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the area of education, sex workers would like to be given the opportunity to further
their education for the purpose of learning new job skills and making contacts
with employers in other industries. They would like their children to have access
to education as well. For this to happen, they would like a supportive environment
where hours are conducive to them. Furthermore, APNSW recognises the efforts of
a number of organisations in the Asia-Pacific region that are helping sex workers
upgrade their skills. Some organisations have realised the value of promoting
sex workers as peer educators. By training to be peer educators, these sex workers
can reach their peers and educate them on safe sex practices, human rights issues
and teach them literacy skills. Besides educating their peers, these sex workers
can also educate the members of the community such as their clients, the police,
the public and media on condom use and fair treatment for sex workers.
Other issues that sex workers would like authorities to address are their basic
rights as citizens in their own country. They believe that they should not be
denied citizenship if they belong to an ethnic minority group. They also do not
want to be discriminated against when they apply for travel documents like visas,
loans or housing.
Current Activities:-
APNSW is in the final
stage of producing a manual entitled "Making Sex Work Safe in Asia &
the Pacific"
Contact:
Khartini Slamah, Co-ordinator.
APNSW
276 Batu 21/2 Jalan Ipoh
51200
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603 4041 8966
E-mail: apnsw@yahoo.com
APNSW is a member network of the International network of sex work projects:-http://www.nswp.org.
To have more information on APNSW activities and its affiliates, please visit
the website of Empower Foundation at http://www.empowerfoundation.org |
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NEW - (Colombo, 19 January 2007) The AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) and UNAIDS have met today in Colombo, Sri Lanka as members of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) to the 8 th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) which is scheduled to be held in Colombo between 19-23 August 2007. 
