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Explore the latest edition of the African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) Newsletter!
Dive deep into the pressing issues, achievements, and ongoing efforts to ensure justice and rights for sex workers across Africa.
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The Nigeria Sex Workers Alliance has been protesting unlawful arrests and crackdown of sex workers and women in general in the capital Abuja.
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Today,we mark
#InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay
.
We highlight some of the rights of sex workers as follows:
1.The right to associate and organise
2.The right to be protected by the law
3.The right to be free from violence
Read more here:
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Today, on International Sex Workers Rights Day, ASWA's Grace Nyarath calls for united action in prioritizing policies and laws that safeguard the rights of sex workers in Africa and beyond.
Let's champion justice, dignity, and equality for all.
#SexWorkersRights
#HumanRights
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Sex work is not inherently violent; it is criminalization that places
#sexworkers
at greatest risk.
#Criminalization
drives
#sexworkers
to isolated areas, where violence is more prevalent.
#Decriminalization
of sex workers helps guard against violence and abuse.
#DecrimNow
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Where
#sexwork
is criminalized, police wield power over
#sexworkers
. Police threaten
#sexworkers
with arrest, public humiliation, and extortion.
#Decriminalization
empowers
#sexworkers
to come forward to register complaints against police who act unlawfully.
#DecrimNow
#Sexwork
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Today, March 3, is International Sex Workers Rights Day! Come celebrate Human Rights for African sex workers!
#SexWorkersRightsDay
#sexwork
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Today 3rd March we mark International Sex Workers Rights Day by calling for the promotion and respect of the rights of sex workers in Africa.
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ASWA joins the sex workers groups and civil society groups in Tanzania in calling for the police to drop all charges and release sex workers who have recently been arbitrarily arrested in Tanzania.
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We join LGBTQ sex workers in Kenya to condemn the steep rise of anti-LGBTQ activities in Kenya.LGBTQ sex workers have the right to life
#righttolifeLGBTQKenya
#strongertogether
@NCIC_Kenya
@UNHumanRights
@GlobalFund
@WilliamsRuto
@MOH_Kenya
@UNWatch
@gpdkaluma
@USEmbassyKenya
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Sex Worker Pride Day 2021; Join the online discussion with seasoned panelists to be held tomorrow on Tuesday 14th September 2021 at 1pm EAT.
Theme: Celebrating Our Pride-Achievements and Resilience.
Here is the Zoom link:
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#Sexwork
decriminalization allows for
#sexworkers
to work in groups, providing them with the ability to organize and access suitable and respectful
#health
services.
#DecrimNow
#SexworkersRights
#HumanRights
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December 17 is the International Day to end violence against sex workers. Join us in calling for an end to violence.
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Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.Despite mounting challenges, our voice and agency grows stronger
#DecrimNow
,
#FightViolenceNotSexWork
,
#EndRevengePorn
and CyberBullying,
#SexWorkersNeedRightsNotRescue
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Sex Worker Academy Africa (SWAA) Faculty Member Profile.
SWAA Faculty Members have trained over 500 sex workers across Africa using the Sex Worker Implementation Tool (SWIT).
Joyce Adhiambo calls for SWAA to be supported with a core fund.
Read more here:
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Are you aware that feminism must include the fight for sex workers’ rights?
Join these seasoned panelists on our twitter space to discuss on engaging feminism to support sex work.
Will be Live here
@AfricaSexWork
#Sexwork
#feminism
,
#intersectionality
#sexworktwitterspace
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🌟 Today, on
#InternationalSexWorkersDay
, let's unite to amplify the voices of sex workers worldwide.
As ASWA's Program Officer, I call upon activists, allies, partners, and donors to join us in recognizing sex work as legitimate labor and advocating for the protection of human
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We stand for the full decriminalization of sex work, acknowledging it as work. Let's foster a future that respects choices and promotes equality.
#DecriminaliseSexWork
#FeministFuturesHIV
#WhatGirlsWant
#WhatWomenWant
#endAIDS
In this house, we support the full decriminalisation of sex work and recognise sex work as work!
