SWAN Vancouver
@swan-vancouver.bsky.social
We promote the rights, health, and safety of im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work through frontline service and systemic advocacy.
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Our Japanese-language services launched in 2024 to support a growing, underserved community with healthcare, legal, immigration and housing needs. Learn more and support this work with a holiday gift: swanvancouver.ca/donate
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Our Japanese-language services launched in 2024 to support a growing, underserved community with healthcare, legal, immigration and housing needs. Learn more and support this work with a holiday gift: swanvancouver.ca/donate
Let’s keep pushing towards our $10,000 goal for Healthcare Without Fear, which funds essential healthcare access programs for im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work. We have $3,381 left to raise to meet our fundraising goal. Every gift counts this holiday season: swanvancouver.ca/donate
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Let’s keep pushing towards our $10,000 goal for Healthcare Without Fear, which funds essential healthcare access programs for im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work. We have $3,381 left to raise to meet our fundraising goal. Every gift counts this holiday season: swanvancouver.ca/donate
Thank you for making #GivingTuesday so special! Because of you, we raised $2,839, for a total of $6,010 with matching donations, to fund healthcare access services. There’s still $311 left to match if you donate anytime between now and the end of the year. Swanvancouver.ca/donate
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thank you for making #GivingTuesday so special! Because of you, we raised $2,839, for a total of $6,010 with matching donations, to fund healthcare access services. There’s still $311 left to match if you donate anytime between now and the end of the year. Swanvancouver.ca/donate
This #GivingTuesday, support Healthcare Without Fear, our campaign to raise $10,000 for SWAN’s safe, confidential, and language-accessible healthcare access programs. Donate today: swanvancouver.ca/donate
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This #GivingTuesday, support Healthcare Without Fear, our campaign to raise $10,000 for SWAN’s safe, confidential, and language-accessible healthcare access programs. Donate today: swanvancouver.ca/donate
Thank you Scott McBride and Heike Roth, for joining our #GivingTuesday matching program. Alongside matching gifts from private donor Julie M. and local business Blackbird Fabrics — our total matching amount is $3,150! Support Healthcare Without Fear for im/migrant women: swanvancouver.ca/donate
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thank you Scott McBride and Heike Roth, for joining our #GivingTuesday matching program. Alongside matching gifts from private donor Julie M. and local business Blackbird Fabrics — our total matching amount is $3,150! Support Healthcare Without Fear for im/migrant women: swanvancouver.ca/donate
A generous private donor, Julie M., is doubling your impact this GivingTuesday! Gifts made to our “Healthcare Without Fear” campaign will be matched up to $1,000, helping us provide healthcare access programs designed to protect im/migrant sex workers’ safety and privacy. swanvancouver.ca/donate/
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A generous private donor, Julie M., is doubling your impact this GivingTuesday! Gifts made to our “Healthcare Without Fear” campaign will be matched up to $1,000, helping us provide healthcare access programs designed to protect im/migrant sex workers’ safety and privacy. swanvancouver.ca/donate/
SWAN Vancouver has launched mobile STBBI testing in partnership with the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre (VIDC). As an alternative to in-person visits to clinics, our staff collect samples at women's workplaces, transport them for testing, and work with our partner clinic for follow-up.
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
SWAN Vancouver has launched mobile STBBI testing in partnership with the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre (VIDC). As an alternative to in-person visits to clinics, our staff collect samples at women's workplaces, transport them for testing, and work with our partner clinic for follow-up.
Only 12% of im/migrant sex workers who experienced violence in Metro Vancouver reported it to the police. Criminalization of sex work is a barrier to reporting violence, and it allows people to get away with violence against women. #InternationalDayfortheEliminationofViolenceAgainstWomen
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Only 12% of im/migrant sex workers who experienced violence in Metro Vancouver reported it to the police. Criminalization of sex work is a barrier to reporting violence, and it allows people to get away with violence against women. #InternationalDayfortheEliminationofViolenceAgainstWomen
Your gift goes twice as far this #GivingTuesday! For the second year, Blackbird Fabrics is matching donations up to $1,000 to our "Healthcare Without Fear" campaign — supporting healthcare access designed to protect im/migrant sex workers’ safety and privacy. swanvancouver.ca/donate/
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Your gift goes twice as far this #GivingTuesday! For the second year, Blackbird Fabrics is matching donations up to $1,000 to our "Healthcare Without Fear" campaign — supporting healthcare access designed to protect im/migrant sex workers’ safety and privacy. swanvancouver.ca/donate/
SWAN fills the gaps left by systems that exclude or endanger im/migrant women in sex work - from STBBI testing and healthcare accompaniments to safer sex supply delivery. Ahead of the launch of our Healthcare Without Fear campaign, we’re highlighting donors who help make these services possible.
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
SWAN fills the gaps left by systems that exclude or endanger im/migrant women in sex work - from STBBI testing and healthcare accompaniments to safer sex supply delivery. Ahead of the launch of our Healthcare Without Fear campaign, we’re highlighting donors who help make these services possible.
Our supporters give because they believe every woman deserves to access Healthcare Without Fear -- without arrest, stigma, racism, or discrimination. At SWAN Vancouver, we make that possible through programs designed to protect im/migrant women’s safety and privacy. swanvancouver.ca/donate/
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Our supporters give because they believe every woman deserves to access Healthcare Without Fear -- without arrest, stigma, racism, or discrimination. At SWAN Vancouver, we make that possible through programs designed to protect im/migrant women’s safety and privacy. swanvancouver.ca/donate/
Seventy per cent of calls from the im/migrant women we support are about accessing healthcare. Help us ensure Healthcare Without Fear this #GivingTuesday - because no one should have to choose between their health and their safety.
