Sex work, violence and HIV

A guide for programmes with sex workers



This guide discusses the challenges involved in ensuring that violence is addressed in HIV programmes, gives a detailed understanding of violence in relation to sex work and challenges some common assumptions. The guide also provides examples from real programmes that illustrate ways in which HIV and AIDS projects can help reduce the incidence of violence against sex workers and provide support to those who experience violence.



Who is this guide for?



This guide is primarily for organisations implementing HIV and AIDS projects with sex workers

and for organisations providing funding and technical support to these projects. It aims to help

organisations understand and assess the importance of taking violence into account, and to

help design and carry out activities to prevent and deal with violence against sex workers.

It is hoped that the discussions and examples presented will help these organisations to

know what questions to ask, what issues to look for, and how to make projects more effective

by responding better to the needs of sex workers.





How can you get a copy of this guide?



Electronic copies:

You can download a PDF of Sex work, violence and HIV from the Alliance website at



http://www.aidsalliance.org/custom_asp/publications/view.asp?publication...



Printed copies:

<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->You can order a free copy by emailing publications@aidsalliance.org with SWAV0508 in the subject line.



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Kind regards



Garry Robson

Communications assistant

International HIV/AIDS Alliance

publications@aidsalliance.org

www.aidsalliance.org