#DecriminaliseSexWork
#FeministFuturesHIV
#WhatGirlsWant
#WhatWomenWant
#EndAIDS
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"Happy Women's Day to all the inspiring and resilient sex workers! Your strength and resilience are awe-inspiring, and your voices matter.
As we strive towards investing in women and accelerating progress, let's remember the power within each of you.
You are not alone;
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Let's be mindful of our words and promote inclusive discussions around sex work!
Check out these insightful visuals from
@GlobalSexWork
showcasing rights-affirming terms and those to AVOID when talking about sex work.
Together, we can break down stigma and discrimination.
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The African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) stands in solidarity with Lady Mermaid Empowerment Centre, Uganda over the fire tragedy on Thursday morning that burned the Centre Community Drop-in center (DIC). We hope that the cause of the fire will be established.
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How the protest happened
#BringBackSASexWorkDecrimBill
@Africansexwork
will join our member in South Africa,
@Sisonke_ZA
the National Sex Workers’ Movement in a protest to demand the return of the South Africa's sex work decrim bill which was discarded on Friday 9th June 2023.
#BringBackSASexWorkDecrimBill
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ASWA stands for the full decriminalisation of sex work in Africa. Let's foster a future that respects choices and promotes equality.
#DecriminaliseSexWork
#SexWorkIsWork
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Decriminalizing sex work would:
⬇ violence, stigma & discrimination and arrest
⬆ ability to negotiate condom use and access to health services.
AND it would avoid 33%-46% new HIV infections among sex workers & clients over a ten-year period.
#ZeroDiscrimination
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South Africa: Sex workers call on government to decriminalise sex work.
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Happy
#SexWorkerPride2023
!
Since 2019, Sex Worker Pride has symbolized strength, resilience, and unity. We embrace diversity, standing against discrimination, stigma, and criminalization. 🌍
This
#Pride
, we celebrate YOU, our incredible community! Your stories and successes
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🌍 Let's prioritize sex workers' voices in Africa! 🌍
For effective human rights-based policies, we MUST spotlight the experiences and insights of African sex workers.
Their knowledge is vital for creating meaningful change.
#AfricanSexWorkersSpeak
#HumanRights
#Empowerment
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DAY 1/16: The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. ASWA calls for support to end violence against sex workers in Africa. Report violence against sex workers on sex workers murder monitoring tool here:
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After several years of seeking legal status, finally
@AfricaSexWork
has been granted registration as a Community Based Organisation by the Ministry of East Africa Community, Labour and Social Protection.
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@Africansexwork
will join our member in South Africa,
@Sisonke_ZA
the National Sex Workers’ Movement in a protest to demand the return of the South Africa's sex work decrim bill which was discarded on Friday 9th June 2023.
#BringBackSASexWorkDecrimBill
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💡 Did you know? Criminalization can hinder access to vital health-care services, including effective HIV prevention and treatment.
🚫 One study reveals that decriminalizing sex work could prevent 33% to 46% of HIV infections among sex workers and their clients over 10 years.
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Thanks
@Purposeful_org
for giving sex workers a platform to share their experiences on gender based violence in Africa.
@awdf01
the conversation on prioritisation resourcing of African Women's
#SRHR
is a great learning engagement.
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💡 Did you know? A groundbreaking study in The Lancet found that decriminalizing sex work could prevent up to 46% of new HIV infections among female sex workers! This isn't just a statistic; it's a game-changer in the fight against HIV & AIDS.
✊ Decriminalization isn't just
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Migrant sex workers in Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) are facing double jeopardy as they struggle to get back home. Reports say two sex workers drowned early this year while crossing a river connecting the three countries.
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ASWA calls for international sanctions on
#Uganda
, issuance of travel advisories &
@PEPFAR
and
@GlobalFund
to withdrawal their support to Uganda’s Key Population HIV intervention.’’
Read our full statement on the Uganda Anti Homosexuality Law here:
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This day was created to call attention to hate crimes committed against sex workers worldwide. Commemorations have empowered workers globally to come together and organise against discrimination and remember victims of violence.
