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SWAN Newsletter, Issue no.15, Year 2, December 2007 - 25.12.2007
December issue of the newsletter from Sex Work Advocacy network. (SWAN).
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17 December - International Day against violence on Sex Workers - 06.12.2007
Не вртете го погледот: насилството врз сексуалните работници е неприфатливо!
Поради насилството против сексуалните работници, илјадници татковци, мајки, сестри, браќа, сопрузи, сопруги, партнери и пријатели страдаат.
Како поддршка на сите оние кои се предмет на насилство, ние, долупотпишаните, бараме насилството против сексуалните работници да биде препознато и санкционирано како кривично дело.
Бараме сите сексуални работници, како и сите останати, да бидат подеднакво заштитени од државата.
Support the онлиПодрежете ја онлине петицијата:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/swan15/petition.html
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Rights Groups Demand Stop to Violence against Sex Workers - 31.11.2007
Violence and human rights violations contribute to the spread of AIDS, they say
December 1, 2007 - Skopje, Macedonia
Human rights groups in 15 countries started collecting signatures on a petition today, demanding that violence against sex workers must be recognized and sanctioned as a crime.
The timing of the initiative launched on December 1, World AIDS Day and lasting until December 10, International Human Rights Day, points to the connection between human rights violations and spread of AIDS.
Research shows sex workers are more vulnerable to HIV then the rest of population.
In many countries prostitution is illegal. Sex workers have no access to education about HIV infection and effective prevention. They have no access to HIV testing, free condoms, medical treatment or counseling.
HIV infection is often result of violence: sex workers are beaten, raped, blackmailed, kidnapped, sold and bought by human traffickers.
Police does not protect but often blackmails them, requests sexual services, and uses condoms found on them as evidence against them.
Sex workers are increasingly banned from the inner city centers and forced to deserted and dark outlying areas, where they are even more vulnerable to violence by pimps and customers.
In Macedonia signatures will be collected in Skopje, Kumanovo, Gostivar, Ohrid, Kavadarci, Stip i Strumica.
In Skopje signatures are collected by NGO HOPS, but all interested parties can give their support trough internet also:
http://www.Petition Online. com/swan15/petition .html
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CODE: RED Skopje, Lesson 1 - Exhibition of Tadej Pogacar - 25.11.2007
Opening: Monday, 26.11.2007, 8 pm.
We kindly invite you to the opening of the exhibition CODE: RED Skopje, Lesson 1 by the Slovenian artist and curator Tadej Pogacar that will take place at press to exit project space on Monday 26.11.2007 at 8 pm. During the opening the artist will give an introductory presentation. Curatoress of the project is Dr. Suzana Milevska
The exhibition was supported by the Municipality Ljubljana – Department for Culture and as a part of the programme: Lectures, presentations, exhibitions it will be open at press to exit project space until 17.12.2007.
The latest edition of the project, CODE:RED Skopje, Lesson 1, researches a region that represents one of the critical hot spots in human trafficking. Macedonia is a significant geographic and strategic crossroad of the East–West and North–South trade, both in illegal international human trafficking and in forced prostitution. A problem that has recently been acknowledged in Macedonian politics is the phenomenon of internal forced migration, which places Macedonia among those countries that serve as both the source and the final destination for human trafficking. In the framework of the project five high school students will use the gallery walls as a school board. Namely, they will repeat writing the sentence: “Sex-workers' rights are human rights. Тus the artist emphasis the importance of the education for breaking the chain of different constitutive elements that enable the societal tolerance towards human rights violations of sex workers.
The participants of the project are disciples of the Building Construction High School “Zdravko Cvetkovski”: Marija D., Laze L., Simona L., Elizabeta S. and Marija S. under the leadership of their professor of fine art Ratka Ilievska – Lale.
The artist expresses special thanks to Zarko Trajanoski, M.A. in human rights, Nora Stojanovik, activist and artist, Marija Toseva and Marija Todorovska, representatives of “H.O.P.S.” (Health Options Project Skopje), Marija Nikolovska from the International Organization for Migration – Macedonia, NGO “Open Gate – La Strada,” a woman's lobby and action against violence and trafficking in women and particularly to the Cultural Centre Tocka where the first meeting of the artist with the experts and organizations that work on these issues took place on 26 April 2006.
