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In Brief: In 2025, SWASA’s efforts to further sex workers’ rights in South Asia was strongly connected to global platforms beginning with our engagement at the 90th Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) held in Geneva, Switzerland in February…
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The meeting is intended to discuss sex work, feminist perspectives, and advocacy in Bangladesh. It will particularly focus on sex workers’ rights, health, and the challenges they face. The meeting aims to foster a collective understanding among feminists and activists about sex work and related…
On 2-3 October 2024, Naripokkho organised a two-day workshop on developing a guideline for sensitive reporting on sex workers following the recommendations during the VAMP Institute cross movemnet…
SWASA Bangladesh started the initiative to host a weekly online meeting for the sex workers in Bangladesh. Every Monday, at 11 AM BST (UTC +6), sex workers from…
SWASA Bangladesh, partnered with Ashar Alo Society, held a two-day training from 8 to 9 September 2024. One representative from 14 CBOs that SWASA is currently partnered with…
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Recognizing the importance of social media the world over, and identifying it as a need for the community, SWASA Nepal has been mobilizing CBOs, SWAN, JMMS to use the social media platforms like X.com (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and cloud-based communication platforms like Zoom. . The…
Introduction The advocacy and communication training was conducted by Meena Seeshu, Aarthi Pai from SANGRAM and Shanti Tiwari from SWASA on 26-27 May, 2022 with 20 leaders from…
A video podcast titled “Violence against women marginalized by profession” was jointly produced in collaboration with SWASA Nepal, Jagriti Mahila Mahasangh, Yatra Creatives and YoSHAN (Youth-led Sexual and…
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The Abhimani Women’s Collective and SWASA conducted a series of focus group discussions female and trans sex workers from Colombo and Gampaha to explore their social, legal, economic, and sexual and reproductive health challenges. Hosted at the Trans Equality Trust, these sessions created a safe…
This study by Standup Movement Sri Lanka examines the status and experiences of female sex workers (FSWs) in Sri Lanka, with comparative insights from India and Thailand. The…
This initiative by Standup Movement Lanka showcases the lived experiences, hardships, challenges and violence faced by sex workers in Sri Lanka.
Kururnegala District in the North Western Province in Sri Lanka came under COVID-19 threat early in the pandemic. During the country’s first lockdown from March to May 2020,…
In August 2025, Sex Workers and Allies South Asia (SWASA) hosted a groundbreaking roundtable in Colombo titled “Sexual Service Providers – Rights and Realities.” The dialogue brought together…
SWASA Bangladesh, partnered with Ashar Alo Society, held a two-day training from 8 to 9 September 2024. One representative from 14 CBOs that SWASA is currently partnered with…
Praja Dirirya Padanama based in Puttalam district in Sri Lanka operates a dropping center for sex workers. They also provide daily nutrition for sex workers and their families…
Based on Sexperinces: COVID 19 SEXPERIENCES: A Collection of Stories by Sri Lankan Sex Workers
A public discussion on ‘Women’s Histories of Sex Work in Sri Lanka’ was held on 12 December 2023, from 9.00 – 14.00 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute,…
This limited series podcast enters the world of sex work during Sri Lanka’s civil war. Over six episodes that share real-life experiences of women sex workers and interviews…
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Context: Media reporting on sex work in India continues to be shaped by a narrow, crime-centric lens, with little distinction made between consensual adult sex work and the crime of human trafficking. This framing sidelines the voices of sex workers, who are more often portrayed…
The lives of sex workers in India are extremely challenging. Living on the intersects of grey laws, policies, morality and social bias, they have found it difficult to…
India has over 8 lakh sex workers, historically forced to live in the shadows. They are brutalised by society and State. They seek justice against wage theft by…
Interview with Meena Saraswathi Seshu | Empowering Sex Workers & Fighting Discrimination In this compelling interview, I sit down with Meena Saraswathi Seshu, the trailblazing founder of NGOs…
