Tool's Title
The Impact of Stigma and Discrimination on Key Populations and their Families [➦]

Languages
✎French
✎English
✎Spanish
✎Russian
✎Mandarin

Target Audience
• Health, social services and education professionals 

Types
• Informative Brochure
• Practical Guide

Duration
N/A

Conception by
Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP)
International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD)
MPact: Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights (MPact)

Release Date and Last Update
2018 (no update as of the review date)

Description 
This Policy Brief is a joint effort by three global key population-led networks to bring attention to the lived experiences of key populations [gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, people who use drugs, sex workers, and transgender people] and their families, and highlight the ways that stigma and discrimination inform these experiences.

It then discusses the various ways that stigma and discrimination impact on the experiences of key populations and their families and impede fulfilment of these rights.

The policy brief then describes community-led efforts to mitigate the impact of stigma and discrimination on the families of key population members, and to advocate for recognition of their rights. It concludes with recommendations for policy-makers aimed at fulfilling their human rights.

*** Note that this description was written by the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) and the MPact: Global Action for Gay Men’s Health ans Rights (MPact), and has been adapted by The 3 sex* team.***

Official References 
NSWP, INPUD and MPact. (2018). Policy Brief: The Impact of Stigma and Discrimination on Key Populations and Their Families. Retrieved from https://www.nswp.org/resource/policy-brief-the-impact-stigma-and-discrimination-key-populations-and-their-families

NSWP, INPUD and MPact. (2018). Community Guide: The Impact of Stigma and Discrimination on Key Populations and Their Families. Retrieved from https://www.nswp.org/resource/community-guide-the-impact-stigma-and-discrimination-key-populations-and-their-families

To Access the Tool
https://www.nswp.org/sites/nswp.org/files/stigma_discrim_inpud_mpact_nswp_-_2018_0.pdf

https://www.nswp.org/sites/nswp.org/files/cg_stigma_discrimination_inpud_mpact_nswp_-_2018.pdf