The International AIDS Conference 2022 is taking place in Montreal, Canada, between 29th July and 2nd August 2022. NSWP will be taking part in several events and activities during the conference and will be livestreaming a programme from the Sex Worker Networking Zone. You can catch up on events you might have missed on our Sex Worker Networking Zone Virtual Content page.
As Montreal is the host city, the AIDS 2022 conference programme follows Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Sex Worker Networking Zone
Saturday 30th July - Monday 1st August, in the Global Village
Daily sessions at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00
The Sex Worker Networking Zone has a daily programme of events showcasing sex worker-led projects from around the world. Some of these events will be livestreamed and added to the NSWP website after the event. To register to attend the livestream, see the links below each event.
Saturday 30th July | Sunday 31st July | Monday 1st August |
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11am - 12pm: Session: Yellow, Brown, Loud and Proud: Sex work and Sex Worker Organising in the Asia Pacific Participants: Jules Kim from Scarlet Alliance and KayThi Win, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) Language: English |
11am - 12pm: Session: Sex work before the courts and at tribunals, with Stella, Sisonke/SWEAT, and Strass Participants: Kholi Buthelezi (SWEAT), Christine Lyon (Strass), Sandra Wesley (Stella)
Language: English |
1am - 12pm: Session: Red Umbrella Fund: How to strengthen the fund to strengthen the movement Participants: Paul-Gilbert Colletaz, Red Umbrella Fund Language: English |
1pm - 2pm: Session: Herramientas para la vida (tools for life), with Centro de Apoyo a las Identitidas Trans A.C. Participants: Rocio Suarez, Centro de Apoyo a las Identitidas Trans A.C
Language: Spanish and English
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1pm - 2pm: Session: Power in our hands!: Collective Resistance and Art-making with Butterfly, Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Rights Network
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1pm- 2pm: Session: Film Screening; Our Bodies Our Business, From 1989 to now with guests Carol Leigh and Val Scott Participants: Jenn Clamen (Stella) with guests Carol Leigh (virtually) and Val Scott (virtually) Language: English |
2.20pm - 2.35pm: Session: Forever Red, Hooker Monologue with Velvet Steele Participants: Velvet Steele Language: English |
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3pm - 4pm: Session: Risks2022: Impacts of client criminalization, with ESWA, Stella, and Strass Participants: Christine Lyon (Strass), Luca Stevenson (ESWA), Jules James (ESWA), Sandra Wesley (Stella) Language: English |
3pm - 4pm: Session: La Pendemia y pos pandemia y trabajo sexual en la actualidad, with Karina Bravo from PLAPERTS, Ecuador Participants: Karina Bravo, PLAPERTS Language: Spanish and English
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3pm - 4pm: Session: Peer-led HIV Testing Strategies with Strass Participants: Christine, Strass Language: English
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AIDS2022 Satellite Event
Communities Leading the Way: The Importance of Key Population Community-Led Responses in HIV 2022
Sunday 31 July 2022
7:00 Lima / 08:00 New York / 14:00 Kigali / 17:30 New Delhi / 18:00 Almaty/ 22:00 Sydney
Room 517D/CHANNEL 2
Chair:
Ruth Morgan-Thomas, NSWP
Moderators:
Judy Chang, INPUD
Andrew Spieldenner, MPact
Speakers:
Phelister Abdalla, Kenyan Sex Workers Alliance, Kenya
Alim El Gaddari, ITPC, Morocco
Angela McBride, South African Network of People Who Use Drugs, South Africa
Jess Morales, LANPUD
Jumoke Patrick, Jamaican Network of Seropositives, Jamaica
KayThi Win, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers, Myanmar