> SWAN's office is temporarily closed during the FIFA World Cup due to a heavy police presence and surveillance in the downtown core, and the increased risk of arrest, detention and deportation of im/migrant sex workers.
🇨🇦👠📰 https://swanvancouver.ca/office-closed/
Sigh. When the “““safety””” measures to “““combat trafficking””” and “““protect women””” lead to organizations ACTUALLY providing safe and effective support to precarious, marginalized (and even up to actually trafficked) women HAVING TO CLOSE… 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Clearly something ain't working right.
Sure isn't for the lack of warnings however. “Maybe” it's actually working just as intended after all… 😮💨
Does anyone seriously believe half a word of the official pitches, anyway..? They keep getting more and more shameful by the day.
#DecrimNow, dangit!

SWAN's office is closed during the FIFA World Cup | SWAN Vancouver Society
SWAN Vancouver’s Seymour St. office is temporarily closed during the FIFA World Cup. Starting Friday, June 12, we will no longer offer drop-in services at our Yaletown location due to the heavy police presence and surveillance in the area. Because of criminalization and immigration rules that ban migrants from engaging in sex work, our community faces an increased risk of arrest, detention, […]



