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APNSW at AIDS 2010 Vienna, Austria
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 1:19pm PDT by apnswdollhouse
Caused by the Refraction: The film that gives an inside look at issues facing sex workers in Myanmar, and tells some of the fascinating story of how sex workers have organised and responded to HIV and to claim their rights [sexworkerspresent.blip.tv] -
Linking Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to HIV/AIDS Interventions in Practice
Posted: June 25th, 2010, 6:26am PDT by apnswdollhouse
Ricky Swuanpyae spoke at the opening plenary for the thematic session of The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) in Geneva on 22-24 June, 2010 This is his speech…. My name is Ricky and I am a male sex worker from Myanmar. I started to work as a sex worker when I was 18 to help [...]
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APNSW Video Work Shop 2010
Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 1:02pm PDT by apnswdollhouse
In April 2010 APNSW conducted a training workshop for sex workers to learn skills in Video Advocacy. The training was organised by Dale from APNSW and Ryan Schlief from WITNESS. Sex workers from China, Myanmar/Burma and Malaysia came to the week long workshop, which was supported by a grant from OSI. These newly trained film [...]
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Solidarity Action by Cambodian Sex Workers and Garment Workers.
Posted: March 29th, 2010, 12:04am PDT by apnswdollhouse
Recent pronouncements by the Prime Minister in Cambodia that sex work is an affront to traditional Cambodian culture and to the dignity of Cambodian women have led to more raids on bars and arrests of sex workers. See here: [www.phnompenhpost.com] Sex Workers are meant to learn “dignified” professions such as sewing to work in garment [...]
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Raids … who wins who loses…or is it all for show?
Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 9:00am PST by apnswdollhouse
“Brothel Raids and forced rescues of sex workers are an ongoing issue across Asia. In this article Pornpit Pukmai of Empower Foundation writes about recent raids in Phuket, Thailand” Once again we see the news of raids and arrests with or without entrapment games and the media taken along for the show. Time and time [...]
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Indian Super Queen
Posted: January 30th, 2010, 5:11am PST by apnswdollhouse
India’s first national Transgender beauty contest- Miss Indian Super Queen is being organised by Laxmi, who is a long time member and activist with APNSW. If you wondering what is so great about the yet another talent hunt or another beauty pageant think again as ‘Indian Super Queen’ is the first ever beauty pageant for [...]
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“Sex work organizations: Opportunities for Chinese NGOs”.
Posted: January 27th, 2010, 5:09am PST by apnswdollhouse
“Sex work organizations: Programs, advocacy, and opportunities for Chinese NGOs”. This is a memo from Asia Catalyst based on research and outreach conducted over the past six months into international sex work organizations and their current programs and advocacy. The aim is to share this information with Chinese sex worker groups as they develop programs [...]
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US meeting with NGO delegation at the PCB: Report compiled by Gulnera and Rathi.
Posted: December 8th, 2009, 3:44am PST by apnswdollhouse
Here is the first of our reports from the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board meeting in Geneva, where Rathi Ramanathan is representing APNSW as one of the new NGO representatives for Asia Pacific. We raised the issue of whether Pepfar restrictions on sex work would be reviewed under the administration. Goosby: Prostitution clause – in middle [...]
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Sex workers speak out about France Culture Minister Controversy
Posted: October 27th, 2009, 1:17am PDT by apnswdollhouse
It has come to our attention that their is still continuing debate around the issue of the French Culture Minister, Frédéric Mitterrand, and his admission that he paid for sex with male sex workers in Thailand. We have seen attacks on him from both the left and the right of French politics- attacks which we [...]
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Who stole the tarts? By Sandhya Rao and Cath Sluggett A critique of human rights as they apply to sex workers From CASAM: The Centre for Advocacy on Stigma and Marginalisation.
Posted: September 24th, 2009, 1:07pm PDT by apnswdollhouse
Paradoxical and shocking though it may seem, human rights are being used to violate sex workers rights. The very framework of human rights does this because it depends on interpretation – and interpretation is easily laced with social prejudice. When, as is often the case, sex work is interpreted as removing a woman’s ‘dignity’, and [...]
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Issues for sex workers with new prevention technologies
Posted: September 24th, 2009, 12:00pm PDT by apnswdollhouse
In 2008 APNSW released this report on issues for sex workers regarding new prevention technologies. With the debates around PrEP (Pre Exposure Prophylaxis) heating up, and today’s release of the results of the Thai Prime-Boost vaccine trials it is more important than ever for sex workers and sex worker groups to start debating the issues [...]
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APNSW has been part of the first International Social Action Film Festival
Posted: September 16th, 2009, 9:33am PDT by apnswdollhouse
APNSW has been part of the first International Social Action Film Festival to be organised in Asia, by the group Sinema in Singapore. On Saturday we attended a film showing and a panel discussion where Elaine from Zi Teng in Hong Kong spoke, and we then met with people who are setting up a sex [...]
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Positive outcomes for sex workers at ICAAP9
Posted: August 13th, 2009, 4:27am PDT by apnswdollhouse
The recently concluded ICAAP 9 conference in Bali Indonesia was the most public place where a number of new directions in sex work and HIV policy were announced or negotiated. The conference represented UNAIDS most public declaration of the new position on sex work that it has adopted after years of lobbying by APNSW and [...]
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APNSW Human Rights Workshop July 2009
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 12:56am PDT by apnswdollhouse
APNSW recently held our annual Human Rights Workshop in Bangkok. We had members from India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia. This year we looked at the barriers to Universal Access to HIV prevention, care and support for sex workers- with a particular focus on human rights issues for HIV+ [...]
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Commends the Cambodia Assessment in U.S. State Department’s 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (June 17, 2009)
Posted: June 20th, 2009, 6:44am PDT by apnswdollhouse
The Asia and the Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) would like to commend the U.S. Department of State on their 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, with specific reference to their recognition of Cambodia’s failure to properly implement and enforce minimum international standards with it’s law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual [...]
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Global Campaign for Microbicides Recounts Lessons Learned from PrEP Trial Cancellations
Posted: May 11th, 2009, 9:26pm PDT by apnswdollhouse
Between August 2004 and February 2005 the HIV prevention world was rocked by the suspension and cancellation of PrEP effectiveness trials in Cambodia and Cameroon. To the considerable surprise of researchers, advocates, and donors, the trials became embroiled in escalating controversies and sparked protests by advocates speaking on behalf of the communities where trial [...]
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Caught Between the Tiger and the Crocodile : The Campaign to Suppress Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in Cambodia
Posted: March 27th, 2009, 5:21am PDT by apnswdollhouse
This is a monograph by Cheryl Overs about events surrounding the introduction of the Suppression Exploitation and Human Trafficking in Cambodia in 2008. We welcome suggestions for corrections or modifications for the final draft, discussion about the law and relevant updates. The APNSW March 2009. Click here for PDF file: caught-between-the-tiger-and-the-crocodile [...]