September 24, 2007, BUDAPEST-- In an effort to bring prostitutes into the legal economy, officials said Monday that Hungary will allow sex workers to apply for an entrepreneur's permit – a move that could generate government revenues from an industry worth an estimated $1 billion annually. More

A news report about a project undertaken by the Hungarians Prostitutes Interest Association, a SWAN member from Hungary, gives an overview of sex work in Hungary. More

Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, SWAN network coordinator from Hungary, has recently posted a short video statement by Robin Few on the website www.youtube.com. Over the last months YouTube has become a major portal used by the advocates to promote their ideas globally in a simple and cheap way.

With financial support from the Hungarian Ministry of Health, the Association of Hungarian Prostitutes, SWAN member from Hungary, operated in the first half of 2006 an HIV/AIDS health-check bus. In six months the bus provided 502 sex workers with free and anonymous testing against sexually transmitted infections. Compared with total 282 sex workers that were in previous five years examined in 92 official national health institutions, that was a great result. Nevertheless, facing the huge public deficit, Ministry of Health suspended the project. It agreed to lend the bus to the Association for the next two years. The Association intends to continue the project through the grants provided by EEA and the Norwegian Government. More