Best practices from the SUSO program Naroesha Jagessar Senior policy advisor for the sex work program at Aids Fonds International Aids Conference 21 July 2016 Durban South Africa Why sex workers ID: 790353
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Economic empowerment for sex workers
Best practices from the SUSO program
Naroesha Jagessar
Senior policy advisor for the sex work program at Aids Fonds
International Aids
Conference, 21 July 2016, Durban
, South
Africa
Slide2Why sex workers?
Sex workers are 12 times
more vulnerable to HIV than the general population
When empowered to access
additional sources of income
and have
more control of their financial resources
, they are
better able
to:
Negotiate
safe
sex
Extricate themselves from
violent clients
Access
health and support services
Plan for
times they can not work
Slide3The Suso program
2012-2016
EUR 6,000,000
,-
Funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign AffairsEmpowering sex workers to make informed choices regarding their own lives, health and careerSupporting sex workers to acquire skills and opportunities that will lead to increased income sources and career opportunities Strengthening capacity of sex worker led organisations
Slide415 partners
in
11
countries
in
Latin America, Africa and Asia
Slide5Lessons learnt
Slide6Participation of sex workers (
needs, attitudes, practices)
Slide7Participation of sex workers (needs, attitudes, practices)
Slide8access to resources
Slide9basic financial skills
Slide10leaving sex work is not required
Slide11Lessons learnt
Participation of sex workers
Access to resources combined with basic financial skills
Leaving sex work is
NOT
required
Slide12THANK YOU!
For more information please check out our
B
est
P
ractice publication
or contact Aids Fonds Sex Work Programmeprostitutie@aidsfonds.nl www.aidsfonds.nl With thanks to:Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and all SuSo partnersCo-authors: Sally Hendriks (Aids Fonds), Erastus
Ndunda
(HOYMAS), Liana Papua (OPSI), Marie-Louise Wijne (Aids
Fonds
)