In 2017, Kenyan sex workers submitted a report entitled Aren’t We Also Women [PDF] The report identified five priority issues that represented the government policies they deemed repressive to them. These policies fueled and justified violence against them. In the document, the women complained of being treated poorly when they seek healthcare, are arbitrarily arrested.

In this presentation, however, Wambui Mwangi and Peninah Mwangi question how the media in Kenya has participated in the construction of the understanding of the more than 400,000 sex workers in Kenya. They ask has the media highlighted the Sex work is primarily driven by the neoliberal economic devastation that leaves no other alternatives? Does it show the danger and exploitation that accompanies sex work?

See the entire presentation below

https://www.slideshare.net/AfricanWomeninMedia/what-is-the-medias-role-in-constructing-public-view-of-sex-workers-in-kenya