After its November session, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in their concluding observations draws a recommendation to Russia on protection for female and transgender sex workers. SWAN welcomes CEDAW recommendation 29 (c) for Russia, which holds to revise article 6.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences to decriminalize women in prostitution. […]
The report highlights the violence and rights violations experienced by sex workers since 2016 when Serbian government criminalised both selling and purchase of sexual services. The twice longer prison sentences and administrative fines which go up to 1300 EUR impose huge financial burden to sex workers, and influence work and health choices. It also shows that criminalisation of clients, actually increased violence perpetrated by violent individuals acting as clients.
During the Oral Statement given in front of CEDAW Committee, Kristina from Equal Rights clarified:
“The Russian movement of activists and advocates for sex workers’ rights ‘Silver Rose’ presented an Alternative Report for the Committee,” Irina Maslova, leader of Silver Rose, wrote. The Silver Rose Alternative Report documents how criminalisation harms sex workers in Russia.
CEDAW Convention, adopted in 1979, is a widely ratified international human rights treaty, and it is unique because it specifically addresses discrimination against women. The Convention requires historical, systemic and cultural discrimination faced by women to be identified, and the impacts of such discrimination on women’s lives to be addressed by National Governments.
This booklet is aimed at sex workers, sex worker groups, organizations working with sex workers, women’s groups, drug users’ groups, LGBT groups, human rights organizations and other allies who want to know more about advancing recognition for sex workers’ rights through the United Nations human rights bodies, and in particular, through the Committee on the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). We are sharing our experiences in the hope that it proves as helpful as learning from others’ experiences was to us.
The aim of the event is to develop action plan on implementation Concluding Observations issued by CEDAW Committee upon 60th Session. We were working on observations covered sex workers and other communities faced with multi sectional discrimination. The most important point is the recommendation on establishing oversight mechanizm allowing monitoring violence against sex workers. The organziers of the worksohp express thir gratitude towards for Iwraw Asia Pacific support in the follow up actions.
The meeting was organized with goal to open discussion on the rights of woman sex workers within CEDAW framework, and specifically provide opportunities to identify, mitigate and address the main concerns within the CEDAW Committee regarding sex work and approaches towards rights of women sex workers, build understanding and consensus on the grave and systematic nature of the violations against women sex wo
At its 54-th session, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) had a constructive dialogue with Macedonian delegation on the improvement of the situation of women’s rights in the Republic of Macedonia since the last reporting in 2006.