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IN FOCUS
- 21-st International Harm Reduction Conference (IHRA 2010)
- HOPS, Macedonia at the IHRA
- IAC' 2010 updates
- SWAN at IAC' 2010
- Slovakia: help us fundraise for sex workers’ programs
- Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) at IAC

SEX WORKERS REPORT
- Bullets Whistle Over Your Head, Kyrgyzstan
- The power we share the power we have, Thailand

NETWORK NEWS
- Macedonia: Impromptu Sex Worker Action In Skopje
- Hungary: SWAN at WITNESS Video Advocacy Institute and Strategic meeting in Budapest
- Albania: Media sensitization training
- Hungary: The How and Why of Getting High
- Serbia: JAZAS expands services for sex workers and opens new drop-in center

SEX WORKERS' ADVOCACY SCHOOL
- How do American sex workers feel about the US prostitution policy abroad? (interview with Carol Leigh)

QUOTE OF THE MONTH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
ABOUT US

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In Focus
*Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Excluded from Proposed Macedonian Antidiscrimination Draft Bill
*South Africa: Push to Protect Sex Workers During World Cup
*International Sex Workers Day, 3rd March

Sex Workers’ Report
*SWAN News interview with Victoriya about the situation of migrant sex workers in Kazakhstan.

Network News
*SWAN Member Organizations Use December 17 for Campaign Purposes
*Ukraine is Continuing to Kill Sex Workers
*You Must Know About Me – Macedonian Sex Workers’ Campaign Video
*National Mapping of Commercial Sex Workers in Albania
*Tais Plus and HOPS to Participate at Liverpool Harm Reduction Conference

Sex Workers’ Advocacy School
*The Curious Sex Workers’ Guide to the “Anti-Prostitution Pledge
*Anti-Prostitution Pledge Time-line

Quote of the Month
Call and Announcements
International news

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In Focus
*World AIDS Day, 1 December
*Human Rights Day, 10 December
*Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, 17 December

Sex Workers’ Report
*In Russia, the Pimps Don’t Care About the Girls

Network News
*3rd SWAN network meeting a great success in Ohrid
*„You Are Not Alone, Together We Are Stronger”
*Report on the Ohrid Meeting in Hetérák
*Media debate on sex work in Hungary
*Sex Workers’ Association in Hungary Start Newsletter

Sex Workers’ Advocacy School
*Tips on Using the Media for Our Purposes

Quote of the Month
Call and Announcements
International news

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IN FOCUS: Conferences and Events Calendar
*XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010)
*The Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF)
*The International Harm Reduction Conference
*The 4th Annual International Conference on Engaging the Other: The Power of Compassion

NETWORK NEWS
*Bulgaria: research on Bulgarian sex workers
*Albania: media publishes results of survey with sex workers
*Macedonia: Police raid and forced testing of 23 sex workers in Skopje - UPDATE
*Hungary: MPEE holds survey on public opinion
*Slovakia: C.A. Odyseus runs cafeteria for sex workers on the street
*Kyrgyzstan: A Case Story – transgender migrant sexworker

SEX WORKER’S REPORT
*PART 1: Confronting abuses in the workplace
*PART 2: 100 Flavours of Sex Work in Kazakhstan

SEX WORKERS’ ADVOCACY SCHOOL
*What is Advocacy?
*Advocacy and Non Violent Action
*Gandhi: Advocacy and Non-violence
*Advocacy, Non-Violence and You

QUOTE OF THE MONTH
CALLS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
CALL FOR FEEDBACK AND CONTRIBUTIONS
ABOUT US
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IN FOCUS: Meetings and debates: Fighting trafficking. Who bothers to consult sex workers?
* OSI and partners organize anti-trafficking and sex worker rights meetings
* Hungary: Criminalize clients. Don’t ask prostitutes
* Cambodia: MTV no EXIT campaign indirectly supports abusive anti-trafficking law
* Australia: Salvation Army apologizes to sex workers

SWAN NEWS
* Lithuania: popular TV show discusses sex work situation in the country
* Kyrgyzstan: sex workers get together to learn and unite
* Ukraine: LEGALIFE meets again
* Serbia: JAZAS drop-in center for sex workers introduces new fun activities
* Serbia: sex workers meet with theater actors in Belgrade
* Macedonia: sex workers can be good educators too!

SEX WORKERS REPORT
* Sweden: “We want to save you. And if you don’t appreciate it, we will punish you!”

SEX WORKERS’ ADVOCACY SCHOOL
* Documenting police brutality and misconduct

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