Criminal laws and immigration rules banning migrants from sex work deter many from seeking healthcare or basic services due to fear of arrest or deportation. Mobile testing removes major barriers while upholding the basic human right to healthcare. swanvancouver.ca/resource/imm...

We also provide ongoing support in accessing medication or follow-up treatment through VIDC, with privacy and safety prioritized. Language support is available in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, or English — ensuring care that meets women where they are.

Criminalization, immigration status, and stigma have stood between im/migrant women and the care they deserve for far too long. In the weeks leading up to GivingTuesday, we’ll share more about the challenges women face and the innovative programs SWAN is providing to close gaps in healthcare access.

The im/migrant women we support rarely experience trafficking, but they're often targets of anti-trafficking enforcement and misinformation campaigns, which perpetuate their marginalization and impact their safety.

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But governments continue to pour funding into policing and large mainstream organizations that don’t provide direct support to affected communities, and create a moral panic as they focus solely on public campaigns and media coverage.

Many of the groups leading evidence-based anti-trafficking work are grassroots, community-based, and frontline — sex work organizations, labour and migrant rights groups, as well as Indigenous and harm reduction service providers.