STAR-STAR, the First Sex Workers Collective in the Balkans, joins the international sex worker-led organisations, members of NSWP in celebrating the Sex Worker’s Pride Day on 14th September by organizing a public online campaign, sharing all successes that have made us proud as a collective of sex workers in the past year in the Republic of North Macedonia.
NSWP is launching a fourth International sex worker rights day, Sex Worker Pride, taking place on 14th September each year. This day will celebrate sex workers’ self-determination and enhanced visibility and show the achievements of sex worker-led organisations. The other three international sex worker rights days observed every year are 3rd March, 2nd June and 17th December. By organizing public campaigns, events and protest marches on these important days, the sex workers ‘community calls for attention to their labour rights, access to justice and eradication of violence against sex workers.
Sex Worker Pride is an opportunity to celebrate and share stories of sex workers’ self-determination and the achievements of the sex worker rights movement over the last year.