Formerly incarcerated women advocating for economic rights in Kenya
Women, trans people, and sex workers are often unjustly criminalised for who they are and their work. And even after they are out of prison, the stigma and exclusion persist. An organisation established by two women ex-detainees is working to improve the lives of formerly incarcerated women in Kenya. Like many countries in the world, […]
INTERSECTING REALITIES: Confronting caste oppression of trans persons in India
In India, trans and gender diverse persons face prejudice, violence, and social exclusion. As a result, some turn to begging and sex work, forms of survival that face criminal and societal sanctions. Despite the diverse tapestry of social identities in India, trans people are often seen only through the solitary lens of their gender. What […]
Stronger Together: Sex workers build solidarity and common ground in Malawi
When Penelope and 34 fellow sex workers came together in a process facilitated by JASS as part of the Count Me In! Consortium, something powerful happened: a shared realisation that the power to change their shared problems lies in actively solving them together. As Penelope shared in her words, “We decided to find solutions to […]
DRUMBEATS OF RESISTANCE: Students and human rights defenders aid democracy in Zimbabwe
Starting early 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic let out its full fury, Zimbabwe was reeling under poverty, unemployment, discrimination and violence against structurally excluded women, a weak healthcare system, and so on. When students and women human rights defenders demanded that the state took its responsibilities toward its citizens seriously, the state responded with violence. That […]
