This workshop, from sex worker-led organisation Respect Inc, in Queensland, Australia, is a very thorough introduction to a wide range of issues relevant to sex workers - particularly those working in Queensland, Australia, due to this resources' discussion of the legal situation there, but also for sex workers more generally in terms of issues like safer sex, negotiating boundaries, emotional well-being, and safety tips.
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This study can be used as evidence of the need for governments and health programmes to take the needs and rights of sex workers living with HIV on board!
Although disproportionately affected by HIV, sex workers remain neglected by efforts to expand access to ART. In Zimbabwe, this qualitative research study was carried out to determine some of the reasons sex workers take up HIV referrals and ART initiation.
Download this resource: 
health service barriers to HIV treatment for SW in zimbabwe.pdf
health service barriers to HIV treatment for SW in zimbabwe.pdf Theme: Health
In 2011, the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) commissioned Kaitiaki to undertake an in-depth investigation to understand better the issues facing migrant sex workers in New Zealand especially with regard to occupational health and safety, and reproductive health.
Download this resource: Roguski-2013-OSH-of-migrant-sex-workers-in-NZ-1.pdf
Roguski-2013-OSH-of-migrant-sex-workers-in-NZ-1.pdf Theme: Labour
The World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for earlier treatment of HIV at the International Aids Society Conference 2013.
A fact sheet on the guidelines can be accessed here.
Download this resource: WHO ARV Guidelines 2013.pdf
WHO ARV Guidelines 2013.pdf Theme: Health
There is a growing interest in the evidence that antiretroviral therapy (ART) can be used to prevent or reduce transmission of HIV. The Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) have recently released their position paper on the use of ART as prevention. The paper focuses on what this means for the general population of people living with HIV (at the individual level) and what it means for public health (at the population level).
Download this resource: GNP_ART_for_prevention_paper_18_July_2012_FINAL.pdf
GNP_ART_for_prevention_paper_18_July_2012_FINAL.pdf Theme: Health
Briefing paper produced by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) that outlines the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal being negotiated between the U.S. and ten other Pacific nations.
Download this resource: Access_Briefing_TPP_ENG_2013.pdf
Access_Briefing_TPP_ENG_2013.pdf Theme: Health