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African Sex Workers Alliance. African Sex Workers Alliance ( ASWA) is a pan African alliance of sex worker led groups which aims to improve the health and human rights of female, male, and transgender sex workers. [1] [2] ASWA was formed in 2009 [3] and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. Member organisations exist in many African countries.
Embu. The organisation works with male sex workers and was born out of the MARPS programme of the University of Nairobi. [68] Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme. 1998[69] Kenya. Sex worker led organisation based in Nairobithat work with female, male, lesbian and transgender sex workers.
e. Sex workers' rights encompass a variety of aims being pursued globally by individuals and organizations that specifically involve the human, health, and labor rights of sex workers and their clients. The goals of these movements are diverse, but generally aim to legalize or decriminalize sex work, as well as to destigmatize it, regulate it ...
During a SWEAT conference held in Cape Town in 2003, Sisonke, a sex worker-led movement, was established in response to the lack of sex worker leadership in SWEAT. Sisonke's members work to empower and educate sex workers, while advocating for policy and legal reforms that promote the health, safety, and human rights of sex workers in South Africa.
e. Sexual and reproductive health ( SRH) [ 1] is a field of research, health care, and social activism that explores the health of an individual's reproductive system and sexual well-being during all stages of their life. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Sexual and reproductive health is more commonly defined as sexual and reproductive health and rights, [ 5] to ...
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 is a legislative act in India that seeks to protect women from sexual harassment at their place of work. It was passed by the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian Parliament ) on 3 September 2012.
The World Health Organization [14] defines sexual health as: "Sexual health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality. It requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion ...
Sex workers in India find it difficult to access health care and face discrimination, especially in government hospitals, based on their profession, such as being forced to take tests for sexually transmitted infection when they are ill, being refused to be admitted to hospitals without HIV tests, being refused to conduct physical examination ...