sex work and violence: understanding factors for safety and protection

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SEX WORK & VIOLENCEUNDERSTANDING FACTORS F

SAFETY AND PROTECTIONRobert Carr Memorial Lecture21 July 2014,

International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia


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SEX WORKERS BEAR A DISPROPORTI

BURDEN OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE


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STOPMARGINALIZATION AND VIOLENCE

SEX WORKERS


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THE ISSUE

Sex Workers are largely stigmatized andall sorts of violence


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WHO ARE WE?


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WE FACE VIOLENCEPHYSICAL, SEXUAL, ECONOMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL

Economic

When I aske

from the clien

me a gun andofficers ID c

respondent fr

Sexual, Psychological, Physical

They knocked on the door and abused us

saying randi bhalu (whore). Then they took us

to the toilet and made us naked The clients

had already run away. We thought that they

would not catch us because the clients were notthere. They kicked us with their boots and beat

and hit us with sticks. I sprained my leg. They

also took Rs.4000(42 USD).

a disco based female respondent in Nepal.


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AND ALL SORTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE

In Health Care Settings

When I went to hosp

raped) the medical pers

respond properly. Bloo

out of my anus. It neede

the staff did not take it asked why I was doin

being a boy But one

(the staff) had to behave

manner. Then they put in

male respondent from


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By society and family

I was helping at a fune

are preparing to cook (

dish). I was trying to he

onions. One lady stopp

told me to wear gloves.

lady and she can tell m

are not clean but didntwash with soap and wat

asked me to wear glove

gloves and cut onions. W

other people, none of th

gloves. transgender r

from Myanmar


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Because of being HIV +

When I told the doctor I w

immediately he put on a

and chased me from there

positive people were not t

female respondent


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AND ALL SORTS OF DISCRIMINATION

Being judged for who we are or what we do

Four police opened my

are you boy or girl? an

long bamboo stick So

slapped my face with th

they called me (abusivetransgender responden


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WHO ARE THE PERPETRATORS?


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NOTHING FOR US WITHOU

Its what this project is about


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STRONG COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPA

This research format is good

engages the community. You

the community to be the par

also facilitate information gat

are the best in understandin

and violence

[Mona, TG peer resea

lndonesia]


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EMPOWERMENT

I learnt how to face

situations while inte

reading the body la

interviewee. The rol

a lot.

[Eric, MSW Peer resear


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WORKING TOGETHER

Learning from different people and different perspec


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WAY FORWARD

Our vision


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USE THE EVIDENCE

TO increase everyones awareness of the violence we face, whichour daily lives and our basic rights as human beings

TO create alliances and work in partnership to protect our rights

Human rights are rights that cannot be

anybody or rights that cannot be boughanything because they are obtained by

beings at the time theyre born, withou

considering their gender, ethnic group

As a good citizen, we all possess all rig

by the Government, although we are se

Transgender respondent from Indones


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STOPMARGINALIZATION AVIOLENCE AGAINST SEX WOR


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CLOSING REMARKS


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SEX WORKERS BEAR A DISPROPORTIBURDEN OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE


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WE NEED TO SCALE UP THE RESPONSE TIMPROVING SEX WORKERS RIGHT


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WE NEED TO SCALE UP THE RESPONSE TIMPROVING HIV SERVICES FOR SEX WO


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WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHTO MAKE THIS HAPPEN


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WHAT IS THIS PROJECT AB

Why do a research on violence agaisex workers?


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OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

1- Documenting the evidence


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2- Building Partnerships


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3- Generate Change

TRANSFORM THE FINDINGS INTOPOLICIES AND PROGRAMMES

THAT WILL PROTECT SEX WORKERS FROM VI


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HOW HAVE WE DONE IT?


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FIRST SEARCHING FOR REGIONAL PARTNERS

We needed

Strong CommunityInvolvement andParticipation

Alliances in the UN:one agency cant doit alone

Strong Teexpertise

SECOND IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL COUNTRIES


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SECOND IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL COUNTRIES

We needed

Strong networks ofsex workers

Good capacity inGovernment andUN country offices

Balancedgeographdistributi

Indones

Myanm

Nepal

Sri Lank

THIRD BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER


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THIRD BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER

Formed Steering Committee

ROLE: Overall management,

strategic and technical guidance,

Oversight


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IndonesiaNWG Sri LankaNWG

MyanmarNWG

NepaNWG

Co chairs: NAC & OPSI

Lead Researcher: Pak

Gambit

Co Chairs: UNFPA and SW rep

Lead Researchers:

Jodi Miller & Nilu Abeyratne

Co-chairs: UNDP and NAP

Lead Researcher:

Cath Slugget and Dr KSSH

Co-chairs: NCA

Lead rese

Annie GeorgDevk

ROLE NWG: Multi stakeholder ownership of the research in country coordinatiocountry research

ROLE: Overall management,

strategic and technical guidance

oversight

OVERALL MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

Regional Steering

Committee

UNDP APRC, UNFPA APROAPNSW/CASAM , P4P

NWG = National

Working Groups


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WHAT HAVE WE DONE

PRIMARY QUALITATIVE RESEARCH


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PRIMARY QUALITATIVE RESEARCHWITH SEX WORKERS ON VIOLENCE

Qualitative

interviews

Myan

Nepa

Sri La

IndonHIV +

PEER TO PEER INTERVIEWS


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PEER TO PEER INTERVIEWS

Involvement of pe

implementing the rreview the methodo

you break up the te

that sex workers int

understand it? We n

the peer researche

activist to becoming

are fundamentally d

approaches.

[Laxmi Murthy, R

Committee Memb

CASAM]

Built a multi layered partnership


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REGIONAL & COUNTRY LEVEL

Built a multi-layered partnership

Writing up the researcRegionalSteering

Committee

Countries

Communities


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WHAT HAVE WE FOUN

WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN SEX WORK?


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WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN SEX WORK?

When I was working as a maid, washing and

ironing clothes, I only got paid for 200,000

IDR [20 USD]. How can I afford my daily

needs? My child had to drink two cans of

milk in a week; I had no money to visit my

home in the village. Thats why I asked a

friend about another job and she suggested

that I get into this job. - Female respondent

from Indonesia.

ARE THERE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FEMALE, MALE AND


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,TRANSGENDER EXPERIENCES?

IMPUNITY TOWARDS PERPETRATORS


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IMPUNITY TOWARDS PERPETRATORS

I think thpeople ar

towards u

police beh

Police hat

punish us,therefore,

public has

attitudes t


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LESSONS LEARNED

BREAKING NEW GROUND


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We had d

perspectivvalidation p

conducted

community

the Indone

fine tuned

introduced

countries.

Regional SCommitte

MULTI LAYERED COMPLEX ISSUES


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TIME


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We were faced with the challenge of turnover of consthe project. We consistently re engaged, re briefegot them to engage with the complexity of the initiatimembers took on the responsibility of inducting newallowing for some amount of seamless transition. [JuCabassi, UNFPA, RSC Member]


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FREE OF VIOLENCE, STIGMA AND DISCRIM

PLANTED SEEDS TO BUILD A NEW F


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THANK YOU

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