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She is a fighter! We salute her struggles. No one can take away the fact that she won her matches and got within reach of an #Olympic2024Gold
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CBO Planning Meeting 2024 in Dhaka Bangladesh. Sixteen community leaders along with representatives from two partner organizations and the Sex Workers Network gathered on 26 June 2024 in Dhaka to plan activities for SWASA Bangladesh.
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Sex workers and Allies from Nepal protest against the SR-VAW’s deeply stigmatizing & insulting report, which is a violation of the rights of sex workers. #ChallengingtheSRVAWReport #ProtectVAWs #UNAct
@meenaseshu @AarthiPai @ShantiTiwari9 @SWASASouthAsia @SwasaBangladesh
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Everyone deserves the right to work, including sex work, to choose their occupation and to fair and safe working conditions. These are fundamental human rights that ensure dignity and opportunity for all. Let's continue to advocate for workplaces that uphold these principles!
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Leaving Geneva for Austria. I want to thank all stakeholders for their engagement with my report, for the opportunity to present a bold agenda for human rights in the context of drug use. I urge all member states to decriminalize and destigmatize. HARM REDUCTION is the way!!!
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“When wild claims are made by a Special Rapporteur to the #HRC, even when they are not based on evidence, the worry is that they will automatically be taken as credible because the person making them is located within the UN system.” #SexWorkIsWork #HRC56
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A Brock researcher is sounding the alarm over a new report, and the way it was developed, from the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls. The report, “Prostitut...
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Violence against sex workers should be prevented and addressed by states in partnership with sex worker-led organizations. @WHO at the 56th HRC in response to the @UNSRVAW report on 'prostitution'. Thank you, WHO. Evidence and science back your entire statement. @SWASASouthAsia
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'Violence against sex workers should be prevented and addressed by states in partnership with sex worker-led organizations.' @WHO stands with sex workers!#DecrimSexWork #HRC56 #WeAreNotProstituted @UNSRVAW #Challengecrim @meenaseshu @SwasaBangladesh @Account4All @NepalSwasa
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Sexworkers need State Protection,they are as human being like any other! Restore their rights and dignity, #DecrimSexWork
#AdoptPositiveLegislation
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My work, my dignity.Listen in to our colleagues in Nepal on what solutions are needed for sex workers. #DecrimSexWork
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'Violence against sex workers should be prevented and addressed by states in partnership with sex worker-led organizations.' @WHO stands with sex workers!#DecrimSexWork #HRC56 #WeAreNotProstituted @UNSRVAW #Challengecrim @meenaseshu @SwasaBangladesh @Account4All @NepalSwasa
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Hon. Supreme Court of India passed an order to protect rights of sex workers according to Art 21 of the constitution. But the statement from #india at the @UN_HRC on the report of the @UNSRVAW did not align with Supreme Court. @IndianExpress
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'Effective, evidence-based health services should be made available, accessible, acceptable to sex workers, as part of everyone’s enjoyment of right to health.' @WHO stands with sex workers! Other UN systems' silent? #DecrimSexWork #SexWorkIsWork @Account4All @meenaseshu @UNSRVAW
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#ChallengingtheSRVAWReport #ProtestVAWs #UNAct
@meenaseshu @AarthiPai @SWASASouthAsia @SwasaBangladesh @ShantiTiwari9 @ncs_swan
#DecrimSexWork
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@SWASASouthAsia speaks on sex worker rights and how they must be protected. https://t.co/WNkE2SYI0p
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#ChallengingtheSRVAWReport #ProtestVAWs #UNAct
@meenaseshu @AarthiPai @ShantiTiwari9 @SWASASouthAsia @SwasaBangladesh @ncs_swan
Protect sex worker rights. It is important to encourage countries to decriminalise sex worker rights, for the full enjoyment of fundamental human rights. @UN_HRC
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Criminalisation of sex work is an abolitionist approach shown to harm women in sex work. It increases violence. There is documented evidence. #DignityForAll #AdoptPositiveLegislation #Challengecrim #DecrimSexWork
#DecriminalisingSexWork @UNSRVAW @Account4All @meenaseshu
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Hon. Supreme Court of India passed an order to protect rights of sex workers according to Art 21 of the constitution. But the statement from #india at the @UN_HRC on the report of the @UNSRVAW did not align with Supreme Court. @IndianExpress
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@UN_HRC @UNSRVAW @UN @NepalSwasa @SWASASouthAsia #SexWorkisWork sex workers must be protected and not criminalised. The right language, access to all services, framing of policy and laws are what is needed.
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