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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…
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…
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…
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 report highlights…
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, a number…
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 eke out…
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 law enforcement,…
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 such as…
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…