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Liberian sex workers hope new government will be responsive to their rights
As the new Liberian President George Weah settles down to work, sex workers and other Key Populations want him to do more than his...
Sex worker-led organisations find creative ways to combat violence against members
Sex worker-led organisations have found creative ways to combat violence against members. Sex workers experience violence from police, authorities, health and social services, as well...
New security application for sex workers
A trip and interactions with sex workers in Nairobi has inspired the development of a security application that could help save many from danger...
SWAA training ends with call to decriminalise sex work
African governments should move first to decriminalise sex work to reduce stigma and discrimination that sex workers face.
This is a call from the just...
He raped and then stabbed me: Refugee sex workers in Uganda recount tales of...
They run away from their countries to seek safety, however, they are far from safe. They have endured more violence than they ever imagined....
Lived realities of sex workers in Cameroon
Sex workers in Cameroon have raised alarm over increasing cases of arrests and harassment by police.
According to Patrick Fotso, the President of Alcondoms, an...
ASWA Documentary to be screened at New York sex workers’ film festival
An extract from the documentary Raising Red Umbrellas in Africa, a documentary detailing the sex work movement, and initial organising, that led to the formation...
Mali sex workers caught between jihadis’ and government bullets
Continued fighting between rebels in north and central regions Mali and government troops has left sex workers and their children exposed to death and violence.
The...
What African sex workers want
By Denis Nzioka
There are three things sex workers desire, and hope for
Rather than looking at the ethical, religious or personal stances on sex...
Why Bad Black stands up for trans women sex workers in Uganda
She counts herself among the veterans in the sex workers movement in her county. This is perhaps the reason her friends named her after...
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Ethiopia: Sex worker group finds ways to survive tough funding rules
The law says organisations must get 90 percent of their funding from domestic sources restricting external support.
Ethiopia is considered as one of the...
Human trafficking complicates life for sex workers in Nigeria
Sex workers are some of the easy targets of human traffickers in Nigeria. Poverty and collapse of law and order in Libya has made...
Liberian sex workers hope new government will be responsive to their rights
As the new Liberian President George Weah settles down to work, sex workers and other Key Populations want him to do more than his...