Sexual Health and Rights | Open Society Institute

Rights Not Rescue
June 2009
This Open Society Institute report highlights opportunities to expand human rights protections for sex workers in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.

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.

Documenting Human Rights Violations of Sex Workers in Kenya
December 2008
This OSI-supported report documents abuses experienced by sex workers in five locations in Kenya, and analyzes the policies that undermine sex workers� access to rights.

Our Lives Matter: Sex Workers Unite for Health and Rights
August 2008
This OSI report highlights the efforts of advocates and sex worker groups from around the world to organize and define their human rights.

Sex and the Global Fund
August 2008
This article explores the potential of the Global Fund to create space for sex workers and sexual minorities to participate in decision-making and to increase their access to resources.

Sexual Health and Rights Project Newsletter
The biannual newsletter of the Sexual Health and Rights Project (SHARP) focuses specifically on key activities of SHARP and its grantees.

OSI Supports Projects to Document Human Rights Abuses Against Sex Workers
August 1, 2009
SHARP and LAHI are supporting projects in East Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia to document human rights abuses against sex workers.

Sex Workers' Network Commends U.S. State Department Assessment of Cambodian Trafficking Law
June 17, 2009
The 2009 Trafficking In Persons Report finds that a Cambodian anti-trafficking law is being used to arrest and detain sex workers rather than prosecute major traffickers.

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