About CODE:RED
Conceived as a collaborative project, CODE:RED (1999/2000 - ….) examines models of informal economies and self-organization within the context of sex work and human trafficking. On every continent, the sex work industry provides a vital source of income for numerous segments of the population who are excluded from the dominant economy. People forced into prostitution come from underprivileged social groups living on or outside the boundaries of society, who are stigmatized and deprived of basic human rights. CODE:RED researches modes of self-organization in marginal groups and communities, which develop outside the dominant social, economic, and political frameworks. The project involves various forms of collaboration: from research, activism, and self-help, to public actions, exhibitions, and presentations.
About the artist:
Tadej Pogačar (1960) is an artist, curator and artistic director of the P74 Center and Gallery, based in Ljubljana. He graduated from the Ethnology and History of Art at the University in Ljubljana. He is a founder and director of the P. A. R. A. S. I. T. E. Museum of Contemporary Art, a virtual critical formation established in 1993. He exhibited widly, at the 10. Istanbul Biennial; San Francisco Art Institute; 49th Sao Paulo Biennial; NGBK, Berlin; 3rd Tirana Biennial; Manifesta 1, Rotterdam; ZKM Karlsruhe; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; 50th Venice Biennial, etc.
press to exit project space
gallery: Maksim Gorki 19 (Embassy of Switzerland), MK-1000 Skopj
office: Vasil Gjorgov 28/4, MK-1000 Skopje
presstoexit@on.net.mk ; www.presstoexit.org.mk
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Заклучоци од конференцијата: "Потребата од отварање на центри за лекување од дроги во Скопје" - 9.11.2007
Македонската мрежа за намалување на штети со подршка на Министерството за здравство и Глобалниот фонд за борба против ХИВ/СИДА, туберкулоза и маларија и Град Скопје на 7 ноември оддржа конференција на тема “Потребата од отварање на центри за лекување на зависности во Скопје”. Од 11-те поканетите градоначалници на општините кои се наоѓаат на територијата на градот, на конференцијата присуствуваа само градоначалникот на град Скопје и градоначалниците на други 2 општини . Министерот за здравство, Имер Селмани, исто така не присуствуваше, иако и неговото присуство беше потврдено.
Претседателот на меѓуресорската комисија за дроги, Илчо Захариев изјави дека метадонската терапија е „замена на една дрога со друга“- изјава на која му беше забележано од д-р Андреј Кастелиц од Република Словенија кој во своето излагање претстави еден поинаков пристап лишен од идеолошки и политички флоскули, пристап во согласност со evidence base medicine.
За отворањето на новите центри за лекување на зависности македонската влада уште пред три години обезбеди средства од Глобалниот фонд за борба против ХИВ/СИДА, туберкулоза и маларија. Ваквите центри се веќе отворени во неколку градови во државата, но во главниот град Скопје акцијата за нејзино отворање стагнира веќе 3 години. Проблемот во прв ред е кај дел од скопските градоначалници кои не сакаат овие центри да бидат отворени во нивните општини.
На конференцијата се усвои и следниов заклучок.
Ситуацијата со лекувањето на зависноста од дрога во градот Скопје е алармантна. Единствениот центар за лекување нема капацитет да ги прими сите клиенти, а третманот со супститут е затворен за прием нови клиенти веќе неколку години. Многу млади луѓе немаат можност да се лекуваат. Затоа апелираме до Премиерот на Владата на Р. Македонија, Министерот за здравство, министерот за труд и социјална политика и останатите ресорни министерства, како и до сите градоначалници од скопските општини да покажат добра воља и активно да се заложат за отварање на центрите за лекување за кои веќе се обезбедени финансиски средства. Лекувањето е право а не привилегија!
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OVERDOSE OF PREJUDES - Action in movement - 25.10.2007
1st step: Pieces of puzzle
Metropolis, one center ofr treatment of addicion, long waiting list and unability of the health and social system to respond on the dinamics that is dictated by drugs problem.
2nd step: Make it.
Wtih established finansials for opening of three new centers for treatmant opening of centers is stagnating almost 3 years. In our rational adn pragmatic race there is always troubles.From the other side needs for treatmant are bigger and nigger. Probram for treatmant with substitute in the only center in KIsela Voda doesn't cover all criteria and it closed for new patients already few years ago.
