How new funding restrictions affect sex workers around the world Melissa Ditmore Network of Sex Work Projects

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How new funding restrictions affect sex workers around the world Melissa Ditmore Network of Sex Work Projects

Funding restrictions imposed by the US Prevent advocacy for legalization or decriminalization of prostitution Forbid empowerment programs for sex workers Earmark one-third of some funds for abstinence All of this affects EVERYTHING a program does

US funding restrictions are applied idiosyncratically depending on the organisation and personnel involved.

Responses to US restrictions Rejecting funds Seeking clarification about what is in violation Signing and not changing activities Preemptive capitulation Using US policy to discriminate against sex workers

Responses to US restrictions Rejecting US funds is not sustainable, although small organisations have been able to recoup all the funds and more. Some have been scapegoated for rejecting funds. Seeking clarification is an attempt to force the USG to specify what is contrary to the policy. Legal challenge - limited success

Responses (2) Preemptive capitulation - not working with sex workers - can only lead to higher rates of HIV and lower rates of condom use among sex workers. (Bangladesh) The policy has been used to deny medical care to sex workers at a clinic in Thailand and to fire outreach workers who reach out to sex workers in Cambodia.

What works? Sex workers must be included in the planning of programmes for sex workers to ensure that they are relevant, useful, and well-implemented. Sex workers are part of the solution! Health programmes should be implemented in line with human rights of sex workers and all people of all genders.

What works? Peer education and distribution of safe sex materials Subsidisation to affordability (not free) Adequate numbers of condoms Condom buying cooperatives and selling schemes Subsidized social marketing of lubricant These strategies are useful for many people beyond sex workers.

Thank you.