Отсутствие финансирования со стороны национального Фонда против наркотиков вскоре может привести к закрытию всех провайдеров услуг снижения вреда в Словакии. С тех пор как страна стала членом ЕС в 2004 году, большинство доноров отошло в сторону.
В ФОКУСЕ: Международная конференция по СПИДу, Мехико, 3-8 августа, 2008
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The award, which recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that protect the rights and dignity of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, was presented in Mexico City on August 6, 2008, at the XVII International AIDS Conference.
High level representatives of UN Member States and Observers took part in this hearing, during which the views of a diverse group of people from civil society were highlighted. This is a part of the official proceedings of the United Nations 2008 Comprehensive Review of the progress achieved in realizing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment in HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS.
She is the Founder and Executive Secretary of AMMAR, the Argentinean Association of Female Sex Workers. Its major achievements have been an establishment of the syndicate, which gives the sex workers the status of workers. She is also an executive secretary of the Redtrasex, a network of female sex workers of Latin America and the Caribbean and a consultant on many international bodies.
I will start from the example of institutional repression and violence that explains why sex workers remain at high risk of HIV and are unable to access health services. Recently one South East Asian country passed an anti-trafficking law that has led to massive human rights violations against sex workers. The law erroneously equates sex work with trafficking. Sex workers have been forcibly detained in so-called “rehabilitation centres” where they have been raped and robbed by police and guards. Thousands of women have lost their livelihoods.
Here were some of the conference highlights:
AWARDS!! PRIZES!!!
The Asia-Pacific Network of Sex Workers was awarded the prestigious AIDS Action Award by Human Rights Watch and the Canadian HIV Legal Network for their important campaigns with Cambodian sex workers against police raids and violence in so-called “rehabilitation” centers for sex workers.
IN FOCUS: AIDS 2008, Mexico City, August 3-8 2008
3 новых программы для поддержки секс работников будут начаты в 3 городах Македонии – в Струмице, Гостиваре и Битоле. Уже имеющая место деятельность (аутрич-работа и работа дроп-ин центра) в Скопье также будет поддержана.