Amplifying the VOICE of Asian Sexworkers Sex worker (SW) communities in the four countries targeted by this project experience endemic levels of human rights violations dueto social, political, and economic environments which foster anti-SW violence. Systemic and institutionalized violence against sex workers (VASW) not only violates SWs’ rights but inhibits the mobilization of SW-led collective action and prevents public health initiatives from achieving robust penetration within SW communities. APNSW aims to strengthen the capacity of SW rights movements to prevent and respond to all forms of violence targeting SW communities by mainstreaming the meaningful involvement and leadership of women and transgender SWs within national, regional, and global movements engaged in CEDAW advocacy. Through this Voice project, APNSW will develop and mobilize broad-based, multi-level movements for SW rights within national and international CEDAW advocacy spaces. APNSW will collaborate with five APNSW member-organizations working in the target countries ofBangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar and Laos, providing technical assistance for the implementation of community-led activities. Project activities seek to foster the conditions necessary for SWs to realize and assert their power within an environment of respect, equality, justice, inclusion, and dignity. Specifically, APNSW aims to achieve the following project objectives: a) Mainstream the meaningful involvement of SW communities in CEDAW advocacy. b) Empower grassroots movement-building in concert with advocacy directed towards national women and LGBTQ-led organizations. c) Strengthen capacity of SW-led organizations to build strong and influential relationships with governmental, institutional, and community partners for the protection of SW rights. d) Nurture strong partnerships between SW, women, and LGBTQ-led organizations to take collective action in solidarity against human rights violations. e) Mainstream norms which value the meaningful representation and engagement of SWs in international human rights systems, inter-governmental spaces, and throughout movement partnerships and coalitions f) Strengthen the capacity of SW communities and organizations to lead multi-level advocacy campaigns and initiatives for SW human rights. g) Advance the movementfor full decriminalization of SW and SW communities To realise project objectives,APNSW will facilitate the following activities: a) Movement-building activities to strengthen solidarity and mobilize diverse coalitions of SW, women, and LGBTQ-led organizations for the protection of women and transgender SWs’ human rights. b) Organizing and advocacy trainings for SWs in target communities to develop the skills required to build influential relationships with stakeholders and implement successful anti-VASW campaigns. c) Advocacy activities targeting national stakeholders for the full decriminalization ofSW d) Three regional workshops to introduce the project, understand project progress,and measure project outcomes. APNSW anticipates the following changes to the condition of SW rights: a) Increased support for SW rights established within CEDAW advocacy spaces. b) Increased knowledge of SW rights and strategies for their pursuit will empower SW communities in target countries to take action for SW rightsc)Community-led collective action for SW rights will advance the quality of life among SW communities in target countries, particularly in relation to VASW, access to justice, and support for SWs’ self-determination among women and LGBTQ-led human rights organizations at the national, regional and international level.