The Sex Worker Outreach Project (SWOP) is a project of the AIDS Action Council of the ACT and is funded by ACT Dept of Health.
SWOP is a peer-based project whose primary purpose is HIV/AIDS & STI prevention, education, advocacy & referral for sex workers in Canberra.
SWOP promotes sex industry work as a valid occupational choice, and encourages recognition of personal and occupational rights.
Aims and objectives
- To provide education, advocacy and support programs, prevent the transmission and spread of HIV and STIs to sex workers and their commercial or private partners.
- To assess and address the special needs of workers in the sex industry whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds impede their access to sex worker related services.
- To strive to eradicate sex worker stereotypes in the populat consciousness and to replace these myths with the true experiences of sex workers.
- To provide welfare, finance and legal information and support services for workers in the sex industry.
