Farewell Laura!
You really left again?! But this time for good … so not fair! Everything started with you my dear! You encouraged us, you gave us vision and when you knew we could do it you…
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Research carried out amongst sex workers: Voluntary Sex Work
Research grounds Sex workers are women, men and transgender persons who receive money or goods in exchange for sexual services, consciously engaging themselves in activities that generate income, even though they may not consider sex…
Sex worker safe zones won’t work – decriminalisation will
Britain’s first “red light zone” is here, allowing sex workers to work without fear of police hassle – but do we need to legalise completely? No sex worker ever truly feels safe, but Daria Pionko…
International Sex Worker Rights Day
This day’s history goes back to 2001, when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a festival despite efforts from prohibitionist groups who tried to prevent it taking place by pressuring the government to…
Small victory for sex workers and human rights
On the occasion of March 3rd – the International Sex Workers’ Rights Day we would like to inform you that the sex workers in Macedonia for the second time have been awarded protection from the…
ECOM Announces Countries Selected for the Regional Program
ECOM is pleased to announce the results of the country selection process for the regional program “Community Actions to Increase Access of MSM and Transgender People to HIV Services in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.”…
Health Rights Online Film Festival
This is the inaugural Health Rights Online Film Festival, brought to you by The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER). The festival’s purpose is to collect and promote advocacy videos…
INPUD and NSWP release joint Briefing Paper on Sex Workers Who Use Drugs
The International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) have written a briefing paper focussing on the experiences, views, needs, and rights of sex workers who…
DUAL LIFE OF A SEX WORKER AND MOTHER
Photographer Marie Hald has always been interested in exploring the subject of prostitution, a legal profession in her country of Denmark. After a number of failed attempts to find a subject — she was looking…
Petitioning The governments of Norway and Sweden
We, the undersigned, would like to criticise in the strongest possible terms the evaluation of the Norwegian criminalisation of the purchase of sex, which was published in August 2014. The report is inconsistent and misleading…