New UN report takes a stark look at links between sex work, HIV and the law . . .

[Dennis]

. . . . in Asia and the Pacific

 

Nearly all countries of Asia and the Pacific criminalize some aspects of sex work. Criminalization increases vulnerability to HIV by fuelling stigma and discrimination, limits access to sexual health services and condoms. The report clearly distinguishes between adult consensual sex work and human trafficking for sexual exploitation. Removing legal penalties for sex work allows HIV prevention and treatment programmes to reach sex workers and their clients more effectively. These are some of the findings in an unprecedented study issued today by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

 

weiter geht s hier

 

Es ist in der Tat ein Jammer das in solchen Gremien helle Köpfe sitzen die von ihren Regierungen leider nur zur Alibifunktion instrumentarisiert werden.

[Ariane]

Ein ausserordentlich wichtiges Dokument.

[Dennis]

Auch auf internationaler Ebene wird sich was das Thema betrifft nichts geschenkt . . . .