Women for Women - Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health of Female Sex Workers in Nepal

Sex work, which has ambiguous legal status in Nepal, offers girls and young women from poor and marginalized communities a decent income. However, social exclusion and criminalization of sex work has limited their access to social institutions and further marginalized their status. Fearful of being discriminated by health workers and exposed as sex workers to family and friends, they shun health providers. This has denied them their basic human rights and made them vulnerable to poor health.