Below you’ll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Sex Workers”
Published: July 18, 2016
Durban, South Africa – In an official press conference today at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban, researchers and community representatives discussed the impact of discriminatory laws and policies in many parts of the world that hinder access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care for the populations most at risk of HIV infection – men who have …
Published: June 20, 2016
Advocacy Entry Points and Follow-Up to the United Nations High-Level Meeting to End AIDS Political Declaration As MSMGF reported last week with NSWP, IRGT, GATE, and the Global Platform to Fast-Track the HIV and Human Rights Responses Among Gay and Bisexual Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (The Platform), United Nations member states adopted a very weak …
Published: November 11, 2015
MSMGF Troubled by Backsliding Human Rights and Receding Civil Liberties August 26, 2015 – The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) joins human rights advocates in opposing raids against Rentboy.com by federal and state law enforcement officials in the United States of America (U.S.A.), which arrested seven people associated with the website. Arrests come only two days after Amnesty …
Published: November 11, 2015
(Monday, September 7th, 2015)-Last week, MSMGF submitted comments to UNAIDS Draft Strategy for 2016-2021. Although we stand by UNAIDS’ call to fast-track the HIV response, we were disappointed with the draft’s timidity concerning men who have sex with men and other key populations. MSMGF encourages UNAIDS to be bolder in its call for unfettered HIV treatment on demand immediately after …
Published: October 3, 2015
After the federal government raided and shutdown the popular worldwide male escort website Rentboy.com several LGBT and human rights organizations have blasted the authorities. Coincidentally, just days before the raid a joint statement was released by the Transgender Law Center, Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Lambda Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and the National Center for Transgender …
Published: March 21, 2015
Swazi OBSERVER Vusi Maziya Original Article: bit.ly/19LQn1u Since the first case of HIV was reported in the country in 1986, the virus has spread at an alarming rate, even though trends appear like we have stabilised. Swaziland has the highest HIV prevalence in the world at 26 percent. HIV and AIDS have had a devastating impact on the country; particularly …
Published: March 19, 2015
PubMed Oldenburg CE1, Perez-Brumer AG, Biello KB, Landers SJ, Rosenberger JG, Novak DS, Mayer KH, Mimiaga MJ. Original Article: 1.usa.gov/1EyajMT Abstract We assessed factors associated with engagement in transactional sex among men who have sex with men recruited from one of the largest Internet sites for men seeking social or sexual interactions with other men in Latin America. METHODS: We …
Published: March 19, 2015
INTERAKSYON Jet Villa Original Article: bit.ly/1I1erJ1 MANILA – The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) indicated on Thursday that, statistically, as many as 12,500 Filipinos believed infected with the disease are not yet included in the records of the Department of Health (DOH). UNAIDS Country Director Teresita Bagasao disclosed in a press conference that the DOH has, so far, …
Published: March 11, 2015
SKNVibes Original Article: bit.ly/1HEitXy Dereck Springer, Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), explained that the mission this week is to foster closer collaboration between the PANCAP and the Dominican Republic at the policy and programmatic levels. Mr Springer lauded Dominican Republic’s multi-stakeholder engagement in the response, and he reminded the media that Dominican Republic has …
Published: March 10, 2015
VIETNAMNET Original Article: bit.ly/19a5wt4 The Embassy group of representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development and PEPFAR will consult with the Department of Health and the Provincial AIDS Center of Dien Bien as well as local civil society organizations to inform planning for HIV programming. They will also visit existing HIV care and treatment sites in Dien Bien. During …
Published: March 9, 2015
ERASING 76 CRIMES Colin Stewart Original Article: bit.ly/1Aefb8v American religious evangelicals aren’t the only ones who need to learn to respect LGBT people and sex workers. Progressive activists do too, says Meena Seshu, the founder and secretary-general of the Indian health and human rights advocacy group Sangram. “I was trained as a social worker,” Seshu said. “And you know social …
Published: March 8, 2015
fridae Original Article: bit.ly/1CX7UzR Transgender sex workers are among the most marginalized and vulnerable populations in China, according to a recent report by an NGO that focuses on health and human rights in China and Southeast Asia. Deep-rooted social stigma and discrimination leave many transgender women who were born male ostracised from friends, families and in their native neighbourhood. This …
