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Worrying development as Morocco becomes first country to be required by law to validate European patents in its territory.

The Moroccan Patent Office (Office of Industrial and Commercial Property - OMPIC) recently formalised an agreement with the European Patent Office (EPO) for validating European patents in Morocco starting on the 1st of March 2015. This mean that patent applications and patents granted in Europe will have the legal effects of Moroccan patent applications and will be subject to Moroccan law. A world premiere, Morocco becomes the first country outside of the European Patent Organisation to validate European patents in its territory.

Posted 26 January 2015 by NSWP
NSWP Publishes Response to UN Secretary-General Report on the Post-2015 Agenda

The Global Network of Sex Work Projects has published a response to the release of a Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon on the Post-2015 Agenda, titled ‘

Posted 22 December 2014 by NSWP
A New Organisation Advocates for Chinese Sex Workers in Paris

Many of the images circulating last week from the December 17th rallies commemorating the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers included photos of mask-wearing Chinese sex workers in Paris’ Belleville district. Many of the group were from a new organisation named Steel Roses – the rose symbolisesfemininity, and steel, strength -- set up to advocate for the rights of sex workers from the northern Chinese region of Dongbei who work in Belleville.

Regional Correspondent: Europe
Posted 22 December 2014 by NSWP
Women With a Vision Turns 25

Earlier this month, NSWP member group Women with a Vision celebrated a quarter century of movement-building in Louisiana. The group’s 25th anniversary was commemorated with a fundraising party, with live musical guests, in New Orleans.

Regional Correspondent: North America & Caribbean
Posted 22 December 2014 by NSWP
The UK’s First Prostitution-free Zone Created in Hull

Earlier this month, Hull City Council ​won a landmark ruling to create Britain's first "prostitution-free zone." The new orders mean that any sex workers or kerb crawlers caught around the Hessle Road area can be arrested and forced to appear in court. Hull City Council was granted the injunction order under Section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972.

Posted 22 December 2014 by NSWP