We proudly represented the voices of queer refugee & migrant sex workers in all their diversities at a focus group by @NewWomenConnect on the impact of funding cuts on women-led orgs. The report will be presented at the UN Human Rights Council in Dec 2025. #KNESWOFeministInitiative

Today, #KNESWOFeministInitiative proudly took part in a dialogue on GBV & IPV by @EEA_H focusing on response mechanisms for queer refugees in shelters. We stand for survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and healing approaches to end violence. #GBV #IPV #QueerRefugees #FeministLeadership

Our Board of Director from the KNESWO Feminist Initiative is at #ICFP2025, joining global feminists & changemakers advancing #SRHR for all! Family planning & abortion = healthcare. Access is a right, not a privilege. #FeministLeadership #BodilyAutonomy

At #ICFP2025, leaders called for global solidarity to protect women’s reproductive rights With 70% of donor funding at risk, they urged domestic financing & innovation to keep #SRHR at the heart of #UHC2030 — a human right, essential service & pillar of gender equality. #ReproductiveJustice

At the Feminist Leadership & Self-Care Academy, refugee & migrant sex workers in all their diversity came together to center mental wellness, healing, and feminist leadership. Because caring for ourselves is political. #FeministLeadership #SelfCare #MentalWellness #KNESWO #HealingJustice

Yesterday, KNESWO held our Feminist Leadership & Self-Care Academy a powerful space of healing, learning & feminist growth for refugee, migrant & internally displaced sex workers in all their diversities. #FeministLeadership #KNESWO #Solidarity

Today, KNESWO Feminist Initiative joined the Solidarity Forum by @HIASKenya, connecting refugee & host communities. We shared experiences, built partnerships & strengthened feminist solidarity for queer refugee sex workers. #KNESWOFeministInitiative #HIASKenya #SolidarityForum #FeministCare

📢 KNESWO Feminist Initiative calls refugee & migrant sex worker–led communities from 🇸🇩🇧🇮🇨🇩🇪🇹🇹🇿🇺🇬 to join the Refugee & Migrant Sex Workers Forum 2026 Organizing Committee. 📧 [email protected] | 📱 +254707480048 #KNESWO #FeministLeadership #SexWorkIsWork

The wait is finally over! Our Feminist Leadership and Self-Care Academy for refugee and migrant sex workers in all their diversities is happening soon! I’m so excited! 😊

House of Dignity & Safe Shelter KNESWO has 2 slots in Kajiado for gay+ MSM sex workers (refugees & migrants) in need. 🛏️ Bed | 🍲 Meals | 💊 Meds | 💚 Safe space 📞 +254707480048 📧 [email protected] 📧 [email protected] 📧[email protected] #SafeShelter

Today, the KNESWO Feminist Initiative visited the GIZ Kenya office to explore collaboration and share our work supporting refugee sex workers in Kenya. Grateful for the warm welcome and meaningful exchange. #KNESWOFeministInitiative #Partnerships #Empowerment

With support from the Victor Mukasa Foundation under the Hope Upheld Program, KNESWO Feminist Initiative launches a long-term Housing Program for queer refugee and migrant sex workers. Thank you VMF for your continuous support as one of our long-term financial partners.

Recently, KNESWO Feminist Initiative was honored to host visitors from the International PRIDE Centre during our membership mapping & needs assessment. Together we explored members’ priorities, challenges & ways to strengthen our network of queer refugee sex workers.

Today, we hosted ORAM at KNESWO Feminist Initiative Together, we explored our work with queer refugee, migrant, stateless & internally displaced sex workers in all their diversities, building pathways for stronger solidarity & partnership. #SexWorkersRights

Today, we hosted Sam Magowan, Second Secretary Political @UKinKenya , at KNESWO Feminist Initiative. We shared our work with refugee, migrant, stateless & internally displaced sex workers in all their diversities and explored stronger partnerships. #KNESWO

KNESWO Feminist Initiative joined a community engagement on risks & insecurity facing refugee, migrant & internally displaced sex workers in all their diversities. HIAS Kenya also shared upcoming projects. #KNESWO #SexWorkersRights #RefugeeVoices

Today, the KNESWO Feminist Initiative held an SRHR Justice Training with refugee, migrant, stateless & internally displaced LBQT+ sex workers. We’re advancing Feminist Grassroots Advocacy for #SRHRJustice #KNESWO #FeministAdvocacy #QueerRefugeeSexWorkers

