I had a great morning yesterday. I am facilitating sessions for the Sex Workers Mentorship and Empowerment Academy. Today is Day Two and l am so excited. The academy is hosted by Zimswa263 in partnership with Pow Wow and Sexual Rights Centre to empower sex workers on their rights.

#WeLoveSexWorkers #LoveAlliance

#Day3... Group 1 presenting on the challenges faced by sex workers: stigma&discrimination, rape, violence, robbery and unpaid services, social exclusion, lack of economic& financial support,use of derogatory terms, lack of platforms to speak out Pow Wow Zimswa263 Sexual Rights Centre

Sex workers in diversity #JusticeForEmployees This year's theme is🌈access to justice for sexworkers in their diversity!!!@youth_gate CeSHHAR Zimbabwe 🇿🇼🏳️‍🌈VOVO🏳‍⚧ The Explorer Pakasipiti TREAT ORG @HandsOfHope_zw GALZ Lawrence Amina Right Here, Right Now Zimbabwe Zimswa263 NAC Zimbabwe Tinoashira Chikuni

Integrated Interventions to Address Sex Workers’ Needs and Realities: Academic and Community Insights on Incorporating Structural, Behavioural, and Biomedical Approaches link.springer.com/chapter/10.100… HT phelister Sheree Schwartz #SexWork #SexWorkers

phelister when asked if she has other employment options "I'm a sex worker because I choose to be a sex worker! I could have been a business woman, I could have have been a tomato seller - people should respect others' right to choose what they do" hell yes to that! #IAS2021

As we commemorate Human Rights Day,we demand the decriminalization of sex work now Daughtie Amarula Sexual Rights Centre ASWA NSWP Aidsfonds

Sex work is work ✊🏽✊🏽Aidsfonds International as we launch the ZIMSWA decriminalization strategy Zimswa263 UNFPA Zimbabwe Sexual Rights Centre Pow Wow

Yesterday, Zimswa263 launched its #decriminalisationofsexwork campaign to affirm that #SexWorkIsWork #basaibasa #jobyijob @ilo_org SOGI campaigns LEGABIBO Aidsfonds @powwow_byo1 Naoki Hiroshima.mells Nombulelo Madonko instagram.com/p/CXifkIJMuDp/…

Stigma from service providers makes sex workers vulnerable to violence.Decrminalize sex work now!! Sexual Rights Centre Pow Wow ASWA Aidsfonds International NSWP

Today is the International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers #IDEVASW21 📢 On this day, we are sharing a brand-new HandsOff! factsheet with data on #humanrights violations against #sexworkers in Southern Africa. It's time for change! Read it here ➡️bit.ly/all_equal

Decriminalization increases sex workers access to justice & allows sex workers to report violence to the police without fear of arrest #DecrimNow Decriminalize Sex Work NSWP ASWA KESWA SisonkeMovementZA Black Sex Workers SWAG SWARM Sexual Rights Centre Zimswa263

In 2021, the #LoveAlliance gave voice to the people who need to be heard the loudest -the communities most affected by #HIV. 📢 We asked them: what does love mean to you? ❤️ It is time to put communities at the center of change! ➡️bit.ly/lovemeanstome #MondayMemories

aswaalliance.org/zimbabwe-sex-w… Daughtie Amarula Aidsfonds International Pow Wow Zimbabwe Rainbow Community ZRC Tony Sexual Rights Centre NSWP KESWA

aswaalliance.org/meeting-on-adv…. ASWA Aidsfonds International Sexual Rights Centre Pow Wow NSWP

Gregory Brighton, Executive Director Zimswa263 shares the impact of #SWAA.''After attending #SWAA,we formed Zimswa263 ,which is vibrant,stronger with about 22 members’’ Listen here: bit.ly/3sJH7oW Read more here: bit.ly/3TKHjA6 #SWAA,#SWAAIMPACT,#ASWAMILESTONES

#ASWAat14.#ASWAMilestones.#1stALESWA Graduates. Brighton Tony,National Coordinator Zimswa263, ''#ALESWA will enable sex workers advocate for decriminalization of sex work Read more here: bit.ly/3S7hudG & here bit.ly/3YTm9lm.#ASWAI…, #2ndALESWA. #ALESWAImpact

Intrigued by Collin Mangenah’s presentation on his Ph.D research; “Economic evaluation methods for HIV programmes in Zimbabwe”. Economic costs include; PrEP service delivery, SRH & HIV services, distribution of HIV self-test kits and approaches to retention on ART. #AMETHIST2023

Empowering inadequately served populations (ISPs) in the #HIV response, under Youth Prison Pops Alliance (YouthPoPs Programme) led by VSO Southern Africa Network Of Prisons supported by Robert Carr Fund: Voices of #LGBTIQI #PWUD #SexWorkers #PLHIV from Eswatini🇸🇿 Malawi🇲🇼 Zambia🇿🇲 Zimbabwe🇿🇼