The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), MPACT and INPUD are organising an alternative community-led conference in 2020 in Mexico between July 6-8. The conference will run concurrently with the first half of the international AIDS conference and it is organised as a safe alternative for individuals who cannot or will not enter the U.S.
Between 18-19th of November, SWAN provided technical assistance to Woman for Freedom in Georgia, for their 2-day advocacy planning meeting with their members. The meeting was organised within the Cities Project and held in the office of Woman for Freedom, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Between 23rd and 27th July 2018, more than 120 sex workers from more than 25 countries attended the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS2018) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The bi-annual International AIDS Conferences are the largest global gathering of HIV academics, implementers, policy makers, people living with HIV and those most affected by HIV, including sex workers.
This report presents the key activities led by or including sex workers at AIDS2018 and explore some of the key thematic issues of the conference.
SWAN and activists Natalia Isaeva and Elena Fiskova from Legalife Ukraine organised a 4 day-long training in Balti, Moldova between 24-27th of October for service providers and sex workers with the financial support of UNFPA.
The International AIDS Conference 2018 is takeing place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, between 23rd and 27th July 2018.
Deadline for submissions June 15th, 2018
SWAN Foundation is seeking an ambitious and creative candidate to join SWAN Secretariat for the part time position of Communications Officer.
The Communication Officer will be responsible for managing external and internal communication of the network, increasing visibility of SWAN and its members, further developing SWAN Communication Strategy and support implementing SWAN Organizational Strategy 2018-2022.
The goal of the proposed project is to ensure the sustainability and accessibility of high-quality, evidence-based, non-discriminatory and gender-oriented HIV services for key populations in EECA through joint community efforts. Project aiming to straighten Community responses and systems and Programs to reduce human rights-related barriers to HIV services.
The objectives under this goal are to:
We thank our members, allies and funders for making all of this possible. We are also looking forward for future collaborations and many more joint successes towards the final goal – sex workers’ rights equally enjoyed across the region and globally.
The reports are available in English and Russian.
You can find them here
«Идея приложения появилась около двух лет назад, когда я посетила Найроби, Кения, с парламентским комитетом и лично встретилась с некоторыми местными секс-работниками. Я поняла, что, несмотря на то, что секс-работники находятся в трудном положении из-за правовой системы, стигмы, связанной с работой и бедностью, у всех у них был смартфон, который можно было бы использовать в качестве инструмента безопасности.
“The idea for the application came up about two years ago when I visited Nairobi, Kenya, with a parliamentary committee and met some local sex workers on my own. I realised that even though the sex workers were in a tough spot with the legal system, stigma attached to work and poverty, they all had a smart phone, which could be used as security resource.