The day acts as a platform to demand equal rights for sex workers. Theme is Access to Justice; history and significance. International Sex Workers’ Day is marked every year on 2 June. This day is celebrated in order to amplify the voices of those involved in sex work. The living conditions of sex workers are often exploitative….
There is medicine you can take to prevent getting HIV after a recent exposure. Talk to your health care provider, an emergency room doctor, or an urgent care provider right away about PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis). PEP must be started within 72 hours after a possible exposure. The sooner you start PEP, the better. Every hour counts. If…
Research from Nigeria, where abortion is only legal if a woman’s life is in danger, suggests women are using misoprostol to have safe abortions despite having low knowledge of how it works. Misoprostol is a drug that is used to prevent and treat stomach ulcers, start labour and treat bleeding after delivery. It can also…
April 2021. Today, 7 April 2021, World Health Day is commemorated globally, under the theme “Together for a fairer, healthier world”. On this occasion, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for urgent action to eliminate health inequities and mobilize action to attain better health for all and leave no one behind. Inequities have always existed….
The HIV epidemic began with fear, helplessness and death as the world faced a new virus that preyed on misunderstanding and marginalisation. Scientific advances have enabled people with access to treatment to live long and healthy lives with HIV. While advocacy and campaigning have raised awareness and understanding of what’s possible, and of the inequalities…
GWHREI is wishing you all a happy new year. Please take few minutes to read the new year message below: HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. Sex workers are more vulnerable to this disease as they have also high level of stigma that limits them from accessing Health care and Human Rights services. And…