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CONTENTS
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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Contents

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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CONTENTS
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

QUOTE OF THE MONTH
CALLS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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NEWS FROM SWAN NETWORK
SWAN representatives at the IHRA conference in Barcelona…
19th International Harm Reduction Conference was this year held from 10-15 May in Barcelona, Spain. HESED, SWAN member from Bulgaria was one of the speakers at a panel related to sex work issues. More