European Network for HIV/STI Prevention and Health Promotion among Migrant Sex Workers

A Network of community-based service providers and sex workers organisations, cooperating in 25 European countries. AIMS  Advocate for sex workers’ human rights  Develop and implement strategies of HIV and STI prevention amongst sex workers  Facilitate the sharing and dissemination of knowledge, experience and good practices

Sex work & trafficking Trafficking occurs in prostitution and in many other labour areas Trafficking in women is a violation of women’s human rights Prostitution itself without violence, coercion or deceit is NOT a violation of human rights but work An individual should have the right to sell sexual services and to migrate

Impact of repressive policies Increasingly repressive and punitive policies across Europe Measures violate sex worker’ human rights Merging sex work and trafficking Restriction on migration and prostitution Criminalization of clients Human rights X moral

Mapping Results Gender 87% female 7% male 6% transgender Proportion of migrants West Europe  70% Central Europe  18% Origin of migrants 36% EU citizens 64% outside EU (~70% Europe)

Transnational nationals 30% - migrants 70% Mapping Results Mobility Transnational nationals 30% - migrants 70% In-country nationals 47% - migrants 53% Settings Indoor nationals 65% - migrants 70% Outdoor nationals 35% - migrants 30% Vulnerability Institutional and work-related violence and abuse Factors: stigma, discrimination, isolation

GERMANY Prostitution is legalised since 2002 Nationalities: 60 to 65% migrants 50% new EU countries Thailand, Poland, 20% Eastern Europe Bulgaria, Rumania, 15% Asia Russia 10% Latin America 5% Africa 42 nationalities Setting: 80 to 90% indoor Mobility: 80% of migrants worked elsewhere Thailand, Netherlands, Spain, Bulgaria, Italy Demand: sex work linked to the Ministry of Labour

Non-repressive approach Inclusion of sex workers Recommendations Non-repressive approach Inclusion of sex workers Targeted health and social services for sex workers Human rights protection Multi-level cooperation and networking www.tampep.eu

Stephanie Klee German sex worker Rights in prostitution benefit all sex workers, regardless of our different reasons for working in the area and our different countries of origin. Having more rights increases our self-confidence and has a direct effect on how we behave in sex work towards customers, brothel owners, colleagues and the authorities. 2001, Hearing at the German Bundestag's