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A brief on #decriminalization from African Sex Workers Alliance, drafted as a part of the Simama Campaign to #ChallengeCrim
"The Africa Regional Campaign – dubbed ‘Simama’ – aimed to raise awareness on criminalisation in Africa based on identity, sexuality, morality and bodily autonomy, and its impact on the attainment of the global commitments of ending AIDS by 2030 and the related sustainable development goals.
‘Simama’ is a Swahili word for ‘stand up/rise up.’
The campaign focused on criminalisation in 8 areas:
adult sex work, abortion, adolescent sexuality, adultery/consensual sex outside of marriage, same-sex sexual activity, gender identity and expression, HIV non-disclosure, exposure, and transmission and personal possession and use of drugs.
As part of ensuring the success of Simama, Accountability International assumes that it is important to start by informing and highlighting the importance of
challenging criminalisation and its impact on individual lives and their access to social justice, health and human rights.
Further, it becomes it import to demonstrate how failure to challenge criminalisation will impact on the attainment of global commitments. Given the above, Simama put emphasis on providing background on
criminalisation and the importance of challenging criminalisation across the continent." ... See MoreSee Less
