African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) was honored to host the Numun Fund team at our headquarters in Nairobi. The visit provided a rich opportunity for mutual learning and reflection on the intersections of technology, feminism, and social justice.
During the visit, ASWA shared key highlights of our ongoing work, with a particular focus on how we are leveraging digital tools to advance sex workers’ rights across Africa.
One of the standout innovations discussed was ASWA’s Murder Monitoring Tool—a digital platform designed to document and analyze cases of violence against women, especially sex workers. This tool enables us to collect reliable data that fuels evidence-based advocacy and strengthens our programming.
As a proud grantee of the Numun Fund, ASWA is deeply aligned with the Fund’s mission of sustaining a feminist technology ecosystem. Numun—derived from the Sumerian word for “seed”—represents a commitment to nurturing digital spaces that center care, safety, and collective power for women, girls, and gender-diverse people.
ASWA is proud to be part of this transformative movement, and we look forward to continuing to build a future where feminist technology strengthens human rights and community-led responses.
About ASWA
The African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) is a Pan-African network advocating for the health and human rights of sex workers across the continent. Founded in 2009, ASWA works through national sex worker-led organizations to push for legal, policy, and social reforms that protect and uplift sex workers.
