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.

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African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) was formed in February 2009 at an African sex worker conference in Johannesburg.[3] It is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Member organisations exist in Nigeria (led by Patoo Abraham),[4][5][6][7] Namibia,[8] Kenya,[9][10][11] Botswana,[12] Mozambique,[12] South Africa,[12] Uganda,[12] Zimbabwe,[12] Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Ghana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zanzibar, Cameroon, Malawi, and Ethiopia.[13]

The coalition of groups addresses issues of "decriminalisation of sex work; strengthening sex worker-led leadership and organising; ensuring sex work is accepted as work; human and civil rights; access to HIV treatment and other health services; the high incidence of violence experienced by sex workers including from law enforcement officers; and ensuring the inclusion of male and transgender sex workers."[2]

In 2011, African Sex Workers Alliance documented human rights violations of sex workers in Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[14] In 2015 it organised activities for International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, 17 December, which included a procession in Nairobi.[15]

As of March 2018 Denis Nzioka was Programmes Manager at African Sex Workers Alliance for Kenya.[9]

See also

References
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  2. Greenall, Matthew (4 December 2015). "Sex work, HIV and Access to Health Services in Namibia: National meeting report and recommendations" (PDF). United Nations Population Fund / Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  3. Scorgie, Fiona; Vasey, Katie; Harper, Eric; Richter, Marlise; Nare, Prince; Maseko, Sian; Chersich, Matthew F (26 July 2013). "Human rights abuses and collective resilience among sex workers in four African countries: a qualitative study". Global Health. 9 (1): 33. doi:10.1186/1744-8603-9-33. PMC 3750273. PMID 23889941.
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  6. Orenuga, Adenike (4 August 2014). ""Sex is work too" – Nigerian prostitutes protest on the streets of Lagos [Photos]". Daily Post (Nigeria). Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  7. "Amnesty International now wants Prostitution legalized - Post-Nigeria". Post-Nigeria. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  8. Greenall, Matthew (4 December 2015). "Sex work, HIV and Access to Health Services in Namibia: National meeting report and recommendations" (PDF). United Nations Population Fund / Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  9. Abdulmalik, Abdulmalik Fahd (3 March 2018). ""Sex workers dem be human beings" - Lawyers". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2018-06-11 – via www.bbc.com.
  10. Wairimu, Mairi (20 November 2012). "Sex workers protest murders, rally for rights in Kenya". Thomson Reuters Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  11. "People at higher risk of HIV infection rally for an equitable AIDS response". Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  12. Meldrum, Andrew (3 March 2011). "Sex workers march in Africa". Public Radio International. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  13. "Partners". Democratic Republic of the Congo. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  14. Baleta, Adele (21 July 2014). "Lives on the line: sex work in sub-Saharan Africa". The Lancet. 385 (9962): e1–e2. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61049-7. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 25592905.
  15. Ayree, Emelia (6 January 2015). "International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers". Modernghana.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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