penalties related to sex work and is a crucial step to improving working conditions and labour rights protections of sex workers.

> Sex workers are experts of their own lives. They know what keeps them safe. Listen to them. Decriminalise sex work.

> This International Sex Workers’ Day we reaffirm our commitment to sex workers’ safety, rights, and dignity.

— #IPPF 🗺️️

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