[Discussion] OSI FORUM- Sex Workers Health and Rights: What Can Be Done?, Oct. 13, NY City

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OSI FORUM- Sex Workers Health and Rights: What Can Be Done?, Oct. 13, NY City

The Sexual Health and Rights Program Presents:

"Sex Workers Health and Rights: What Can Be Done?"

Raminta Stuikyte, Director, of the Central and Eastern Europe Harm Reduction
Network

Galina Karmanova, Chief of Party, Drug Demand Reduction Program in Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Thursday, October 13th, 2005
9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Breakfast Served

Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, 3rd Floor (between 9th and 10th Ave.)
Conference room 3B
New York, NY

The Network Public Health Program's Sexual Health and Rights Program (SHARP)
invites you to a presentation given by Raminta Stuikyte and Galina Karmanova
with discussion to follow.

Raminta Stuikyte will be presenting the "Sex Work, HIV/AIDS, and Human Rights in
Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia" report and related advocacy
efforts.  Ms. Stuikyte co-authored the report and will focus her presentation on
the recommendation for policymakers, health authorities, law enforcement,
service providers, and advocates.

Galina Karmanova will be discussing the correlation between sex work and drug
use. She will focus on the vulnerabilities and needs of female sex workers that
differ from the general drug using population. Ms. Karmanova will also be
presenting how the Drug Demand and Reduction Program (DDRP) in Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan is addressing these issues and supporting the needs
of sex workers.

Please RSVP to Danielle Elleman at 212-548-0600 extension 1436,
delleman@sorosny.org

The Open Forum speaker series aims to enhance policy debate on key issues facing
Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the Middle East, and to raise public
awareness of important developments in these regions. Monthly Open Forum events
are held in New York and Washington, DC, and are attended by leading
policymakers, scholars, NGO staff, and journalists. All events are free of
charge.

The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking
foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human
rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements
a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and
independent media. At the same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders
and continents on issues such as combating corruption and rights abuses. For
more information about OSI go to www.soros.org.



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