Policy

A SHAWNA policy brief demonstrating the need for more investment in the health of marginalized women who experience incarceration. Heightened experiences of HIV-related stigma within correctional facilities can lead to experiences of isolation and discrimination for women living with HIV. Implementing educational programs and reviewing institutional processes can help break down barriers to health care in prison settings.

Sex workers globally have faced disproportionate health and social inequities primarily caused by high levels of criminalization, policing, stigma and limited investment in community-based sex work support services.

Child custody removal disproportionately targets communities marginalized due to social and economic disadvantages. Indigenous Peoples’ child custody removal is deeply embedded in ongoing racist policies and colonial history of forced family separation and genocide. Yet, there is surprisingly little known about how child welfare policy impacts maternal health.

Sex workers who use drugs face significant barriers to harm reduction resources as both sex work and drug use are criminalized. This AESHA Project Infographic summarizes the harms of policing and criminalization for sex workers who use drugs.