Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN)

Deleted ISWRN Twitter/X today. It is no longer a place we want to be on.

There isn't an Irish event, which is a shame, but to be expected given where we currently are in terms of sex worker rights in Ireland. But lets join our European friends and also hope for better conditions for sex workers in Ireland one day too!

Pretty special event coming up to mark 50 years since the historic Saint-Nizier Church occupation in Lyon. Taking place in many countries across Europe but can be viewed online. Well done @eswa-network.bsky.social 👏 #sexwork #history #skystorians

Thank you Hannah, we'll be sure to pass this comment to Caroline and we sure she'll be chuffed 😀 Caroline is not on BlueSky yet but with comments like yours we may get her over soon!

Thank you so much @iswrn.bsky.social for sharing this. I've just listened to the lecture. Incredibly important research, stories and perspectives being shared. And so much I didn't know. I will be getting a copy of Caroline's book ASAP!

Lecture available here: ucc.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

Thanks to Caroline West for a great lecture on the lives of women selling sex in Dublin’s Monto at the turn of the nineteenth century. @iswrn.bsky.social

Highly recommend this. Laura herself would have loved it.

If you are looking for something amazing to watch this weekend, UCC has left this link up for now and you can watch back! #skystorians #sexwork #humanrights

Webcast link for online viewing: ucc.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture Presented by Dr. Caroline West, bestselling author of Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin’s Forgotten Red Light District

We are very much looking forward to welcoming attendees to the Laura Lee Annual Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture with Dr Caroline West today at 5pm. Webcast link is now on the event page and will also reply to this post with it. www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-...

Our Board Member ☺️

Join Here NI and the Body Politic for this upcoming 'The Housewife and the Heteropatriarchy - Far Right Versions of Control' event taking place on 15th May 3pm-5pm. To register email policy@hereni.org. @hereni.bsky.social

Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture Presented by Dr. Caroline West, bestselling author of Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin’s Forgotten Red Light District

Reminder that the brilliant bestselling author Dr Caroline West is talking tomorrow evening (Friday 9 May 5pm) about the history of sex work in Ireland at the Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture. Cork and online. Register at EventBrite www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-... #skystorians #spéirgorm

If you are looking for something more like a party on Friday night and you are in Dublin, the amazing Red Umbrella Éireann, who sit on our Board, are hosting what promises to be an unforgettable night to help raise funds for their film festival later this year www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/red-umbrel...

It's not always possible to be everywhere! Thanks to UCC audiovisual services it can be viewed online and with all our volunteer photographers we'll hopefully have a gallery to share later.

Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture Presented by Dr. Caroline West, bestselling author of Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin’s Forgotten Red Light District

The Third Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights lecture is this Friday 9 May. It will be presented by Dr Caroline Ryan, bestselling author of Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin's Forgotten Red Light District. Free entry. Come and meet us in Cork or join online! www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-...

Congrats :) Also it can be downloaded now from here: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

So sorry 🫣 We meant Friday 9 May 😱

Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture Presented by Dr. Caroline West, bestselling author of Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin’s Forgotten Red Light District

We can also confirm that 5pm on Friday 8 May is the correct time and the event will also be streamed online so go register now www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-...

Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture Presented by Dr. Caroline West, bestselling author of Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin’s Forgotten Red Light District

Are you going to the Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) conference in Cork this week? At 5pm on Friday 8 May you can attend the Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-... #sociology #irishsociology #history #humanrights #speirgorm

Can now confirm this event will be livestreamed online, so please register if you want to watch online as you cannot make it to Cork.

This @royalhistsoc.org call for papers could include topics of policing in countries like Ireland where British imperialism has and continues to shape policing and of course histories of trafficking
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/mob...

Graphic image with "The Body Politic" and "be the change" txt

Join us for The Body Politic Dublin event- the first in a series of three workshops which look at bodily autonomy beyond abortion!

📅 Sat 17 May
⏰ 16:00 - 18:00
📍 Naughton Institute
🎟️ buff.ly/k4xkRv7

Please share! 📢

Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

Historians for Trans Rights - open letter, please sign - you don’t have to be a UK based historian to sign the letter #allyship #solidarity docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...

Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture Presented by Dr. Caroline West, bestselling author of Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin’s Forgotten Red Light District

You are warmly invited to the third Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture, which will be taking place at University College Cork (UCC) on Friday 9th May 2025 at 17:00. www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-... #sexwork #humanrights #skystorians #speirgorm

We welcome academics and non-academics. Don't be afraid to apply to join the ISWRN mailing list because you don't have a PhD! Many of our members are not academics #speirgorm

The ISWRN operates an email discussion list for its membership to enable greater collaboration between persons with a shared interest in and ethical commitment to sex work scholarship in Ireland. Join here: iswrn.org/membership/ #sexwork #ireland

A sex worker on a protest holding a sign that reads "no bad whores, just bad laws." With a quote saying “The majority of the UK public wants the law to protect, not punish sex workers.” by Chiara Capraro, from Amnesty International UK.

🚨A NEW POLL released by Amnesty UK reveals that the majority of the public wants a total decriminalisation of sex work - which would make sex workers’ jobs much safer.

61% of UK adults believe it should no longer be a crime for two or more sex workers to work together. 🧵1/4

New research that @uglymugsie.bsky.social and @swaiireland.bsky.social were involved in, the Sex Work and Sexual Violence project. Resources published here: www.sexworkandsexualviolence.com/resources/

The Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) is a platform for those interested in sex work and sexual governance scholarship within the island of Ireland. We are here on BlueSky now, please give us a follow :)