ČTK | 22 September 2011
Prague, Sept 21 (CTK) - The Czech bill on prostitution does not take into account the rights of those who offer sexual services, unlike the respective laws in other Western countries, experts from foreign universities agreed at a conference in Prague yesterday.

The law should not only address the needs of the state and municipalities but also of those of the prostitutes, namely protect them against violence, remove the stigma of being unacceptable from them and give them more rights in relation to their clients, the experts said.

However, the participants in the conference appreciated that the bill setting the rules for prostitution in the Czech Republic has been gradually developing.

Thirty members of Bliss Without Risk, including sex workers marked December 17th with a march through the streets of Prague up to the city centre. There, in a park, the lit candles in memory of sex workers who had lost their lives to violence as well as those who survived violence.

Bliss without Risk, SWAN member from Czech Republic, drew public to the NSWP Networking Zone to see their fun performance. Bliss without Risk is known in their own country for involving youth, sex workers and homeless peoples into staging stories and musicals that reflect their lives. For 40 minutes this inspired team held attention of the Global Village visitors by performing short shows, dancing and singing in Czech.

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July 18-23, Vienna, Austria – This year sex workers and allies from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia had a chance to talk about barriers and issues that sex workers face in their countries, to show what groups and organizations have achieved in addressing the pandemics and violations in their region. The Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) was represented by 11 activists from Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia and Montenegro, a team of young and energetic volunteers from Odyseus, Slovakia and a performance group from Bliss without Risk, Czech Republic.

On Saturday, May 29, 2010 the third and final generation of SWAN groups participated in a training on media sensitizations in Tirana, Albania. Genci and Enkelejda of Aksion Plus were gracious hosts in their beautiful city. Representative from sex work projects from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Albania, Montenegro and Latvia participated in the one-day event which also brought together sex workers from Hungary, Albania and Bulgaria.

June 3, 2010
By Anna-Louise Crago
Over all the ethical breaches and problems surrounding media representation of sex workers echoed those of previous SWAN groups who did the media sensitization trainings. The fact that Hungary has a legalized system with tolerance zones contributed new dynamics and issues to think about.

The meeting brought together 32 participants from 16 countries with the aim to exchange experience, share problems and find solutions, renew and strengthen the partnership ties and get to know new network members better.

The Ohrid network meeting was preceded by an activists’ meeting. 18 sex worker activists turned the meeting room into an art workshop and a cafeteria to discuss issues and personal experience around sex work in their countries.

7. prosince 2008  20:46
Podle ředitelky společnosti Rozkoš bez rizika Hany Malinové, která sleduje prostituci v Česku, prošlo až čtyřicet procent sexuálních pracovnic dětskými domovy. Tvrdí také, že sečtení všech lidí, kteří se prostituují, je fakticky nemožné. Ministerstvo práce si to přesto dalo za úkol na příští rok.

Pátek 19.12.2008 07:26

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