Sarah Ellis
Bio:
Sarah Ellis covers gender, health, and culture for outlets like HealthCentral, Rewire News Group, Elite Daily, and Supermajority News. She has reported on wide-ranging topics like birth control access, climate activism, and religious-based sexual stigma, all with a focus on elevating the voices of women who have something to say. She is originally from Nashville, Tennessee and now lives in New York City.
Uganda's new Sexual Offenses Bill, which passed in parliament in early May, is meant to strengthen existing protections against sexualized violence, but feminists and human rights advocates have criticized the new legislation as a veiled attack against LGBTQ+ Ugandans and those in the sex industry.
In a country with one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world, a sex worker-led health care model succeeds in serving its own community.















