Peninah Mwangi

Biographic Data

ID6008868
NAMEPeninah Mwangi
GIVEN NAMESPeninah
FAMILY NAMEMwangi
SIGNATUREMWANGI P
AFFILIATIONSBar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme, Kenya
ORCID0000-0002-7252-161X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Community Insights in Phylogenetic HIV Research

    Open AccessFrançois Cholette, Lisa Lazarus et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    Inferring HIV transmission networks from HIV sequences is gaining popularity in the field of HIV molecular epidemiology. However, HIV sequences are often analyzed at distance from those affected by HIV epidemics, namely without the involvement of communities most affected by HIV. These remote analyses often mean that knowledge is generated in absence of lived experiences and socio-economic realities that could inform the ethical application of ne…

  • The precarity of mobile loan debt and repayment among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open AccessPascal Macharia, Samantha Moore et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    Financial technology tools have been utilised to create readily available mobile loan platforms for urban-based, daily-wage earners in Kenya. From a financial lending perspective, this development signals greater inclusion and equality in formal bank financing systems. In this paper, however, we examine mobile loans and their repayment from the perspective of women who sell sex in Nairobi, drawing upon the qualitative findings of two community-ba…

  • Informal settlements, Covid-19 and sex workers in Kenya

    Open AccessRukyya Hassan, Rahma Hassan et al.ARTICLEUrban Studies2023Cited by: 2References: 34

    This paper highlights the challenges faced by female sex workers living and working in the urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, during the Covid-19 outbreak and the aftermath of the pandemic. Using data collected through phone interviews during the immediate crisis, we document the experiences of urban poor sex workers, illustrating the acute problems they faced, including precarious housing with the reality of eviction and demolition. T…

  • The effects of Covid-19 on the health and socio-economic security of sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open AccessJoshua Kimani, Joyce Adhiambo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic, and its attendant responses, has led to massive health, social, and economic challenges on a global scale. While, so far, having a relatively low burden of COVID-19 infection, it is the response in lower- and middle- income countries that has had particularly dire consequences for impoverished populations such as sex workers, many of whom rely on regular income in the informal economic sector to survive. This commentary cap…

  • Access to Healthcare in a time of Covid-19

    Open AccessSusan Gichuna, Rukyya Hassan et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    This paper uses empirical data collected from 117 female sex workers living in informal settlements in Nairobi and 15 healthcare providers to highlight specific effects of COVID-19 and related restrictions on healthcare access for the sex workers. We highlight the existing gender and health inequalities that have now been reinforced by the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we focus on the most concerning healthcare needs fo…

  • Associations between sex work laws and sex workers’ health

    Open AccessLucy Platt, Pippa Grenfell et al.ARTICLEPLoS Medicine2018

  • Ecologies of security

    Open AccessRobert Lorway, Lisa Lazarus et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2018

    This paper highlights important environmental dimensions of HIV vulnerability by describing how the sex trade operates in Nairobi, Kenya. Although sex workers there encounter various forms of violence and harassment, as do sex workers globally, we highlight how they do not merely fall victim to a set of environmental risks but also act upon their social environment, thereby remaking it, as they strive to protect their health and financial interes…

  • A community empowerment approach to the HIV response among sex workers

    Open AccessDeanna Kerrigan, Caitlin E Kennedy et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2015

  • Global epidemiology of HIV among female sex workers

    Open AccessKate Shannon, Steffanie A Strathdee et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2015