This study by Standup Movement Sri Lanka examines the status and experiences of female sex workers (FSWs) in Sri Lanka, with comparative insights from India and Thailand. The report highlights how legal frameworks, social attitudes, and economic structures perpetuate…
This series of empowering stories of five sex workers from around the island is a product of Prajadiriya Padanama to showcase the lived experiences of sex workers. Voices from the Shadows
This initiative by Standup Movement Lanka showcases the lived experiences, hardships, challenges and violence faced by sex workers in Sri Lanka. Diary of a sex worker
Context: Media reporting on sex work in India continues to be shaped by a narrow, crime-centric lens, with little distinction made between consensual adult sex work and the crime of human trafficking. This framing sidelines the voices of sex workers, who are more…
The Abhimani Women’s Collective and SWASA conducted a series of focus group discussions female and trans sex workers from Colombo and Gampaha to explore their social, legal, economic, and sexual and reproductive health challenges. Hosted at the Trans Equality Trust,…
This study by Standup Movement Sri Lanka examines the status and experiences of female sex workers (FSWs) in Sri Lanka, with comparative insights from India and Thailand. The report highlights how legal frameworks, social attitudes, and economic structures perpetuate…
This series of empowering stories of five sex workers from around the island is a product of Prajadiriya Padanama to showcase the lived experiences of sex workers. Voices from the Shadows
This initiative by Standup Movement Lanka showcases the lived experiences, hardships, challenges and violence faced by sex workers in Sri Lanka. Diary of a sex worker