Macedonia CEDAW Shadow Report

Source
STAR-STAR
Year
2018

With support from NSWP, STAR-STAR collaborated with Healthy Options Project Skopje, The Coalition MARGINS, Stronger Together Association for Support of People Living with HIV, and the Eurasian Coalition on Male Health to develop this shadow report for the 71st CEDAW Session, which took place October-November 2018. The report elaborates on the situation of cisgender and transgender women who are sex workers in Macedonia. It highlights discrimination, violence, and lack of access to legal and sexual and reproductive health services that sex workers in Macedonia face.  

Contents Include:

  • Macedonian Laws Regarding Discrimination
  • Legal Status of Sex Work in Macedonia
  • Violence Against Sex Workers
  • Gender Stereotyping and Prejudice
  • Discrimination in Education
  • Right to Health
  • Equality Before Law
  • Recommendations

You can download this 17-page report above. It is available in English. 

Funding from PITCH through the Free Space process supported the development of this Shadow Report and the participation of a country team of sex workers to the 71st CEDAW session.