Movement: Dispers the moves
Possibilty for treatment is peak of solidarity and hunaity. Simbolic link on which is insisted is conecting food and treatment as a solid activity, energy and over all happiness, help, support and quality spend time. Because treatmant same as food is human right not the privilege.
PROGRAM of events:
Wednesday 31.10.2007 KC TOCKA Маrtchin и Off Pop DJ’s Start: 21:00
Thursday 01.11.2007 Park Women - Street action “Treatment is right not the privilege” Start: 12:00
Thursday 01.11.2007 KC TOCKA Presentation АКТО_2 Festival of contemporary art - HNU_Reasearch studio for food, science adn art / HNU - live performance. Hristina Ivanovska / Performance “Soup of stone" Start: 21:00
Friday 02.11.2007 KC TOCKA - Proections of short movies from direct actions from FRONT AIDS / rusia and short discusion.
- Discusion about law for drugs made in 2004th in Bulgaria and presentation of HOPE - Bulgaria.
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KY / BORG - live act Start:: 21:00
Friday 02.11.2007 HOPS - Kapishtec - Workshop for production of fanzine Start: 14:00
Saturday 03.11.2007 Park Shkolka
Start: 12:00
Music and action from people to people
AMBIMENTAL TUNES chillout, dub, reggae, downtempo, tribal, psychedelic LIVE: DYMONS
DJ’s: LEO, GATAFUL, KAIZER, PSYMODE
BANDS: reggae, ska, hcjazz, industrial, noise:
CANNON, FIGHTING WINDMILLS, ЈАБОЛКО ЗА ДАСКАЛОТ, WHITE NOISE IN A WHITE ROOM
LUNATICA TRIBE DECOR, FUZZBUBBLE CREW Fire Juggling TRIBAL PERCUSSION JAM, INFO stands, DIY stands, street art, Harm reduction, local and regional support.
Saturday 03.11.2007 Art cafe - Mala stanica Ambimental tunes* Afterpark vegan food, chillout and video projections Start: 21:00
Wednesday 7.11.2007 Conference: "The need for opening of centers for treatmant of drugs in Skopje"
Hall for conference in British councilin University Library.
Start: 11:00
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SWAN Newsletter, Issue no.14, Year 2, September 2007 - 20.10.2007
September issue of the newsletter from Sex Work Advocacy network. (SWAN).
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the Newsletter
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HOPS become member of HIV/AIDS Civil Sociaty Forum - 01.10.2007
HOPS become one of the 30. european organisations members of
HIV/AIDS Civil Sociaty Forum in the Europian Commision in Bruxels. This
forum has aim of the cunsulting body in the Europian Commision for preparation
and realisation of the HIV/AIDS policy in EU. HOPS will have mandate till
31.08.2010 година.
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SWAN Newsletter, Issue no.13, Year 2, July-August 2007 - 20.09.2007
July-August issue of the newsletter from Sex Work Advocacy network. (SWAN).
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Education of vulnerable groups for tuberculosis - 01.08.2007
On 13.07.2007 in the premises of Ministry of Health of R. of
Macedonia, in the frames of the project "Education of vulnerable
groups for tuberculosis" have been held oneday workshop for peer
educators for vulnerable groups for tuberculosis. On the education took
participation 18 representatives from the NGO's HOPS, HERA, Red cross
of SKopje, Psychiatry hospital "Skopje", Nadez all from Skopjeand
AMOS - Bitola, Opcija - Ohrid, HOPS - Kumanovo, Mladinski Klub - Stip,
HELP - Gostivar, ZONA - Kavadarci and Cherenja - Stip.
Education was organised in collaboration with the departmenet for implementation
of the activities supported with grant by the Global Fund to fight AIDS,
tuberculosis and Malaria leaded by the Nacional koordinator for tuberculosis
for R. of Macedonia Prim. Dr Stefan Talevski.
In the next faze of the project witch is on going till 31.03.2008 will
be organised educative workshops for people who use drugs, people on treatment
in psychiatry hospitals, refugees, Roma population adn people who live
with HIV/AIDS in SKopje, Gostivar, Ohrid, Bitola, Kavadarci, Stip, and
Kumanovo and informative-educative broshure for tuberculosis will be distributed.
