NAIROBI, Kenya, March 3 - Today being The International Sex workers' rights day, sex workers in Kenya have urged the government to respect and protect - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke
Sex Workers Demand Priority for Covid-19 Vaccine
Commercial sex workers in Busia County have called on the Ministry of Health to include them on the priority list for the first phase of Kenya’s vaccination drive.
Speaking in Nambale Town Wednesday, the sex workers argued that they come into physical contact with tens of customers daily, hence are at high risk of contracting and spreading the virus.
“After the government is done vaccinating doctors and teachers, it should embark on vaccinating us,” they said through their chairperson Caroline Kemunto.
She added: “We are a high-risk group for COVID-19 because we interact with people from all health backgrounds.”
TORONTO It’s been more than a year since 150 human rights organizations came together to demand the decriminalization of sex work in Canada, and in spite of minimal political progress since then, advocates continue to raise awareness about the human rights abuses that sex workers face. March 3 is International Sex Workers’ Rights Day. Advocates say the annual celebration commemorates the day in 2001 when thousands of sex workers rallied together for a public festival in Kolkata, India. The event was organised by a local group that fights for the rights of sex workers. Since then, human rights organizations across the globe have subsequently celebrated March 3, and have used the opportunity to highlight the ongoing discrimination and violence that sex workers experience.