“I’ve Done My Part. Please Don’t Let Me Die Now.”

Real Stories from Uganda’s Sex Work Community on the Threatened HIV Services and the Consequences of Frozen U.S. Funding Across Uganda, sex workers are sounding the alarm as critical HIV services face...

Sex Workers Share Heartbreaking Stories Amid U.S. Foreign Aid Freeze

When U.S. foreign aid was suspended, it triggered a quiet crisis for sex workers across Africa. Vital programs that once provided HIV treatment, shelter from violence, STI testing, and access to...

US Funding Cuts Leave Sex Worker-Led Organizations in Crisis

A sudden and unexpected halt in U.S. funding, including USAID and PEPFAR programs, hasleft sex worker-led organizations in Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya in crisis. Critical healthcare, employment...

Ugandan anti-gay law threatens LGBTQ+ sex workers’ rights

We are deeply saddened that the Ugandan President Museveni has assented the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023. This is a devastating blow to our #LGBTIQ+ sex workers in Uganda as it is a tragic violation...

Africa Leadership Sex Workers Academy (ALESWA)

ASWA’s New Sex Workers Academy: Africa Leadership Sex Workers  Academy (ALESWA) From September 2022, the African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA), started a new knowledge and capacity model. The new...

Webcam Project

Through NSWP, ASWA was able to provide webcams to its members in 24 countries in Africa to help them document cases of violence, which have been on the rise since the outbreak of COVID-19, and also...