Today KNESWO Feminist Initiative joins the world to mark #SafeAbortionDay ✊🏾 We advance SRHR without Borders for refugee, migrant & displaced sex workers. 💪🏾 Fight misinformation 🗣️ Demand legal reform 🫶🏾 Centre care & autonomy #ActForSRHR #OurFightOurRight

House of Dignity & Safe Shelter KNESWO has 2 slots only in Kajiado for gay+ MSM sex workers – refugees & migrants in need of safe housing. ✅ Bed 🍲 Meals (breakfast, lunch, supper) 💊 Medication 💚 Healing spaces & safe living 📞 +254707480048 📧 [email protected] / [email protected]

Today, under our #TakeCareOfCaregivers program, we held a mental health session with young stateless & migrant sex workers in all their diversities. Caregivers ,too deserve care, healing & support. #MentalHealthMatters #KNESWOFeministInitiative

With support from @NSWPorg, KNESWO Feminist Initiative celebrates #SexWorkerPride in Kibera with young refugee, migrant, stateless & displaced queer+ sex workers. We honour resilience & continue to demand full decriminalization of sex work.

Today, KNESWO Feminist Initiative joins the world in celebrating #SexWorkerPride — honouring the power, resilience & beauty of sex workers in all their diversities. We are seen. We are heard. We are unstoppable. ✊ Our pride is resistance, our existence is power, our voices will never be silenced.

With support from We Are Alight, KNESWO Feminist Initiative, represented by our Executive Director Kyazze Arnold, proudly took part in Pride Africa 2025, Kigali—presenting our work, screening Refugee Speak Out Project, and amplifying queer refugee voices. #PrideAfrica2025 #KNESWO #WeAreAlight

Solidarity Knows No Borders From camps to cities, our struggles for #SRHR are connected. Queer, migrant, stateless & refugee sex workers deserve dignity, safety & healthcare. When we rise together, no one is left behind. ✊🏾💛 #SexWorkIsWork #Solidarity

The KNESWO Feminist Initiative is proud to open our House of Dignity & Safe Shelters in Turkana & Kilifi. Safe spaces for refugee, migrant, stateless & internally displaced sex workers and survivors of GBV & Femicide. You are not alone. Thanks to our financial partners. #FeministSolidarity

30 yrs since the #BeijingDeclaration, sex workers are still excluded from gender equality. At #CSW69, NSWP calls for: 🔑 Full decriminalisation of sex work – the only path to rights, health & safety. 📄 Read more: www.nswp.org/sites/defaul...

KNESWO Feminist Initiative, through our Voice of Care Relief Project, distributed food relief & basic needs to refugee, migrant, stateless & displaced sex workers. Thanks to our financial partners: Alight, Safe Place International & Victor Mukasa Foundation. #FeministRelief #Solidarity

Recently, the KNESWO Feminist Initiative joined the Sunbird Kenya Chapter meeting with young people from Kibera. Powerful voices shared their lived experiences & challenges. Thanks to the African Sunbird Network for organizing and Angaza Foundation for hosting. #YouthVoices #KNESWO

Legalization ≠ Decriminalization. Legalization keeps many sex workers unsafe under state control. Decriminalization removes criminal laws & respects rights, dignity, and safety. We demand DECRIMINALIZATION. Sex work is work. #MondayMotivation #DecriminalizeSexWork #SexWorkIsWork

Today, the KNESWO Feminist Initiative joined @KESWA_Kenya & allies on the statement around BBC Africa Eye Madams. We stand for bodily autonomy, consent & dignity of all sex workers in their diversities. End child exploitation. Respect sex workers’ rights. Defend human rights for all.

Today, we began our Membership Mapping Exercise in Kajiado, reaching refugee, migrant, stateless & internally displaced sex workers. Next: Turkana, Kilifi, Mombasa & other settlements. Your voices guide our advocacy & action. #KNESWO #MappingExercise

Today, our Executive Director represented the KNESWO Feminist Initiative at the SRHR Dialogue for Refugees organized by HIAS Kenya, calling for inclusive SRHR services for refugee, migrant, stateless & internally displaced sex workers in all their diversities.

Today, the KNESWO Feminist Initiative team participated in the SRHR Dialogue for Refugees organized by HIAS Kenya, a vital space for refugee voices and inclusion #KNESWOFeministInitiative #SRHR #RefugeeRights #HIASKenya

KNESWO is excited to announce that we will be attending Pride Africa 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda . This historic gathering brings together 200+ LGBTQ+ advocates from 54 African countries to advance equality, dignity, and justice across the continent. Hosted by FADA Rwanda.

