Who Are Key Populations?
Key populations experience both increased impact from one or more of the diseases and decreased access to services. Widespread stigma and discrimination, state and non-state violence and harassment, restrictive laws and policies, and criminalization of behaviors or practices put key populations at heightened risks and undermine their access to services.
Peninah Mwangi, Country Coordinating Mechanism member and Director of the Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme representing sex workers in Kenya