DKT v. USAID
The Brennan Center is challenging funding restrictions put on organizations that receive Global AIDS Act funding.
Challenging Global AIDS Funding Restrictions
DKT v. USAID is the Brennan Center’s first case challenging the government’s anti-prostitution pledge requirement, filed on August 11, 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Center is assisting in the representation of DKT International with Jenner & Block serving as lead counsel.
DKT was denied funding when it explained that for First Amendment and public health policy reasons, it would refuse to adopt a policy parroting the government’s “anti-prostitution” ideology. One of the largest providers of HIV/AIDS services worldwide, DKT operates programs in Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Sudan, and Vietnam. DKT has sued the United States Agency for International Development (“USAID”).