AINSW is a membership-based national level network of Sex Workers organizations. We strongly believe that Sex Work Is Work and it should be decriminalised.
New Delhi, India
Joined August 2013
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Such a brilliant session featuring new research from SIAPP, @SaheliSangh @SangamaIndia adopting a life cycle approach to sex workers’ health and well being; Dr Vandana Prasad was a tour de force calling for participatory learning and action
We're talking about how universal health coverage campaigns can include sex workers with SV Sreeram, Advocate, Sashmita, Community Member, Odisha, Dr Vandana Prasad, from Public Health Resources Center, Nisha Jagadish from @FPA_India, and Yasmin, Board Member, AINSW.
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AINSW retweeted
Looking for a young professional interested in working with sex workers' collectives in India.
(#vacancy in Delhi)
Salary will be attractive for someone who is looking for a challenge, to grow in the area of rights-based programming.
Contact me for a detailed JD.
@AINSW_INDIA
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UNAIDS welcomes #India’s Supreme Court order that the constitutional right of sex workers to life, liberty and dignity must be respected.
Read press statement - bit.ly/3b9EOGa
AINSW retweeted
"जैसे मील कारखाने वाले लोग हैं या जो उनमें काम करते हैं उनके लिए कई स्कीम होती हैं. हमारे पेशे में ऐसा कुछ नहीं होता. जबकि काम तो दोनों हैं. हमें भी क़ानूनी तौर पर वर्कर की मान्यता मिलनी चाहिए"
@AINSW_INDIA #SexWorkIsWork #SupremeCourt
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Today is a #InternationalSexWorkersDay On this occasion, saluting the struggle of all these women, they are continuously raising their voice against social and police harassment.
@NNSWIndia
@AINSW_INDIA
@GlobalSexWork
Read my report here: bit.ly/3GET0Tj
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Sex workers can fight back against abuse, but fear of police runs deep
Heena Fatima @heenafatima0 reports
#ThePrintFeature
bit.ly/38WyrFw
AINSW retweeted
सेक्स वर्कर्स संगठनों का कहना है कि समस्या की असली जड़ अनैतिक व्यापार (निवारण) अधिनियम, 1956 (ITPA) है जिसमें उन्हें पहले ही ‘अनैतिक’ और ‘तस्कर’ मान लिया गया है.
पढ़ें @ThePrintHindi के लिए मेरी रिपोर्ट
bit.ly/3MaWmym
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“Sometimes they come to the kothas (brothels) and threaten to jail us,” says a sex worker.
Read my report for @ThePrintIndia
bit.ly/3t5xkKw
AINSW retweeted
A extraordinary victory for rights of Indian sex workers, with a path-breaking order from the Supreme Court in Buddhadev Karmaskar case. Wide ranging directions on sex workers' civil, political and socio-economic rights Led by @Durbar_DMSC Anand Grover Tripti Tandon @AINSW_INDIA
AINSW retweeted
A #RightToAbortion is more than just that - it's a right to own our bodies, a right to decide the course of our life, for women to be entitled to make their own decisions.
As abortion rights are threatened internationally, this desi #QuotesFromCourts says it all.
#RoeVsWade
AINSW retweeted
Please follow these accounts of powerful sex worker collective and grassroots organizing in Asia:
@EmpowerThailand @NNSWIndia @AINSW_INDIA @IWRAW_AP @ThinkCREA @Durbar11 @meenaseshu @apnsw @VAMP03533593
Academics:
@uhlenna @pkotiswaran
List: nswp.org/members/asia-and-th…
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Happy to share our paper tinyurl.com/yckz8kfn published in #indiaexclusionreport2020 by #centreforequitystudies as we are celebrating #internationalsexworkersrightsday #InternationalWomensDay2022 @MonaMishra2 @CFARngo @pkotiswaran @LawsOfSocialRep @AINSW_INDIA @IWWAGEIFMR
AINSW retweeted
On #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay, explore the work of organisations & collectives working for the health and #HumanRights of #SexWorkers in Global South (& beyond).
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📌SAVE THE DATE: 18 MARCH, 8.30 - 10.00 AM
Register here: tinyurl.com/552x9akm
Please note that this event will be livestream.
AINSW retweeted
एनएसएपी के लिए बजट आवंटन पिछले 2 वर्षों से समान रहा है और केंद्र सरकार की पेंशन राशि 2007 से अपरिवर्तित रही है - बढती हुई भेद्यता और गरीबी के साथ - बजट 22-23 में एनएसएपी के लिए आवंटन क्या होगा? @givepensions @nikhilmkss @NPRD_IN @PMOIndia @MoRD_GOI @AnjaliB_ @AINSW_INDIA
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Members of Jan Sarokar have put together some expectations and demands for the Union Budget 2022-23
Follow the thread 👇👇
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Inadequate allocation, delays in wage payments and comspensation, stagnating wage rates – what can be expected for NREGA from the upcoming budget? See @NREGA_Sanghargh & @PAEG_India for detailed statement on NREGA Budget 2022-23 @nikhilmkss @Jayati1609 @rajendran_naray @mkssindia
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The last budget saw the merger of many critical food security schemes – can adequate budget allocation be provided at a time of growing hunger and malnutrition? @rozi_roti @OrissaRtf @sinhadipa @kavisriv @POSHANsm @POSHAN_Official @AnjaliB_ @SwetaDash93 @SNavatar @MahilaKisan
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On 29 September 2020, the Supreme Court also ordered that all states should provide dry rations to all female and transgender sex workers identified by NACO and district authorities, without insisting on any identity proof or ration cards. @AINSW_INDIA
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Today is #WorldAIDSDay. Addressing stigma towards sex workers and sex workers living with HIV is vital to responding to the global epidemic. 1/3