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Overview

About OSI & Sexual Health and Rights
The Sexual Health and Rights Project of the OSI Public Health Program works to ensure that people who are stigmatized because of their sexual practices, sexual orientation, or gender identity have access to quality health and social services and can effectively advocate for their rights.  more

events

MSM-HIV Prevalence Study and Advocacy Meeting
Cape Town, South Africa
April 11, 2008
SHARP, in collaboration with OSISA and the Johns Hopkin’s Center for Health and Human Rights, convened a meeting on HIV prevalence in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Botswana, Namibia, Malawi and South Africa.  more

Harm Reduction 2008: IHRA’s 19th International Conference
Barcelona, Spain
May 11, 2008
This annual international harm reduction conference, for which OSI will offer a number of scholarships, has become the main meeting point for all those interested in reducing drug-related harm around the world.  more

Publications & Articles

ILGA-Europe Web Guide on International Human Rights References to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
January 2008
The European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association has launched a web-based reference guide about international human rights references to sexual and reproductive health and rights in the context of LGBT people, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections.  more

News & Announcements

Cambodia Sex Workers' Day of Awareness
June 4, 2008
Sex workers in Cambodia, with the support of SHARP grantee the Asia-Pacific Network of Sex Workers, organized a day of action in the capital city of Phnom Penh to protest widespread human rights abuses. more

SHARP Note: June 2008
June 2008
This SHARP newsletter provides updates on an MSM-HIV prevalence study, sex worker advocacy developments, International AIDS Conference activities, funding opportunities, and much more. more

Groups Meet to Improve Access to Health and Human Rights for East African Sex Workers
Press Release
March 31, 2008
Health and human rights groups from across Kenya and Uganda announced that they have successfully concluded a three-day workshop addressing the health risks and abuses faced by sex workers in the region.  more

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