You Must Know About Me: Rights Not Violence for Sex Workers in Macedonia

From http://www.witness.org and http://www.hops.org.mk: In Macedonia, as throughout the world, sex workers are pushed to the margins of society by a combination of prejudice, discrimination, and violence. Yet, the fact that a person sells sexual services cannot be used as justification for the denial of their fundamental rights, to which all human beings are entitled.

You Must Know About Me is a first-hand account of sex workers experiences and aspirations off and on the streets. While dealing with harassment and violence from clients, pimps, and the police, sex workers strive to counter hostile public attitudes by speaking out and fighting for their rights. The video calls for zero tolerance of violence against sex workers and the coordinated response of institutions to the actual needs of sex workers.

For more information, visit hub.witness.org/HOPS or www.hops.org.mk

© 2009 Healthy Options Project Skopje HOPS & WITNESS

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[strangeuniverse1]

I googled Macedonia to get some info on the place. The place gets tourists but I would never want to live there at all. The living situation there seems pretty grim from what I read.