Our ED represented KNESWO at #WorldYouthDayKE by HIAS Kenya, Ishtar, ORAM, Jinsiangu & CWS, sharing our work on SDG 1 No Poverty and SDG 5 Gender Equality through skills training, food relief, Refugee Speak Out, Body Autonomy Campaigns and safe spaces. #SDGs #RefugeeRights #QueerRights

At KNESWO Feminist Initiative, we champion feminist development & solidarity in Kajiado, Kilifi, Mombasa, Turkana & refugee settlements across Kenya standing with refugee, migrant, stateless & internally displaced sex workers in all their diversities. #SexWorkIsWork

Applications are open for FLSA 2025 – a radical space for refugee, migrant, stateless & internally displaced sex workers, incl. queer & gender-diverse persons. Deadline: 18 Aug 2025. Apply: forms.gle/girdbUyUtEaF... #FLSA2025

Knowledge is Power KNESWO empowers refugee, migrant, stateless, and internally displaced sex workers to know their rights, protect their health, and speak out against discrimination. Your body. Your health. Your rights. #KnowledgeIsPower #SexWorkIsWork #QueerRefugeeRights #SRHR

We stand with refugee, migrant, stateless, and internally displaced queer+ sex workers in all their diversities. SRHR justice is not a request it’s a right. #KNESWO #SRHRJusticeNow #SexWorkIsWork #QueerRefugeeRights #LeaveNoOneBehind

Apply now for FLSA 2025 A radical feminist leadership academy for refugee, migrant, stateless, and internally displaced sex workers, including queer and gender-diverse persons. Deadline: 18 August 2025 Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +254707480048 #FLSA2025 #SexWorkerRights

🌈 The Refugee Speak Out Project documentary is out! A bold feminist project by KNESWO sharing real stories of LGBTQI+ refugee sex workers in Kenya. Thanks to our amazing partners for the support. 🎥 Watch here 👇 drive.google.com/drive/folder... #RefugeeSpeakOut #KNESWO #QueerRefugees

🌟 From Steering Committee to Board of Directors 🌟 KNESWO Feminist Initiative has grown into a bold, formal movement — led by and for refugee, migrant, stateless & displaced sex workers. We honour our roots. We lead with purpose. 💜 #KNESWOFeministInitiative #FromSteeringToBoard #SexWorkIsWork

Proud to have Kyazze Arnold as Ex-Officio Board Member of KNESWO Feminist Initiative! 💜 Queer. Non-binary. Radical feminist. Sex worker by choice. Our co-founder & current Executive Director. #WelcomeArnold #KNESWOFeministInitiative #QueerLeadership #SexWorkIsWork

We celebrate Emmalia Atwinne, a proud transgender woman, feminist & refugee leader. 🌍💜 She’s the Executive Director of Action for Trans Refugees Kenya (ATREK) — boldly advocating for trans refugee rights, safety & dignity. #TransLeadership #KNESWOFeministInitiative #QueerRefugees

We’re proud to welcome Lucretia Ssenyonjo to the Board of KNESWO Feminist Initiative! 💜 A trans refugee, feminist & LGBTQI+ defender, Lucretia was part of our founding team & continues to support us from Canada. #WelcomeLucretia #KNESWOFeministInitiative #TransLeadership #QueerRefugees

KNESWO is attending the #LawAndPolicy Reform meeting by @GlobalSexWork today. Grateful for the opportunity to learn and stay connected with global movements for sex workers’ rights. #SexWorkIsWork #NSWP #KNESWO

🌟 Welcome Dr. Jolly Mukangu to the KNESWO Feminist Initiative Board! SRHR advocate, ED @USAWA_Repro, champion for youth, queer rights & safe abortion with @MOH_Kenya. We’re honored! 💜 #KNESWOFeministInitiative #SRHRForAll #FeministLeadership #SafeAbortionNow #WelcomeJollyMukangu

🌸 We proudly welcome Shyleen Momanyi to the Board of Directors of KNESWO Feminist Initiative! A feminist. A mother. Executive Director of @YWLIKenya. She champions young women, girls in all their diversities & supports grassroots feminist organizing. Welcome, Shyleen! 💜 #KNESWOFeminist initiative

Mental wellness is important for refugee, migrant, stateless, and internally displaced sex workers

We’ve concluded our Mental Wellness & Well-being sessions for refugee, migrant, stateless & internally displaced sex workers in all their diversities. 💜🏳️‍🌈 Huge thanks to @WeAreAlight for the support! #MentalHealth #SexWorkersRights #KNESWO #QueerRefugees