Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers

Promoting and protecting the health and human rights of sex workers in Asia and the Pacific

Welcome to APNSW

Welcome to the website of the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers – a regional network working to promote and protect the health and human rights of sex workers in the Asia Pacific region.

Participants at the conference sit a tables in brightly coloured venue with orange table cloths and purple lights

Sex Workers in Bangladesh hold national conference

2017-08-04

HARC, the HIV/AIDS Research and Welfare Centre organized a national sex workers conference in Dhaka Bangladesh on 17th and 18th July 2017. Over 100 sex workers attended this two-day conference with the theme “Nothing for us without us.” Red Umbrella Fund supported the event. … More Sex Workers in Bangladesh hold national conference

Participant from PNG points out responses on a flipchart for each thematic area of SWIT.

Sex workers assess implementation of SWIT

2017-05-17

Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) held a five-day “SWIT” regional training from 24-28th April 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. Participants came from Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Myanmar and China. During the regional training participants shared their experiences of how many SWIT-related activities are currently happening in their countries. … Despite the SWIT being published in 2013, and being a WHO reference document for public health policy, it is clear many states in Asia and the Pacific have not yet engaged with these guidelines. … More Sex workers assess implementation of SWIT

sex workers in India march through the street carrying red umbrellas saying "Sex work is work" and an NNSW banner

India: Over 2000 sex workers sign National Network of Sex Workers (NNSW) Statement, 25 Jan 2017

2017-01-25

The National Network of Sex Workers has released a statement challenging the conference being organised by the “The Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution International (Cap Intl).” The statement has been signed by over 2000 sex workers in India who reject the conflation of trafficking with sex work, and the conflation of sex work with violence. … More India: Over 2000 sex workers sign National Network of Sex Workers (NNSW) Statement, 25 Jan 2017

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This petition calls on UN Women to engage meaningfully with sex workers while developing their policy on sex work.
Sex workers rights are not negotiable! Watch the video from Sex Workers and Allies South Asia to hear sex workers speak about exclusion from the policy making process. Read the responses from sex workers and allies across Asia and the Pacific. And
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