The Manual for the Ministry of Health in Turkey

Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association published the Manual for the Ministry of Health in Turkey on Provision and Management of Health Services for Sex Workers in Turkey. The Manual has been developed with the support of the UNFPA Country Office and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Manual analysis […]

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Publications about the violations of sex workers’ rights in Turkey

Here you can find a series of five publications about sex workers’ rights violations in Turkey. The publications are mostly about transgender sex workers.

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OSF publication “No Turning Back”- examining sex worker-led programs that protect health and rights

The case studies in this report offer a look at real-life sex workerled programming that has reduced police abuse, health risks, and other adverse impacts of bad laws and law enforcement on sex workers. The six case studies presented in this publication—in Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, South Africa, and Zimbabwe—capture a variety of approaches supported by […]

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Sex Workers, Condoms & Mobility among Men in Uzbekistan: Implications for HIV Transmission

Uzbekistan has one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the world. In this study, men who reported mobility were compared to non-mobile men in regard to paying for sex and condom use during paid sex. Only 42% reported using condoms while engaging in paid sex. Unmarried men were found to have six times the […]

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New UNAIDS strategy calls for decriminalisation of sex work

New UNAIDS strategy calls for decriminalisation of sex work, same sex acts, HIV transmission, and drug use. Echoing evidence from various research, and practices globally, UNAIDS has specifically called for the decriminalisation of sex work – especially in Africa where 70% of sex work is criminalised, in one form or the other – saying “Decriminalisation […]

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10 Reasons to Decriminalize Sex Work

This document provides ten reasons why decriminalizing sex work is the best policy for promoting health and human rights of sex workers, their families, and communities. Removing criminal prosecution of sex work goes hand-in-hand with recognizing sex work as work and protecting the rights of sex workers through workplace health and safety standards. Decriminalizing sex […]

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ICRSE briefing paper on LGBT sex workers

Underserved. Overpoliced. Invisibilised. LGBT sex workers do matter. The struggle for sex workers’ rights intersects with many other social movements. Contrary to the monolithic abolitionist discourse, which portrays all sex workers as “prostituted women” without agency, our communities are diverse and resilient. Sex workers are male, female and non-binary, LGBTQ, migrants and workers. Supporting sex […]

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Joint Briefing Paper on Sex Workers Who Use Drugs written by INPUD and NSWP

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 use drugs. The Briefing Paper discusses existing research and writing, and also includes case studies from sex worker-led and drug […]

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Podcast: How Sex Workers Convinced Vancouver Police to Back Off

In this podcast, Katrina Pacey of Pivot Legal tells the story of how her organization and sex workers from the community succeeded in getting the Vancouver, Canada police to declare enforcement of anti-prostitution laws to be a low priority.  Using a variety of advocacy tactics, activists were able to convince police to adopt new and […]

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