human rights violations

CEDAW shadow reports

In what is becoming an increasingly innovative mechanism for challenging country reports on the CEDAW treaty, two organisations have recently submitted CEDAW shadow reports. 

You can read the most recent shadow reports from the Sex-Worker Forum of Vienna and SZEXE which appear on our website.   

We think that member organisations may find these reports useful as guidance if they wish to submit their own shadow country reports in the future. 

For example, the next (55th) session of CEDAW will take place from 8th-26th July 2013 and will be looking as reports from the following countries:

  • Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Serbia and United Kingdom

You can keep up to date on the reporting schedule and find guidance on how to report, etc. on the CEDAW website here.

NSWP has begun collating any CEDAW shadow reports that other sex work organisations are happy to share, on our website under this CEDAW tag.  If your organisation has submitted a report and you are happy to have it featured on our website please contact us.

Sex-Worker Forum of Vienna supplement to CEDAW shadow report 2013

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2013

Sex-Worker Forum of Vienna, Austria - supplement to the Shadow CEDAW report submitted to the 54th Session of CEDAW February / March 2013.

You can download this 36 page PDF report above.

This resource is in English.

Sex-Worker Forum of Vienna CEDAW shadow report 2013

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2013

Sex-Worker Forum of Vienna, Austria - Shadow CEDAW report submitted to the 54th Session of CEDAW February / March 2013.

You can download this 44 page PDF report above.

This resource is in English.

SZEXE CEDAW shadow report 2013

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2013

SZEXE Shadow CEDAW report submitted to the 54th Session of CEDAW February / March 2013.

You can download this 16 page PDF report above.

This resource is in English.

Tais Plus CEDAW Shadow Report 2008

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2008

Tais Plus - Shadow CEDAW report submitted to CEDAW in 2008.

You can download this 5 page PDF report above.

This resource is in English.

Sex Workers Project CEDAW shadow report 2007

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2007

Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center - Shadow CEDAW report submitted to the 39th Session of CEDAW in 2007.

You can download this 13 page PDF report above.

This resource is in English.

International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers - marking 17th December in Kenya

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2012

Sex workers from KESWA and ASWA in Nairobi staged a protest marking International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers on 17th December.  Thousands of sex workers joined with gay activists and organisations to condemn the ‘Kill the Gay, Uganda Bill’ and marched on City Hall. 

NSWP opportunities in Asia Pacific - APNSW policy consultant

NSWP has received funding to support the development of advocacy tools around rights based economic empowerment for sex workers. The first year of this three year project will focus on documenting the work done by sex worker led groups in Asia Pacific, the final two years of the programme will focus on building capacity and documenting of sex worker led responses in Africa.  APNSW are seeking to recruit a policy consultant to work with APNSW/NSWP members in developing economic empowerment advocacy tools that can be used at national, regional and global levels. This project is part of the Dutch collaboration Stepping Up, Stepping Out 2 funded by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 31 December 2015.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:  Wednesday, 10 April 2013 @ 24.00.

STRASS press statement on "Abolition 2012" & repeal of offence of soliciting

Press release by STRASS, French Union of Sex Workers, in English and French: on the continuing campaign to repeal the offence of soliciting.

Communiqué de presse en français suit ci-dessous.

Analysing the Implementation of PEPFAR's anti-prostitution pledge

An analysis of the implementation of PEPFAR’s anti-prostitution pledge and its implications for successful HIV prevention among organizations working with sex workers

Melissa Hope Ditmore & Dan Allman have written this analysis published in the Journal of the international AIDS Society

Abstract follows:

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