DONATE on GivingTuesday or give early: swanvancouver.ca/donate/
DONATE on GivingTuesday or give early: swanvancouver.ca/donate/
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Seventy per cent of calls from the im/migrant women we support are about accessing healthcare. Help us ensure Healthcare Without Fear this #GivingTuesday - because no one should have to choose between their health and their safety.
DONATE on GivingTuesday or give early: swanvancouver.ca/donate/
DONATE on GivingTuesday or give early: swanvancouver.ca/donate/
We attended the GAATW Canada conference in Winnipeg, where we spent two days connecting with organizations across Canada that are fighting exploitation, dispelling harmful misinformation, and finding ways to collaborate due to limited resources.
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We attended the GAATW Canada conference in Winnipeg, where we spent two days connecting with organizations across Canada that are fighting exploitation, dispelling harmful misinformation, and finding ways to collaborate due to limited resources.
Our Community Program is in full swing! Being a newcomer in Canada can be isolating, but our English classes, cooking sessions, outdoor activities and more bring im/migrant women together for learning opportunities and social activities. Your support helps run this program: swanvancouver.ca/donate
October 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Our Community Program is in full swing! Being a newcomer in Canada can be isolating, but our English classes, cooking sessions, outdoor activities and more bring im/migrant women together for learning opportunities and social activities. Your support helps run this program: swanvancouver.ca/donate
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋節快樂!
October 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋節快樂!
We’ve expanded beyond the Lower Mainland. Through a multi-year project, our staff trained settlement agencies, sex work organizations and harm reduction groups on the barriers im/migrant sex workers face, to ensure women are accessing safe services wherever they work.
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We’ve expanded beyond the Lower Mainland. Through a multi-year project, our staff trained settlement agencies, sex work organizations and harm reduction groups on the barriers im/migrant sex workers face, to ensure women are accessing safe services wherever they work.
We’re looking for a fluent Japanese speaker to join our Outreach Team! You’ll meet women where they work and deliver safer sex supplies, collect samples for STBBI testing, and provide client-centered support, advocacy and case management. APPLY NOW: swanvancouver.ca/who-we-are/#careers
September 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We’re looking for a fluent Japanese speaker to join our Outreach Team! You’ll meet women where they work and deliver safer sex supplies, collect samples for STBBI testing, and provide client-centered support, advocacy and case management. APPLY NOW: swanvancouver.ca/who-we-are/#careers
How do Canada’s sex work and immigration laws affect massage parlour workers? Im/migrant women who are simply trying to earn a living face arrest, detention and deportation when police enter their workplace. Learn more: swanvancouver.ca/resources/
August 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
How do Canada’s sex work and immigration laws affect massage parlour workers? Im/migrant women who are simply trying to earn a living face arrest, detention and deportation when police enter their workplace. Learn more: swanvancouver.ca/resources/
Have you noticed headlines and quotes about human trafficking are getting increasingly more alarmist? They’re contributing to a moral panic and don't actually help victims. Learn more about ways to address trafficking without harming im/migrant women in sex work, at ResponsibleReporting.ca
April 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Have you noticed headlines and quotes about human trafficking are getting increasingly more alarmist? They’re contributing to a moral panic and don't actually help victims. Learn more about ways to address trafficking without harming im/migrant women in sex work, at ResponsibleReporting.ca
Who is behind unfounded claims that sex trafficking spikes during large sports events? Learn about this myth’s ties to Vancouver, Calgary and racist stereotypes about massage parlour workers from Southeast Asia.
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April 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Who is behind unfounded claims that sex trafficking spikes during large sports events? Learn about this myth’s ties to Vancouver, Calgary and racist stereotypes about massage parlour workers from Southeast Asia.
SIGN UP: swanvancouver.ca/events2024/
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Sonya’s visa was cancelled under Operation Inglenook, which aims to identify victims of trafficking "within the sex industry.” Advocates say sex work is decriminalized in New South Wales, but community members are still targeted through this racist and sexist legislation.
April 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Sonya’s visa was cancelled under Operation Inglenook, which aims to identify victims of trafficking "within the sex industry.” Advocates say sex work is decriminalized in New South Wales, but community members are still targeted through this racist and sexist legislation.
Racist stereotypes are often used to portray Asian im/migrant sex workers as victims and justify inspections, enforcement, arrests and deportations. Push back against this false narrative on the #InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfRacialDiscrimination
March 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Racist stereotypes are often used to portray Asian im/migrant sex workers as victims and justify inspections, enforcement, arrests and deportations. Push back against this false narrative on the #InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfRacialDiscrimination
On March 16, we remember eight people, including six Asian women, who were killed in the Atlanta spa shootings. They include a migrant supporting family in China and a single mother who tirelessly worked the overnight shift at a massage parlour. LEARN MORE: www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03...
March 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
On March 16, we remember eight people, including six Asian women, who were killed in the Atlanta spa shootings. They include a migrant supporting family in China and a single mother who tirelessly worked the overnight shift at a massage parlour. LEARN MORE: www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03...
Keep talking about rights, workplace safety, access to healthcare and justice and repealing prostitution laws and the immigration ban on sex work. People who paint im/migrant sex workers as victims are often trying to suppress discussions about their basic rights. #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay
March 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Keep talking about rights, workplace safety, access to healthcare and justice and repealing prostitution laws and the immigration ban on sex work. People who paint im/migrant sex workers as victims are often trying to suppress discussions about their basic rights. #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay
Many anti-trafficking groups do not advocate for this solution, and they support Canada’s prostitution laws, which also make sex workers more vulnerable to violence and exploitation.
February 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Many anti-trafficking groups do not advocate for this solution, and they support Canada’s prostitution laws, which also make sex workers more vulnerable to violence and exploitation.