Sex Worker Action Program News Today

Hamilton police say an assault that took place at a march against gender-based violence last month has now been deemed a hate crime.

‘The risk of violence and intimidation curtails our movement and the use of our space,’ says the YWCA’s vice-president of strategic initiatives and program development.

A Hamilton-based advocacy group for sex workers is upset by Ontario's Superior Court dismissal of a Charter challenge that argued Canada's criminal laws on sex work are unconstitutional.

A new book, 'Working It- Sex Workers on the Work of Sex' details what it's really like. The executive director of Sex Workers' Action Program, also known as SWAP Hamilton, Jelena Vermilion contributed to the book and joined us this morning.

On this International Women's Day, rabble wants to take a moment to recognize just a few of the amazing women in the labour movement.

It will be a "long road to recovery" for the woman who was assaulted in an alleyway off Barton Street in Hamilton, according to the woman's mother, who spoke at a vigil and march held in honour of the victim and other sex workers in Hamilton.

Sex Workers' Action Program Hamilton has organized a vigil for a 46-year-old woman who suffered a violent sexual assault on Barton Street East in the early morning hours on June 27.

Hamilton police are looking for a suspect in a violent sexual assault Monday that has left a woman in 'life-threatening' condition.

The Sex Workers' Action Program of Hamilton is working to open its first in-person location near Barton Street and Lottridge Street, with a focus on providing support and community for sex workers in the area.