Sex Workers and Rights - Leaflet

Produced by Pakachere Institute for Health and Development Communication, this leaflet is intended for sex workers in Malawi and seeks to inform them of their rights, especially their sexual and reproductive health rights. Sex work is not a crime in Malawi and therefore the leaflet is designed to inform sex workers about the fact that they have rights and responsibilities like everybody else, and how they can protect and advocate for these rights.
The leaflet addresses the following issues:

• How can we work together to fight for our rights?
• Rights and responsibilities to health
• Know your rights
• If you are arrested
• What you must do if police treat you badly
• How can I avoid being arrested
• Where you can get help.

The leaflet forms part of the Soul City Regional Programme on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights which is working to intensify cross border social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) interventions with a particular focus on high risk groups such as sex workers, truckers, and migrant populations. The cross border work of the programme is taking place in Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The programme is an initiative of the Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication and 7 regional partners and is funded by the Sweden and Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).