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ASEAN People’s Forum 2015 : Our Report and Reflections
The annual ASEAN People’s Forum/ ASEAN Civil Society Conference took place from the 21st to 24th of April 2015 in
“What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger” – A Transgender Singaporean Woman and her Ordeal with Job Discrimination
In 2013, cisgender women in Singapore earn 88 cents for every dollar that cisgender men make according to the Ministry

A Geylang Sex Worker’s Take on the Alcohol Ban
There is a “disproportionate number of law and order and incidents” in Little India and Geylang associated with liquor consumption

Sex Workers of ASEAN Demand Recognition and Equal Rights
Over the weekend of 21st to 23rd March 2014, sex workers from all over ASEAN (including Timor Leste, but excluding
Another Case of Transphobia
Many people think that Singapore is a place that is kind to trans*[i] people. Singapore is the only country in the

Response to “More being done to fight human trafficking” (The Sunday Times, 30 June 2013)
I refer to the article “More being done to fight human trafficking” (The Sunday Times, June 30 2013) by Hoe
Singaporean Transgender Sex Workers represented at the International Congress on AIDS Asia Pacific (ICAAP11)
Deborah* is a 23 year old transgender woman and has been a sex worker for four years. She holds a
Statement of Solidarity with #JusticeforJasmine and #JusticeforDora
Dora Özer, a trans sex worker from Turkey, and Petite Jasmine–a sex worker and activist from Rose Alliance in Sweden
Open Letter to Channel News Asia and Straits Times for Transphobia
Straits Times, 17 May 2013, “Loanshark runner spared caning because of sex change” [http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/loanshark-runner-spared-caning-because-sex-change-20130517] Channel News Asia, 17 May 2013,

Wany’s one-week affair in Kathmandu, Nepal!
I recently got selected to attend an informal “seminar-cation,” which was made possible by Tajassodat, a collaborative initiative launched by

A Human Library of Sex Workers
A “human library” is much like a normal library, except instead of books, you borrow people. In a human library,
Statement of Clarification and Apology
We refer to the article “More sex workers abused by customers but fear reporting crimes” (The New Paper, 10th June

Project X Submits Recommendations to the Penal Code Review
The Government announced in 2016 that it had intentions to undertake substantive

Sherry goes to Cambodia!
The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) exists to uphold the

Human Rights Defenders Program 2017!
2017 saw the launch of our Human Rights Defender Program (HRDP), aimed
Sending sexy pictures to your client or partner? Read this first!
Hi, I’m Ellie, a sex worker by night, and a cybersecurity worker