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Peacefull protest - Centers for treatment, Not prisons ! - 13.07.2007
In monday 16.07.2007 year, in cause for session of the Parliament of R.
of Macedonia on which has to be adopt the proposed Law for control of
drugs and psychotrop supstancies, Macedonian harm reduction network is
organising peacufull protest in front of the Parliamnet with moto "Centers
for treatment, Not prisons !".
On the protest wlll be spreded flyers to the members of the parliament
to vote against the law in this form.
Prostest will start 10:00 am and will last till 12:00 pm
Please come to join us.
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Centers for treatment, Not prisons ! - 13.07.2007
Macedonian harm reduction network (MHRN), today on 13 of July 2007 year,
hold a press conference in cause of Proposed Law for control of drugs
and psychotrop supstancies which was prepared
by the work group koordinated by the Ministry of Health of R. of Macedonia.
In the preparations and consultations haven't been included the civil
sociaty.
Proposed law have serious imperfection and isn't in concordance with the
Nacional strategy for drugs, made in the december 2006 and also with the
the Constitution of R. of Macedonia. If the proposed law become official
, MHRN assume that this is take a hard effect on the citicenz of R. of
Macedonia.
Proposed law is treating people who use drugs as a criminals on the same
level like producers and drug dealers. On the other hand the Goverment
of the R. of Macedonia have addopted the nacional strategy for drugs in
which people who use drugs "have right on health and social help
and care and protection from social precludence".
Because of this, MHRN, Network of 15 NGo's and more experts is suggest
following:
1. In the proposed law for control of drugs and psychotrop supstancies
to be bring an act for the decriminalisation of the personal use of drugs
and psychotropic supstancies by determing the amount for personal use. The proposed act is in considaration with the Nacional strategy
for drugs in R. of Mcedonia (2006-2012), addopted by the Goverment of
R. of Macedonia.
2. We suggest the act number 73 in the proposed Law for control of drugs and psychotropic supstancies to be deleted, because this act is against the human rights according to the act 25 of the Constitution of R. of Macedonia, and made discrimination, stigmatisation and social precludence of the people who use drugs, which is unacceptable according to the act 9 from the Constitution of R. of Macedonia.
3. To made new act with aim to made legitime Programs for needle exchange and those not to be put in context of exposing other people on the act of drugs This programs have been implementing 10 years since now in R. of Macedonia and have been included in the Nacional strategy for drugs of R. of Mcedonia (2006-2012).
4. We suggest the term "сузбивање" to be changed with
reduction of drugs supply. This term 'сузбивање" isn't in
relation with the Nacional strategy for drugs in 2006 - 2012 where is
used term "reduction of drugs supply" which is also used in
the strategy for drugs in EU 2005 -2012.
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SWAN Newsletter, Issue no.12, Year 2, June 2007 - 13.07.2007
June issue of the newsletter from Sex Work Advocacy network. (SWAN).
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the Newsletter
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2 years of Macedonian Harm Reduction Network - 22.06.2007
On this day 22.06 2 years ago in NGO Info centar in Skopje MHRN
was established.
Today this network is consisted of 15 NGO's, one govermental institution i respectable number of the inelectuals - experts in their fields.
Within 2 years of existance and work have been realised big number of activities and projects on local and nacional level, and some of them are implementing in the 2007.
MHRN have been recognised from mnay domestic and international organisations and institutions, as a network who is active on the filed of Harm reduction and advocacy for rights of the vulnerable groups in R. of Macedonia.
Hope that succeses will just continue futhermore and those who've been created this network will continue to upgrade it.
www.mhrn.org.mk
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Education on vulnerable groups for Tuberculosis - 19.06.2007
In the period from 1st april 2007 - 31st march 2008 NGO HOPS is implementing project "Education on vulnerable groups for Tuberculosis" supported by the Ministry of health and Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and Malaria.
Project is implemented in partnership with MHRN and other partner organisatons and institutions in Skopje, Kumanovo, Stipm, Kavadarci, Ohrid, Bitola and Gostivar.
target groups of the project are drugusers, refugees, people on treatmant
in psychiatric institution, people who live with HIV/SIDA and people from
roma community.