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📢 FACT-SHEET: SEX WORKERS’ RIGHTS ARE WOMEN’S RIGHTS 📢
Sex workers’ rights are central to the fight for women’s rights and achieving gender equality.
🌍✨ Yet, there continues to be disagreement about how best to ensure women in the sex industry are free from violence and
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🌍 On June 2nd, International Sex Workers’ Day, we at ASWA stand in solidarity with sex workers worldwide, focusing on the crucial theme of Access to Justice.
To increase access to justice for sex workers in Africa and beyond, we must build upon the lessons from the historic
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Statement of Support for the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls regarding their Position Paper on Eliminating Discrimination Against Sex Workers and Securing their Human Rights
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#CSW67
: Grace Kamau: "We urge our partners to commit to 3 deliverables:
1. Empower sex workers with
#DigitalSkills
2. Ensure sex workers have equal access to tech.
3. Give sex workers a seat at the digital table with
#Decrimafricasexwork
as a priority agenda."
#ASWAatCSW67
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We call for an end to the murders of sex workers in Uganda, ongoing raids and arbitrary arrests in Tanzania, the exposure of sex workers, LGBTIQ & People living with HIV on social media in Liberia & rape in Kenya and Angola.
Read the full statement here:
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Today,14th September,we mark
#SexWorkerPrideDay
. The day is meant to celebrate sex workers’ self-determination and show the achievements of sex workers.
We commemorate this Day by celebrating sex workers’ diversity as our pride.
Theme:Sex Worker’s Diversity: Our Pride.
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Happening in Kenya.The Global Convening of Global sex workers leaders.
"There is an urgent need for increased funding for sex workers programs."
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Today is the International Day to End Violence Against sex workers
@AfricaSexWork
stands in solidarity with all sex workers in Africa.
@AfricaSexWork
is concerned about the shrinking of democratic spaces for sex workers to organise
#IDEVASW17
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Interview with Grace kabayaga, Executive Director
@eadwauganda
.''I would love to see sex work decriminalized in Uganda and we will have no human rights violations against sex workers. It will increase access to health & legal services by sex workers.''
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#SexWorkerPride
is coming up on 14th September. This day was created to celebrate sex workers’ self-determination and show the achievements of sex worker-led organisations. Let us know how you will mark this DAY!
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Big gratitude to all participants at the African Sex Workers VIIV Project capacity-building meeting in Jo'burg! 🙌
Your engagement fuels the journey towards empowering sex worker-led organizations in Eswatini, Botswana, Namibia, and Mozambique.
🌍 Harness the knowledge gained
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Today we mark International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
Theme: Report it ! Report it here!
#SexWorkersMurderMonitoringTool
Report violence here
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As
@AfricaSexWork
, we are joining
@Yplus_Global
in My Reality Campaign to advocate for the rights of those affected by HIV.
We strive to empower marginalized communities across Love Alliance countries and beyond by promoting access to sexual and reproductive health rights.
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Sex Workers Welcome UN Experts’ Backing to Decriminalize the Industry
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23rd Sex Worker Academy Africa: Graduation Party; Sex workers Graduating.
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🔴🟡🟢 PSA for our community: Young sex workers deserve access to HIV treatment and care!
🚨FACT: Anyone can get HIV, but with effective treatment, transmission is impossible! That's right! If the virus is suppressed, it can't be passed on.
#UndetectableEqualsUntransmittable
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🌍 Let's amplify the call for justice and accountability for sex workers in Africa!
📣 Check out ASWA Regional Coordinator
@kamau_grace
powerful op-ed piece, "Amidst Shadows: A Call for Justice for Sex Workers"
It's time to challenge stereotypes, break down barriers, and
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📢 Exciting Event Alert!
Join
@SexualRights
and
@GlobalSexWork
at the Human Rights Council's 56th session for a crucial side event: "Decriminalising Sex Work: A Human Rights Imperative".
