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1985:
EMPOWER Foundation founded in Thailand
1986:
Andrew Hunter becomes involved in sex worker activism
1987:
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective Formed
1988:
Scarlet Alliance founded in Australia
25 Oct
to
27 Oct
1988:
The Australian Sex Industry and the AIDS Debate 1988
1991:
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective Call for Committee to Review Sex Work Laws
1992:
NSWP formally established as a network
6 Aug
to
13 Aug
1994:
Int'l Sex Worker Meeting at the 1994 IAC in Yokohama, Japan to discuss launch of an Asia & Pacific sex worker network
1995:
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) set up in India
1995:
Decriminalisation of Sex Work in New South Wales
20 Sep
1995:
Int'l press conference - 3rd Int'l Congress on AIDS in Asia & the Pacific (ICAAP), Bangkok
1996:
Veshya Anyay Mukti Parishad (VAMP) founded in South Maharashtra/ Northern Karnataka, India
1997:
First National Conference of Sex Workers in India
1999:
Sex Work And Sexual Health (SWASH) established Japan
2000:
Bangladesh High Court Rules in Favour of Evicted Sex Workers
2002:
Women’s Network for Unity (WNU) established in Cambodia
2002:
Supreme Court of Nepal Rules that Discrimination Against Sex Workers is Unconstitutional
25 Jun
2003:
Decriminalisation of Sex Work in New Zealand
1 Jan
2004:
A Battle Hymn for the Sex Workers’ Revolution
8 Mar
2004:
The Journey of Kumjing
18 Mar
2004:
Nepalese Sex Workers Threaten Nude Protest in Kathmandu
2005:
PEPFAR Anti-Prostitution Pledge introduced
2005:
Friends Frangipani established in Papua New Guinea
2005:
Midnight Blue established in Hong Kong and Shenzen, China
2005:
Ashodaya Samithi is Formed (India)
8 Mar
2005:
Pornpit Puckmai Wins Human Rights Defender Award
13 Aug
to
18 Aug
2006:
APNSW Premieres “One Whore” Advocacy Song at 16th IAC in Toronto, Canada
2007:
GWG respond to UNAIDS Guidance Note
2007:
AIDS Myanmar Association (AMA) estblished in Myanmar
2007:
Nepalese Sex Workers Undertake a Semi-Naked Protest Outside Kathmandu’s Government House
2008:
Survival Advocacy Network founded in Fiji
2008:
Organisation of Social Change in Indonesia (OPSI) founded in Indonesia
2008:
APNSW launches Bad Rehab video
2008:
The National Needs Assessment for Sex Workers Living with HIV
10 Jun
2008:
EMPOWER Foundation Wins Red Ribbon Award
6 Aug
2008:
Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (Apnsw) Receives International Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
30 Aug
2008:
Caught Between the Tiger and the Crocodile
2009:
$carlet Timor established in Timor Leste
2009:
Surang Janyam Wins Human Rights Defenders Award
2009:
Ashodaya Academy is Launched (India)
2010:
Transgender Sex Worker Has Gender Recognised as ‘Non-Specific’
25 Sep
2010:
Indian Sex Workers Produce Video Response to “Prostitutes of God” Documentary
11 Jun
2011:
"Scarlet Road" Documentary Premiered
2012:
Hit and Run: the Impact Anti-trafficking Policy and Practise on Sex Workers’ Human Rights in Thailand
2012:
The HIV and Sex Work Collection: Innovative Responses in Asia and the Pacific Launched
2012:
Vietnam Network of Sex Workers is Formed
27 Feb
2012:
Last Rescue In Siam
22 Aug
to
26 Aug
2012:
Alternative IAC: Sex Workers Freedom Festival Held in Kolkata
25 Aug
2012:
"Freedom to Work" Video Series Launched
12 Nov
to
16 Nov
2012:
1st SW-ASEAN Sex Worker Summit
2013:
Vietnam Closes Detention Centre Number Five
7 Apr
2013:
“Yet still we dance”: Exhibition of Artworks from ASEAN Sex Workers
1 Oct
2013:
Elections for current APNSW Policy and Program Committee members
26 Dec
2013:
Unexpected Death of Andrew Hunter
2014:
Sou Sotheavy Receives David Kato Vision and Voice Award
2014:
The Rights(s) Evidence: Sex Work, Violence and HIV Research Initiative Receives Robert Carr Research Award
18 Jan
2014:
Andrew Hunter Memorial
15 Feb
to
17 Feb
2014:
Meeting of new APNSW PCC and demarcation of new APNSW coordinators to replace Andrew Hunter
23 Oct
2014:
Documentary: "Kandapara, the Lost Brothel" produced by APNSW
2 Jun
to
6 Jun
2015:
"Debbie Doesn’t Do It for Free" National Exhibition held in Sydney