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Prague, May 20, 2008 -- The Czech Republic lacks a law that would regulate prostitution and it is unlikely that such a law will be passed in the near future, Czech Human Rights and Minorities Minister Dzamila Stehlikova told journalists Tuesday. More

A new law is pending in the Prague City Council, according to which prostitutes working in the Czech capital will need to have a license, issued by the city authorities. Bliss without Risk, SWAN member from Czech Republic, opposes the notion. More

This article that recently appeared in Transitions Online, www.tol.cz , presents an extraordinary work of Bliss without Risk from Czech Republic and its founder Hana Malinova More

December 21, 2007 – Several SWAN members organized this week parties as part of the Rights, not Violence campaign to stop violence against sex workers. More

As Bliss without Risk, SWAN member from Czech Republic reports, the Czech government is preparing mapping of sex workers in this country. More

An interview with Jana from Bliss without Risk about sex work, trafficking and the important role customers can play in escaping traffickers

SWR: Jana, please tell us a bit about you.

Jana: I grew up with my grandmother but she kicked me out of the home for some stupidity. I had job but nowhere to live. I met a man and he offered that I could go work as a sex worker. More

Bliss without Risk’s 15-year anniversary carnival:a medley of musical theatre and dance

On Friday the 13th of April this year, Bliss without Risk celebrated its 15-year anniversary by organizing a big event. The festivities happened at a location overlooking the river Vltava and the National Theatre, with a beautiful view during sunset. More

Declaration of the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe, one of the cornerstone documents on human rights for sex workers, adopted by more then 200 delegates participating at the European Conference on Sex Work, Human Rights, Labour and Migration held 15 to 17 October 2005 in the European Parliament in Brussels, is now available in Czech, thanks to the Bliss Without Risk, SWAN Member from Czech Republic.

Czech politicians are hardly alone in their trepidation when it comes to legislating vice
Prague, 21 March 2007 -- When European Union ministers were fretting that human trafficking would bring prostitutes to World Cup fans last summer, the best protection they managed to come up with was a telephone help line for kidnapped women. Later, a member of the European Parliament suggested a “European Day of Trafficking” be established to raise awareness.

But mayors say national law is still needed to control trade
Prague, 21 March 2007 -- A Czech court ruling giving towns the power to limit prostitution in public places is being knocked by municipalities as a Band-Aid approach to a serious problem that is still not properly addressed by law. Sex for sale, long visible in border towns serving German and Austrian clients, has largely moved indoors but remains as lucrative as ever for brothels, community officials say. More