Scarlet Initiative Uganda

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Who do you work with?

We advocate for protection and promotion of Human Rights, especially the rights to Information, Education, Health and full recognition of male sex work in Uganda.

How are sex workers involved in your organisation?

SIU works to improve access to health care services among male sex workers through influencing change in attitudes of health care providers while providing health care services among male sex workers and improving skills and opportunities for male sex workers for economic empowerment. so most of the administrative and operations are done by male sex workers in order to benefit .

Which of NSWP priority areas does your organisation work on?
Oppose the criminalisation and other legal oppression of sex work and support its recognition as work
Critique the trafficking paradigm that conflates representations of sex work, migration, and mobility
Advocate for universal access to health services, including primary health care, HIV and sexual and reproductive health services
Speak out about violence against sex workers, including violence from police, institutions, clients, and intimate partners, while challenging the myth that sex work is inherently gender-based violence
Oppose human rights abuses, including coercive programming, mandatory testing, raids and forced rehabilitation
Challenge stigma and discrimination against sex workers, their families and partners, and others involved in sex work
Advocate for the economic empowerment and social inclusion of sex workers as sex workers
What are the two main challenges that the sex workers you work with face

Human rights violations ,social economic stigma and discrimination, segregations in the country healthy planning 

Describe other areas of your work

SIU works to improve access to health care services among male sex workers through influencing change in attitudes of health care providers while providing health care services among male sex workers and improving skills and opportunities for male sex workers for economic empowerment.

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Uganda