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November 22, 2023

A Victory for our member HOPS from North Macedonia – European Court of Human Rights rules against the state of North Macedonia – Awards Compensation to Four Sex Workers for Police Brutality

A Victory for our member HOPS from North Macedonia – European Court of Human Rights rules against the state of North Macedonia –  Awards Compensation to  Four Sex Workers for Police Brutality  After a legal battle lasting almost 15 years, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled in favour of sex workers […]

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July 8, 2019

SWAN Facilitated a Study Visit Between Bulgaria and North Macedonia

Since Global Fund left Bulgaria few years ago, majority of services for sex workers were shut down, and the one existing in HESED was struggling to keep the bare minimum on voluntary basis. This challenging environment for services and the lack of adequate support also affects the level of community mobilisation and participation. So, to date, there is no organised sex worker-led group in the country.

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December 24, 2018

SWAN members marked the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

17th of December is marked by sex workers internationally as the International day to End Violence against Sex Workers to raise awareness of the violence against sex workers worldwide, demand justice for the human rights violations sex workers face and to remember the lives of loved ones.
In 2018 as in previous years in our region sex workers faced high levels of discrimination, stigma and violence. Lack of laws that could protect sex workers and the systematic criminalisation of sex work also increased the vulnerability of sex workers to violence.

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