SWAN
Main directions of work
The Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) is a network of civil society organizations and sex worker led groups and organizations engaged in advocating for the human rights of sex workers in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Currently SWAN represents 28 organisations in 18 countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine. SWAN works at the regional and international level.
Our mission in the region is to unite sex worker advocates to create societies in Central-Eastern Europe and Central Asia where:
– sex work is depenalized and fully decriminalized,
– sex workers can live and work free from violence, stigma and discrimination,
– sex workers are empowered and actively engaged in issues that directly affect their lives and health.
Target audience
Sex workers communities, allies, other NGOs and members of civil society, decision makers, governments.
Countries covered
18 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine.
The value for the Regional Platform-EECA project
Offer input to the Regional Platform by bringing in the perspectives of sex workers communities across the region, first hand experiences and knowledge on how to respond to punitive laws, discriminatory practices in the legal, social, health systems, and violence from state and non-state actors. Moreover, sex workers groups have witnessed throughout the years exclusion from decision making in matters most affecting them, and denied meaningful engagement in/with services and programs targeting sex workers. By facilitating the dissemination of information, we hope to work towards improving the access of sex workers to resources much needed to sustain responses to violence and advancement of sex workers rights.
Contact person
SWAN Communication Officer communications@swannet. org
What issues can be addressed:
Sex workers rights
Website link:
Facebook page link:
https://www.facebook.com/swan.eeca
Other social media:
Twitter https://twitter.com/SWAN_Network
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