Increasing knowledge about the links between sexuality and poverty and how they are implicated in policy making and the law, is vital. This includes documenting successful and unsuccessful efforts to improve decision-making in this area and the strategies which are currently being used to increase or shut down the possibility of sexual rights. We need to know more about what works and under what circumstances.
With this aim, this toolkit provides guidance, supported by up-to-date case studies, on the ways in which activists, lawyers, donor agencies and NGOs, amongst others, can use policy and the law to challenge exclusion and marginalisation related to sexuality. It breaks down legal jargon and outlines the key aspects of policy-making and legal processes in an accessible format. It also provides insights into the challenges of working on the law in relation to sexuality, such as the dangers of visibility in sexuality activism and the risk of more punitive laws or violent backlash when sexuality-related issues are raised.