This event will highlight evidence from sex worker movements on why decriminalising sex
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25th Sex Worker Academy Africa (SWAA) underway in Kenyan Capital. Participants are from Nigeria: Greater Women Initiative for Health and Rights, Democratic Republic of Congo: HODSAS, UMANDE, ACODHU-TS &Kenya: HAPA-Kenya in Mombasa and Bikiltu in Marsabit
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With Africa still grappling with 60% of new infections, it's urgent that every country prioritizes health financing tailored to the unique challenges faced by sex workers.
Funding for key populations is disproportionately low in health financing, here at the ongoing Civil
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#TransAwarenessWeek
. "Trans visibility & representation matters in our is the appreciation of the resilience we trans & our diversities have, inspite of the transphobia,killings & conversion therapy we face daily." Astrea,
#ALESWA
Faculty member.
#TransWeek
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Sex Workers Academy Africa (SWAA) has empowered over 500 sex workers across Africa.
Nehemiah Kakpo, Program Coordinator at the Association Solidarité in Benin shares the impact of SWAA.
#SWAA
,
#SWAAIMPACT
,
#ASWAMILESTONES
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🎉
#HappyInternationalWomensDay
Today, we honor the resilience and strength of sex workers.
Let's recognize their rights and agency, and pledge to champion gender equality within this community.
Investing in the empowerment and safety of sex workers turbocharges a future
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ASWA marks 2022 Labour Day by appreciating the honorable sex workers’ labour which builds the economy in Africa and calling for an end to the laws that are against sex work and recognition of sex work as labour.
Read more here:
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🌟 Advocacy Alert 🌟
In many African communities, young sex workers face immense challenges, including the threat of sexual violence and abuse.
Sadly, fear not only from perpetrators but also from authorities often silences their voices. 😔 This fear can prevent them from
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Sex Work & Labor Rights Training; Treating sex work as work allows for the positive aspects of sex work e.g. financial benefits, flexibility, independence, job satisfaction and the sense of providing an important service, to be shared without shame.
#Sexworkiswork
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Use “sex worker” rather than “prostitute”.
sex worker recognizes that sex work is work. Prostitution, has connotations of criminality, immorality, demeaning, and stigmatizing, which contributes to their exclusion from health, legal, and social services.
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We condemn the violation of trans sex workers rights during travelling.
Find a statement on the recent violation of trans sex worker leader,Anya Dahan, the Coordinator of
@platformlayalat
in Morocco.
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The 3rd of March every year marks the International Sex Workers Rights Day. Sex workers' rights are human rights.
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Today, we team up with LGBTQ+ Sex workers in Africa to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB). We call for an end to these phobias.
Read more:
Zoom Link here:
#IDAHOBIT2022
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This senseless act of violence not only robs us of a promising advocate but also shakes the foundations of trust and safety in our communities. We condemn this heinous crime in the strongest possible terms and extend our heartfelt condolences to Stacy's family, friends, and
We are quite disturbed by information that we've lost one of our Paralegals Stacy Njoki in Kikuyu sub county. Stacy was just trained as a paralegal under our FON Project.
Stacy was murdered Yesterday 7th March 2024 by a person still unknown.
#JusticeforStacy
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We reaffirm the feminist principle on bodily autonomy. Every person has the right and the ability to make decisions about their own lives, bodies, and sex work is recognised as work.
Sign this letter:
#GenerationEquality
,
#ActForEqual
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Today, March 31, is Trans Day of Visibility,we highlight the solutions to the challenges of trans and gender-diverse sex workers in Africa.
Read more here:
#TransDayOfVisibility
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🌈 Embracing diversity, including intersexuality and the LGBTQ+ community, is a hallmark of progressiveness among today's youth.
Unlike older generations, young people readily accept and celebrate the differences that define us. 🌍✨
As Catherine Kanari, ASWA's Policy and
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ASWA Policy Brief: Challenging criminalisation of sex work in Africa. Sex workers who had been exposed to repressive policing practices were on average at increased risk of infection with HIV/STI compared to those who had not.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Sex workers' national movement, Sisonke, and SWEAT, mark the International Sex Workers' Rights Day
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📢 ASWA Advocacy Update 🌐: Urgent call for human rights bodies to address discrimination against sex workers!
