CSW 65 - Ensuring Public Participation, Amplified Voice and Safe Spaces for Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy

 

The contraction of public spaces, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic has  disparately impacted sex workers worldwide. This session will highlight the importance of sex workers’ full and meaningful participation and decision-making in public life and will consider laws, policies and practices that either enhance or hinder such participation. The session will also highlight the important role that feminist allies, politicians and donors can play in supporting sex workers’ political engagement and amplifying sex workers’ voices.

Director DSO/Ambassador for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, The Kingdom of the Netherlands

 

Regional Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW), Myanmar

 

Former sex worker, President and Co-founder of the association And Soppeku, Senegal

 

Information Manager of the Russian Forum of Sex Workers, Russia

The Count Me In! Consortium