Sex Worker Outreach Program - SWOP NT
The SWOP NT is a peer-based health promotion service that engages sex workers and other sex industry stakeholders in the Northern Territory.
SWOP NT enables sex workers to gain knowledge about the Nothern Territory's legal and Work, Health & Safety requirements. SWOP NT is a member of the Scarlet Alliance Australian Sex Workers Association. We are located within the Northern Territory AIDS & Hepatitis Council (NTAHC), Darwin. Email SWOP NT direct SWOPNT@ntahc.org.au
SWOP NT Mobile
0447 022 332
Office Hours
- Mon - Fri
- -
- Sat - Sun
- Closed
Get involved with
SWOP NT
Make your voice count and be a part of your local sex worker organisation!
SWOP NT is the only peer based sex worker organisation in the Northern Territory and WE WANT YOU! However to be involved at SWOP you MUST identify as a past or present sex worker, this can include other adult entertainment areas that are classified as sex work such as stripping, skimpy, burlesque dancing, massage and relief, Dominatrix work etc.
There are a few different ways you can choose to be involved with SWOP.
- As a peer educator / volunteer
- As a part of the SWRG Sex Worker Reference Group Meetings/workshops/skill shares
- As a presenter of skills and workshop ideas
- As an advocacy artist
- As part of SWOP's SWRG Legal Working Party
- As a public speaker and advocate
- As a mentor for other sex workers entering the industry
- As a "support buddy" for workers who are working remotely
- As part of Sex Workers who Inject Drugs Group
- As a peer reviewer and evaluator of Sex worker specific literature and services
SWOP NT offers a fun working environment, connections with other sex workers and enables options to get you involved in giving back to your community. Please come and drop into the SWOP NT office and pick up a volunteer pack, chat to us about upcoming events and areas of development including grant applications, ongoing policy development, conferences or do you have an idea for an event /project that you would like to see happen or a skill share workshop you would like to attend or run we are always open to new and exciting idea’s. SWOP NT encourages volunteers to select an area or project they would like to work on or be involved in.
SWOP NT values the energy of peer volunteers whose vital contributions have lead to effective operation of our community based service. We could not achieve our consistently high standard of work, or representation of sex worker issues on a Territory and national level, without the invaluable input of the many sex workers who volunteer their time, skills and knowledge. SWOP NT also recognizes that when based on sound principles, volunteering benefits the volunteers, the organisation, its projects, its membership and sex worker communities.
Working in the Northern Territory
Interested or currently are working in the NT?
SWOP Shop
Our SWOP Shop stocks affordable safer sex products in the NTAHC Darwin office. Products are available for purchase in a discreet and non-judgemental environment and include condoms and femidoms, lubricant (water-based and silicone), massage products, gloves and dental dams.
Drop into NTAHC to purchase your safer sex products
NTAHC Darwin: Has moved to 1 Searcy Street, Darwin City.
NTAHC Alice Springs: Shop 3 Reg Harris Lane, Todd Mall, Alice Springs
Ask to see a SWOP worker when you come into the Darwin Office. There is no peer in Alice Springs, however ask staff to call through to the Darwin Office.
Email SWOP NT direct SWOPNT@ntahc.org.au
Phone SWOP NT 08 8944 7707
If no one is available in SWOP other NTAHC staff are happy to assist you
Sex Worker Rights
Sex worker rights are human rights!
SWOP Education & Training
SWOP NT provides training to stakeholders in the NT, with a view to reduce stigma against, and advance understanding of, sex worker issues.
Our overall objective is to improve access and equity to services for sex workers living in the NT. Feel free to contact us if you work for a service that would benefit from our workplace training.
Law Reform Academic Resources
Parliamentary Submissions and other law reform documents with links are listed below
