NGOs and the public health sector

The Pleasure Project provides a range of consultancy services to: NGOs, sexual and reproductive health organizations, HIV and AIDS organizations, youth organizations, development agencies and public health agencies.

We offer:
• Training and skills building
• Publications and educational materials
• Pleasure audits
• Research

Training and skills building

Pleasure trainings and skills-building workshops help sexual health counselors and educators to become more comfortable talking about sex, and can enable anyone working on issues related to sex, reproductive health or sexually transmitted infections to take a more sex-positive approach to their work.

Comments from workshop participants:

'The Pleasure Project session was one of the few sessions at the conference where I really absorbed something that I could apply in my work.'
–Arushi Singh, IPPF South Asia, XVI International AIDS Conference workshop participant

'This is the best session I have attended at this conference.'
–Sister Mary Selinta (a Catholic nun from Sri Lanka who counsels young couples entering matrimony) after the ICAAP8 pleasure workshop

Publications and educational materials

For organizations looking to produce fact sheets, training materials, handbooks, articles and other materials, The Pleasure Project is experienced in developing evidence-based, sex-positive literature for a wide range of audiences. We have written peer-reviewed articles for publications such as The Lancet and Reproductive Health Matters, and our staff includes a professional writer who specializes in writing about international development, sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV and AIDS.

Pleasure audits

Pleasure audits help to ensure that existing publications and training materials take a sex-positive and empowering approach to sexuality education, condom promotion, HIV/AIDS prevention and other sexual health issues. The Pleasure Project can suggest ways to integrate sex-positivity into your organization's existing materials or curricula.

Research

The Pleasure Project is one of the few organizations to research the potential of positive incentives for safer sex. For this reason, our peer-reviewed articles in The Lancet and other publications are widely referenced and covered in the press. We are currently looking for partner organizations and funders to support original research on sex-positive approaches and the role of pleasure in sexual behaviour. Please contact us for more information.