Know Your Rights
Below you will find resources describing sexual health and human rights, international standards that protect the health and human rights of sex workers, and common practices that violate these rights. Understanding your rights is an important first step towards documenting abuses and advocating for change.
The research on voluntary sex work in Skopje, Macedonia
STAR-STAR published the research on voluntary sex work in Skopje The research encompassed 73 sex workers operating on the territory of the City of Skopje. The interviewees were women, men and transgender individuals from the open scene, closed scene and the scene of Shuto Orizari (the district with the majority of roma people). STAR-STAR, as […]
More InfoA Guide for Sex Workers Human Rights Defenders
This publication is aimed at sex workers of all genders and backgrounds, sex worker projects, human rights organizations and advocates. It contains practical information on how to start human rights documenting projects, to organize human rights campaigns and to use formal human rights mechanisms. In this booklet you can find among others: – different models […]
More InfoTGEU Launches Guides on Trans People’s Rights in the EU
TGEU’s two guides on EU law provide an overview and summary of EU law that is relevant for trans people living, working, visiting or claiming asylum in the EU. Both guides cover the areas of discrimination in employment, discrimination in the access to and provision of goods & services, crime victim’s rights, and asylum Download TGEU’s […]
More InfoSWAN: “Stronger Together”: a publication for sex workers and their allies on addressing violence
SWAN releases “Stronger Together: Addressing Violence against Female, Male and Transgender Sex Workers in Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia”. This booklet is aimed at sex workers, sex worker groups, organizations working with sex workers, women’s groups, drug users’ groups, LGBT groups, human rights organizations and other friends who want to know more about efforts […]
More InfoWHO Sexual health, human rights and the law
This report demonstrates the relationship between sexual health, human rights and the law. Drawing from a review of public health evidence and extensive research into human rights law at international, regional and national levels, the report shows how states in different parts of the world can and do support sexual health through legal and other […]
More InfoCommon Human Rights Violations Experienced by Sex Workers
The Open Society Public Health Program has developed a clear and simple guide that pairs common violations experienced by sex workers with relevant provisions of major human rights treaties. The guide, entitled Common Human Rights Violations Experienced by Sex Workers, explains briefly how human rights treaties are enforced and lists some of the most important […]
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