A day after a Belgrade tabloid published a front-page story entitled “American whore to teach Serbian students” organizers cancelled the round table discussion that was supposed to take place at the faculty of Philosophy of the Belgrade University. The article and the ban caused a heated public debate and generally positive media articles about sex work and the particular case. More

Here are some of the echoes of the cancelled event in Belgrade, among them by Professor Viktorija Cucic of JAZAS, SWAN member from Belgrade and Vinaigrette, one of the sex workers who were to participate at the round table. More

In the latest issue of the SWAN News we wrote about the seminar on sex work organized in September for media reporters in Slovakia. In the meantime, similar seminars were organized in November in Macedonia and Serbia. More

In June this year sex workers from Macedonia and Serbia participated at training in Belgrade where basic skills are developed for preparation of community newsletters. Preparations are underway among sex workers in those two countries to voice their issues, pride and concerns in publications targeting their own local community. More
 

In end of September this year JAZAS, SWAN member from Serbia, will organize training sessions and assist in preliminary mapping of hot- spots in two smaller towns in Serbia – Subotica and Sombor. This will be first steps towards extending sex worker outreach services outside the Serbian capital. More

Youth Peer Network from New York awarded in December 2007 SOA AIDS from Netherlands for their work in HIV prevention and harm reduction among sex workers. Awarded is the POP project that is implemented by SOA AIDS, JAZAS, SWAN member from Serbia, and HESED, SWAN member from Bulgaria. More

JAZAS, SWAN member from Serbia is entering 2008 with two new projects that will contribute to expansion of services for sex workers in Serbia. The first one is SHE Project - Support, Health and Enviroment, a grant from Open Society Institute that will include opening of a drop-in center. More

As a part of the world campaign, 3rd International Candle Light Memorial Day was organized in Belgrade on 20 May. The organizers of the event were 13 nongovernmental and international organizations, including JAZAS, SWAN member from Serbia.

JAZAS, SWAN member from Serbia and HESED, SWAN member from Bulgaria, had an experience exchange and planning meeting in March 2007.

The event was organized in the framework of the POP (Power of Prevention), a three-year project between JAZAS, HESED and STI AIDS Netherlands, that aims to create a supportive environment for improving sex workers’ sexual health and social position and to contribute to public health through the prevention of STI and HIV among sex workers.

JAZAS, SWAN member from Serbia and HESED, SWAN member from Bulgaria, had an experience exchange and planning meeting in March 2007.

The event was organized in the framework of the POP (Power of Prevention), a three-year project between JAZAS, HESED and STI AIDS Netherlands, that aims to create a supportive environment for improving sex workers’ sexual health and social position and to contribute to public health through the prevention of STI and HIV among sex workers. More