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Decriminalizing Sex work and enhancing equitable access to Health, Justice and Social Protection by Female sex workers in Uganda

An estimated 130,359 Female Sex workers (FSWs) in Uganda operate in a criminalized environment. This environment has not only compromised FSWs’ access to Health, Justice and Social Protection but also exposed them to a disproportionate burden of gender inequalities, HIV infection, stigma, discrimination and systemic exclusion, GBV, mental health problems and other life threatening challenges.
The advocacy brief presents how the laws which criminalize sex work push FSWs into the grip of abuse, systemic marginalization and compounding vulnerabilities and as such compromise equitable access to Health, Justice and Social Protection by FSWs by pushing in Uganda. This brief also highlights strategic asks in a call to decriminalize sex work and enhance equitable access to Health, Justice and Social Protection by Female sex workers in Uganda.
This advocacy brief seeks to amplify the call to decriminalize sex work and to enhance equitable access to health, justice and Social Protection by Female Sex workers in Uganda.
Read and download the full policy brief through this link