On the occasion of 17th December –International Day to End violence against sex workers, HOPS- Healthy Options Project Skopje, conducted a public call for journalist articles for “Sex work in Macedonia”. From the articles that were submitted the Commission has selected the following:
– First prize: Biljana Zafirova: „Sex workers – worthily in their choice and not marked by the society“: http://bit.ly/1UVhokG.
– Second prize: Sunai Sabrioski: „Decriminalization of sex work in Macedonia“: http://bit.ly/1JK8y81.
– Third prize: Aleksandar Samardziev: „The health of sex workers in the hands of the civil society sector“: http://bit.ly/22y5fXU.
We congratulate to the awarded journalist and we also thank the journalist the showed interest and sent articles but also published those articles and by that they gave their contribution in the change of perception of sex workers in the media.