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Events that happened to her more than a decade ago are still very fresh in her mind. She has always […]

Bar Hostess Empowerment & Support Programme (BHESP) has trained 35 female sex workers as peer educators to spread information to […]

Kenyan sex workers continue to suffer human rights violations despite a robust constitutional framework that includes a comprehensive Bill of […]

PEPFAR and DREAMS Partners Announce BHESP Among Winners of the $85 Million DREAMS Innovation Challenge The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan […]

Female Sex workers continue to face disproportionate levels of violence and discrimination in a number of ways, including physical or […]

Meet Rose Syotini, a lovely 30 year old lady, fair skinned with beautiful alluring brown eyes. Her sweet voice, a […]

In the late 1990s, a group of women working in Nairobi’s bars came together to protest. They were disillusioned by […]

Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme (BHESP) is a sex worker-led organisation that includes sex workers, women who have sex […]

FOOTPRINTS painted in bright colours on the floor pass through the bustle of the Themba Lethu clinic in Johannesburg. They […]

Most women do not know that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may be an HIV prevention option for them, panelists noted at […]