New Initiative! «SHIFT» Sustainable Health, Inclusion, and Futures for Transformation. [logo: SWAN] swannet.org ‣ Sex workers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia face particularly harsh conditions: • An escalating human rights crisis. • Anti-gender and foreign agent laws. • A high rate of HIV infections. • Rise in AIDS-related deaths, while the funding for HIV prevention and treatment is shrinking. The SHIFT Programme responds to these crises with solutions rooted in respect, human rights, and community care. «SHIFT» • 3-year regional program. • For sex workers in Ukraine, Lithuania, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. • Legal and Economic Tools needed to fight for human rights, access to health, security and safety. • Funded by the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF). ‣ SHIFT: Legal Empowerment. • Understanding, navigating, and influencing the legal systems. • Decriminalization Roadmap. • Challenging punitive legislation. • Addressing the misuse of non-sex-work-specific laws targeting sex workers and NGOs. • Engaging policymakers through advocacy. ‣ SHIFT: Economic Empowerment • Designing, launching, strengthening social enterprises: ethical, feminist, rights-based, and community-accountable income generating activities. • Reducing reliance on short-term grants and donors. • Reinvesting into HIV services, rights-based advocacy, and community support. [Illustration of several people under a red umbrella.] Follow us for more updates on sex workers' rights in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia! [logo: SWAN]
SWAN announces SHIFT! Sustainable Health, Inclusion, and Futures for Transformation initiative. 💖❤️🔥💞
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