SWAN hosts a webinar on the changing funding landscape for sex worker-led organisations in CEECA In recent years, global developments and changes in donor funding patterns have been creating a crisis in funding for many sex worker-led organisations, particularly those in the CEECA region. On Febuary 28, SWAN hosted a webinar addressing the complex funding […]
SWAN member Tais Plus from Kyrgyzstan come out with a new design of Sex Worker Implementation Tool (SWIT). Over the years Tais Plus has found creative ways of promoting SWIT within sex workers in Kyrgyzstan, including a mini-theatre presenting all six chapters SWIT. This year SWIT was turn into a calendar. The calendar is available […]
Between the 14-18 of January 2019, SWAN and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) co-organised a workshop in Bishkek on Introduction to Monitoring the roll-out of the SWIT and meaningful involvement of sex workers.
The day before the workshop, agenda for the following 4 days was developed by the coordinator of the national sex worker led organisation Tais Plus, SWAN and NSWP staff. Stakeholders were identified and invited to be interviewed.
The aim of the project is to reduce stigma and discrimination based on HIV, tuberculosis and sex work inside a community and between communities. This will allow the sex workers in need to start antiretroviral treatment and tuberculosis services. Within the project several information materials were developed in partnership and with participation of sex workers:
Booklet “Healing as Буклет “Treatment as Prevention. Do We Need to Test Ourselves for HIV?” on the way how a decision to test oneself for HIV is made.
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.