💪 ASWA stands firm on advocating for full decriminalization of adult voluntary sex work to protect the rights of sex workers. Let's create a world free from systemic
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17th annual International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers. This year we invite you to remember the sex workers who have lost their lives in Africa as well as join with sex workers to stand against violence.
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Check out
@ladymermaidUg
and
@UnesoUganda
3rd issue of the Neeko magazine, which serves as a platform for amplifying the voices of Uganda's sex worker community.
Kudos to them for their important and empowering work!
Today, with support from
@redumbrellafund
and
@iamuhai
the sex worker movement in Uganda, led by
@ladymermaidUg
@UnesoUganda
has launched the 3rd issue of the Neeko, a magazine by & for Uganda’s Sex Workers. view magazine here
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📣 Attention Sex Worker Organizations in Africa! 🌍
The
@RobertCarrFund
for civil society networks is excited to announce the open Request for Proposals (RFP) 2024! 🎉
This is YOUR chance to secure essential funding and support for your crucial work from 2025-2027. We call on
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On World Mental Health Day, let's remember that sex workers are people too, and they deserve access to mental health care without stigma or discrimination.
#MentalHealthDay
#SexWorkersRights
Mental health is a human right!
WHO and
@UNHumanRights
have launched new guidance to support countries to end human rights abuses and improve access to quality
#MentalHealth
care
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African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) congratulates its board Vice-Chair Hassna Murenzi who is also the Executive Director of ASWA member in Rwanda;
@FADArwanda
who was elected as
@redumbrellafund
International Steering Committee new Co-Chair for the next 3 years.
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📢 Calling all healthcare providers, community leaders, and policymakers! 🌟
It's time to step up and ensure that EVERY LGBTQI+ person living with HIV receives the respectful and inclusive care they deserve.
Let's commit to training duty bearers to provide competent and
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The African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) congratulates Amnesty International on the vote on sex work decriminalisation
http://t.co/yXpCQtAncR
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Zimbabwe Sex Workers Alliance (ZIMSWA) launches the strategy to decriminalise sex work in Zimbabwe.Criminalisation of sex work undermines sex workers ability to seek justice for crimes and access health services.
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Stop Killing Women!
Stop Killing Sex Workers!
Stop Femicide Now!
Stop the senseless violence against women and sex workers.
#EndFemicideKE
#StopKillingWomen
#TotalShutdownKe
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Sex workers need rights not rescue.
Some sex workers are migrants who move far away from their homes to make a better life for themselves and their families. Today as part of the ‘Counting Sex Workers In!’ campaign we share more about migrant sex workers.
The fact sheet:
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For a feminist foreign policy to be truly inclusive and deliver on its transformative potential, rhetoric must be matched by feminist practice.
This requires safeguarding the rights of structurally excluded groups, including sex workers.
Too often, sex workers are poorly
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2024 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!
The
@redumbrellafund
is excited to announce that their 2024 Call for Grant Applications is officially open. This opportunity is available for sex worker-led organizations and networks globally.
We
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@AfricaSexWork
is excited to be joined by our partners in this year's
@WomenDeliver
conference! Don't miss the sessions on
#WD2023
dialogues on sex work.
#ASWAatWomenDeliver
#WomenDeliver
#WD2023
@WomenDeliver
#BeASexWorkerAlly
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Criminalisation drives discrimination and structural inequalities. It robs LGBTQ sex workers of the prospect of healthy and fulfilling lives. And it holds back the end of AIDS.
@MOH_Kenya
@USEmbassyKenya
,
#RightToLifeLGBTQKenya
,
@CREAWKenya
,
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ASWA joins
@Sisonke_ZA
in a call for signing the petition to support decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa.
@SweatTweets
,
@Asijiki4decrim
,
@DecrimSex
,
@DecrimNowDC
,
@UnesoUganda
,
@UHAIEASHRI
,
@GlobalSexWork
Sign the petition:
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