Activities of the project are consisted of building capacities on 20 peer
educators for tuberculosis and organising and facilitating events.
Holding of educative sessions for tuberculosis among vulnerable groups.
Distribution of infromative and educative broshure for tuberculosis.
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The Warsaw Statement from Sex Worker Health and Rights Advocates - 15.06.2007
On the 18th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug
Related Harm, held in Warsaw, Poland, in May 2007, by the sex workers
rights activists was prepared joint statement from wex wokrker health
and rights advocates. The statement was posted on the conference website
and published in the final documents.
In the extension we supply the statement which was supported
also by HOPS.
Warsaw Statement - English
Language - Macedonian
Language
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Еducative workshops for human rights- 13.06.2007
In the frame of the project “Raising information on human right”
financialy supported by OBSE in the following week will be hold educative
workshops for human right among people who use drugs in Skopje.
On 13.06.2007 (wednesday) starting in 16:30 h. workshop will be hold in HOPS drop in center in Old bazaar.
On 14.06.2007 (thursday) starting in 16:00 h. will be hold in HOPS drop in center in Shuto orizari.
On 20.06.2007 (wednesday) starting in 16:00 h. will be hold in HOPS dop
in center in Kapishtec.
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Law for offence against public order and peace. - 13.06.2007
On 08.06.2007 in force there are changes in Law for offence against public
order and peace.
In the 66th issue of “Official newspapper of Republic of Macedonia” from
31. Маy 2007 have been released changes in the Law for offence against
public order and peace, which has been accepted by the Parliament of Republic
of Macedonia on 18. May 2007.
This law is in force 8 days after releasing in the “Official newspapper
of Republic of Macedonia”.
Especial interest for HOPS as a organisation regarding the field of acting,
and in context of Programs for support of sex workers and harm reduction
are articles number 19 and 20 in context of abandonment on prostitution
and abandonment on use of drugs in public places.
In contribution there is a 66th issue of the “Official newspapper of Republic
of Macedonia” where the changes in Law for offence against public order
and peace have been released and are placed on 6th page (in Macedonian
languange).
LINK
to this issue..
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SWAN Newsletter, Issue no.11, Year 2, May 2007 - 16.05.2007
May issue of the newsletter from Sex Work Advocacy network. (SWAN).
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the Newsletter
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Voluntary and Confidential Counseling and Testing for HIV - 07.06.2007
HOPS in collaboration with few NGO's and RZZZ in february month
have started with outreach volontary and confidental, counseling and testing
for HIV (VCCT).
In the period from 19. february till 30. april HOPS have been made 92
testing for HIV.
Outreach VCCT is continuing with regular activities till 31. octomber
2007 in the following dates:
- every second wendsday for drugusers
(more info for the shedule of the outreach team can be deleivered in the
following Drop in centers Kapishtec (теl. 3176 428), Bit pazar (теl. 3130
058) and Shuto orizari (теl. 071 216 909).
- every second thursday for sex workers
(more info for the shedule of the outreach team can be deleivered in the
HOPS Daily cener for support of sex workers in Gazi baba (теl.
2630 499).
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SWAN Newsletter, Issue no.10, Year 2, April 2007 - 16.05.2007
April issue of the newsletter from Sex Work Advocacy network. (SWAN).
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to the Newsletter
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Voluntary and Confidential Counseling and Testing for HIV -
03.05.2007
Starting in march month 2007 HOPS in collaboration with few HGO-s
and RZZZ have started with outreach voluntary and confidential counseling
and testing for HIV.
If you wan't to make a HIV test more informations can be delivered in
the following HOPS drop in centers in Kapishtec (теl. 3176 428), Bit pazar
(теl. 3130 058), Shuto Orizari (теl. 071 216 909) and Gazi Baba (теl.
2630 499).
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SWAN Newsletter, Issue no.9, Year 2, March 2007 - 16.04.2007
March issue of the newsletter from Sex Work Advocacy network. (SWAN).
