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Female Sex Workers Gap
Basic information on HIV such as where to access condoms and confidential HIV testing is still needed for sex workers in some settings. Studies found that sex workers lacked adequate knowledge of HIV and few had sought testing. Most did not know where to obtain condoms or understand that condoms could reduce the risk of HIV acquisition. Others had misconceptions that showering could reduce risk of acquiring HIV
Female Sex Workers
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Efforts are needed to avoid disruption of HIV and AIDS programmes during raids and other policing mechanisms. Studies found that HIV prevention efforts are disrupted during raids and that carrying condoms is used to prosecute sex workers.
Female Sex Workers
1 study
Interventions are needed to provide sex workers with greater control and access over money and resources, which can have a positive impact on HIV-related risk reduction. Studies found that if sex workers had access to resources under their control, women were more likely to negotiate condom use and that female sex workers in debt were less likely to report condom use.
Female Sex Workers
1 study
Changing laws and policies, ending police violence, and other mechanisms are needed to protect sex workers from violence and rape. Studies found sex workers experienced high rates of violence and rape from clients and police, and that fear of arrest was a barrier to accessing health services. Studies also found that violence was associated with inconsistent condom use and HIV incidence. Studies also found high rates of violence from intimate partners and clients, but inability to press charges.
Female Sex Workers
1 study
Changes in strategies are needed for efforts that stigmatize sex workers and force mandatory testing without confidentiality. Studies in China found that sex workers are mandated to be tested for HIV in re-education camps but many are not informed of their serostatus. Studies found that sex workers were sent to labor re-education camps, were publicly shamed as sex workers and IDUs and had low rates of testing, condom use and access to services. Studies also found that cities in China that detain sex workers have a higher mean HIV prevalence compared to cities that do not detain sex workers.
Female Sex Workers
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