Sex Worker Resistance Event by Safety First Wales in Cardiff on 8th June 2025
4 June 2025
SFW DAY OF ACTION AND RESISTANCE – SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2025
Join us in Wales for a DAY OF ACTION AND RESISTANCE to mark the 50th anniversary of International Sex Workers’ Day/International Whores Day!
WHEN: Sunday 8 June 2025, 1pm
WHERE: Cardiff
International Sex Workers’ Day commemorates the day in 1975 when 150+ sex workers occupied the Church of St. Nizier in Lyon, France. A banner was hung over the church façade: ‘Our children don’t want their mothers in prison’. The occupation was a response to the brutal torture and murders of sex workers and the police crackdown against women. Fifty years later, sex workers remain at the forefront of struggles against violence and criminalisation and for labour rights.
Right now, two prominent Welsh MPs, are pushing to bring in the “Nordic Model” – a set of laws that claim to ‘protect’ sex workers but in practice increase criminalisation and police powers. Amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill are now at report stage. Rather than focusing on poverty in Wales’, the highest of all UK nations, these policies target and criminalise sex workers, especially mothers who are working to support their children.
Enough is enough!
To demand an end to this injustice, we will be coming together as sex workers and allies to build solidarity in Wales! The day will include:
- Banner making workshop
- Writing letters to MPs and Members of the Senedd
- Reflection space
- French buffet provided
- Special surprise!
This event is free for sex workers. Allies are invited to donate if they can to support the ongoing work led by sex workers to end criminalisation and stigma and demand rights as workers.
Please RSVP via DM or email to safety1stwales@gmail.com to receive the full location details.
This event is part of a series of actions and events from 1 – 11 June. For a calendar of UK actions see @decrimnow