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to the Newsletter
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Bremen Declaration - 21.03.2007
In Bremen on 13.03 2007 have been held MInistery Conferention "Responsibility
and Partnership - “Together Against HIV/AIDS" in organisation of
Germany with actual presidency of the EU. On this conference have been
made declaration "Responsibility and Partnership -“ Together Against
HIV/AIDS".
Declaratioon is upgrade of previous versions from Dablin and Vilnus and
contains important conclusions. This declaration is important cause of
the accent given to the civil sector and the importance of the civil sector
in the combat of HIV/AIDS. With this declaration all the goverments have
been called for bigger involvment of the civil sector in all segmenet
of HIV/AIDS combat. Special accent is given on the following "people
who inject drugs and their partners, men who have sex with men, young
people, women, migrants, children, people in prisons, men and women involved
in prostitutions".
R. Macedonia accepeted declaration with following participants on the
conference:
Snezana Cicevalieva - representative from the Ministry of health
Milena Stevanovik - Nacioal coordinator for HIV/ADIS
Sandra Kuzmanovska - representative of implementation of Global Fond proect
in Macedonia
Vlatko Dekov - NGO HOPS - civil sector
LINK to Declaration
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SWAN Newsletter, Issue no.8, Year 2, February 2007 - 06.02.2007
February issue of the newsletter from Sex Work Advocacy network. (SWAN).
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to the Newsletter
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HOPS become memer of AIDS Action Europe - 07.02.2007
HOPS become member of the European network of the NGO's AIDS Action Europe.
Aim of this network is to made effective response on the HIV epidemy in
Europe and neighbour countries, on the front line with advocasy on the
global, nacional and local level.
More info on:
http://www.aidsactioneurope.org/
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SWAN Newsletter, Issue no.7, Year 2, January 2007 - 06.02.2007
January issue of the newsletter from Sex Work Advocacy network. (SWAN).
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to the Newsletter
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Opening of the first Drop in centre for sexual workers in Skopje - 22.01.2007
Within its CSW support program, HOPS - Healthy Options Project Skopje opened a drop-in centre for sex workers, first of its kind both in Skopje and in Macedonia.
The centre, with opening hours from Monday to Friday (from 13 h. to 18
h.), is a place where sexual workers can spend some time, have a cup of
coffee or tea in a pleasant and friendly atmosphere, get condoms, lubricants,
printed materials, or different types of educations, a possibility for
volontery and confidential counselling and testing on HIV, consultancy
and help from a social worker and a legal counsellor, as well as numerous
other support services such as a possibility for laundering/drying/ironing
clothes, showering etc.
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Harm Reduction Training in Budva, Monte Negro / 22-24 .12.2006 - 18.01.2007
Upon invitation from CAZAS - The Montenegrin Association against AIDS,
a HOPS team comprised of Hristijan Jankulovski and Vlatko Dekov held a
three day training regarding Harm Reduction and development of programs
for Needle Exchange. The training was attended by 10 members of CAZAS
who, within the program supported by the Global Fund, are to develop two
programs for exchange of sterile injecting equipment in Podgorica and
Kotor.
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Cooperation between HOPS and the Red Cross of the Republic of Macedonia - 18.01.2007
In November, 2006, HOPS signed a Memorandum for cooperation with the
Red Cross of the Republic Macedonia.
In the period from 07 to 11.11.2006 HOPS performed a four-day training
for 15 representatives from local Red Cross offices, namely from Prilep,
Kichevo and Veles about the Harm Reduction programs, principles, practices
and experiences of HOPS in the 10 years of performing such activities.
These local Red Cross offices have since December 2006 started field work
and office activities including injection equipment exchange, client counselling
and support, as well as their referring and assistance to appropriate
institutions, thus meeting clients’ needs and endeavouring to resolve
their problems.
ICRSE
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HOPS has become a member of ICRSE - 10.01.2007
HOPS - Healthy Options Project Skopje became a member of the International
Committee for the Rights of Sexual Workers in Europe (ICRSE), comprised
by more than 120 sexual workers and their advocates across Europe. The
basic principles on which the ICRSE activities rest are: recognition of
sex work as a profession, supporting self-organization of sexual workers
and fighting sex work criminalization.
ICRSE accept and promote the red umbrella as the symbol of sexual workers
and their basic human and labour rights.
More about ICRSE on www.sexworkeurope.org
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