2 Addressing Violence against Sex Workers
2.3 Management, monitoring and evaluation
The interventions described in this chapter are not only implemented at a local level but also require engagement at subnational and national levels. This is particularly true for sensitization and advocacy work. Figure 2.1 shows the roles of each of the levels of implementation.
Figure 2.1 Illustrative multi-level approach to addressing violence against sex workers
Programme level
Central
Programme role
• Advocacy for law and policy reforms and reducing stigma and discrimination
• Establishing national protocols for provision of services for sexual and other forms of violence, including for sex workers
• Addressing violence against sex workers in national policies and plans on HIV and on gender-based violence
State / Province
• Training and sensitizing police and fostering police accountability
• Advocacy for law and policy reforms and reducing stigma and discrimination, including through public campaigns on HIV and on gender-based violence
District / County
• Sensitization workshops( e. g. with local government officials, high-ranking police and justice officials, media, religious leaders)
• Working with journalists and other members of the media to promote positive stories and language use about sex work
Municipality / Sub-municipality
• Training and sensitizing police and fostering police accountability
• Training health-care providers in providing clinical, medical and legal care to survivors of violence and appropriate referrals
• Maintaining and sharing lists or reports of aggressors or incidents of violence against sex workers
• Training and sensitizing sex workers in human rights and laws
• Clinical care and documenting medical and legal evidence in the case of sexual assault
Frontline worker / Community
• Training and sensitizing sex workers in human rights and laws
• Documenting violence faced by sex workers and defending their human rights
• Responding to a crisis or violence reported by sex workers, including facilitating legal support in case of arrest and harassment, providing counselling, referrals and psychological support
• Working with managers of sex work establishments, police, and others to promote safety of sex workers
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