NSWP publishes resources, including briefing papers, policy briefs, community guides, global and regional reports, smart guides, statements, the Research for Sex Work Journal, and case studies.
It "credits itself as largely responsible for sex work replacing prostitution as the go-to terminology for institutions such as the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
"[4] NSWP's website states: NSWP amplifies the voices of sex worker-led organisations advocating for rights-based services, freedom from abuse and discrimination, freedom from punitive laws, policies, and practices, and self-determination for sex workers.
[8] In 2009, it was appointed co-chair of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) "Advisory Group on HIV and Sex Work",[9] established to "review and participate in the development of UNAIDS policy, programme or advocacy documents, or statements".
[10] They include the right to: In 2015, former NSWP vice president Alejandra Gil was convicted by a Mexico City court and sentenced to 15 years in prison for human trafficking.