African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) is a pan African alliance of sex worker led groups which aims to improve the health and human rights of female, male, and transgender sex workers.[1][2] ASWA was formed in 2009[3] and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. Member organisations exist in many African countries.
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African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) was formed in February 2009 at an African sex worker conference in Johannesburg.[3] It is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Member organisations exist in Nigeria (led by Patoo Abraham),[4][5][6][7] Namibia,[8] Kenya,[9][10][11] Botswana,[12] Mozambique,[12] South Africa,[12] Uganda,[12] Zimbabwe,[12] Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Ghana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zanzibar, Cameroon, Malawi, and Ethiopia.[13]
The coalition of groups addresses issues of "decriminalisation of sex work; strengthening sex worker-led leadership and organising; ensuring sex work is accepted as work; human and civil rights; access to HIV treatment and other health services; the high incidence of violence experienced by sex workers including from law enforcement officers; and ensuring the inclusion of male and transgender sex workers."[2]
In 2011, African Sex Workers Alliance documented human rights violations of sex workers in Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[14] In 2015 it organised activities for International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, 17 December, which included a procession in Nairobi.[15]
As of March 2018 Denis Nzioka was Programmes Manager at African Sex Workers Alliance for Kenya.[9]
