Project Summary:
This is a 36 months project funded by African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) to
sensitize the police, provide access to justice for sex workers who are violated as
well as educate sex workers on their rights. The applicant’s will document cases
of sexual violence occurrences among sex workers in order to engage in
evidence-based advocacy for policy reform. The organisation will build
partnerships and networks with CSOs that work on human rights and HIV, for joint
advocacy efforts. Finally, the organisation will provide clinical care for sex
workers who experience sexual assault, including emergency contraception, HIV
and STI post-exposure prophylaxis and trauma informed mental health and
psycho social support services.
Project Name:
Fore-Fronting Our Agenda: Louding Our Voices in Rivers
State, Nigeria
Status:
Ongiong
Project Duration:
KASA Project is a thirty-six [36 months] project
Location:
Rivers State, Nigeria