1. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012 Jeffry P. Acaba Action for Health Initiatives (ACHIEVE), Inc.

2. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012 I.Background II.Towards the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) III.What have we learned? IV.What’s next?

3. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012  2010: policy research to review and assess Anti-Vagrancy Act (Art. 202 or Revised Penal Code) and Anti-Trafficking Law (RA 9208) and impact on HIV efforts in Quezon City - with support from Levi Strauss Foundation

4. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012  Est. Population: 2.8M (2010), constituting 23% of the total population of Metro Manila  Most populated city in the country  Among the highest HIV incidence in National Capital Region  Active Local AIDS Council  Has a City Ordinance on HIV/AIDS (1053) with specific provisions on entertainment establishments

5. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012  Availability of condoms in entertainment establishments is considered by law enforcers as evidence of prostitution, citing RA 9208  RA 9208 is used by law enforcers against entertainment establishments, particularly when the “women” they arrest “claim” they were trafficked  HIV peer educators and outreach workers among freelance sex workers and MSM are vulnerable to arrests, harassment and extortion under Article 202  Broad language of the law could lead to abuse in its enforcement

6. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012

7.  Transgender women can file complaints through women’s desk  The meeting urged a drafting of the Memorandum of Agreement as suggested by the Philippine National Police’s Women’s and Children’s Department

8. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012  MOA meetings: from five institutions to nine in the second meeting, including the Legal Office and Women’s and Children’s Protection Center of the Philippine National Police

9. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012

10.  More police people to talk to, the more they become aware  repetition is the mother of learning and of changing mindsets  Bureaucracy  target position, not person  Civil society not only as catalysts but as conveyors, assistants, and bridges

11. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012  ACHIEVE engaged with newly-appointed Quezon City Police Director  QC Police District Women’s Desk Chief sits at the Quezon City AIDS Council  Quezon City Legislative Department Health Council head committed to supporting HIV and human rights orientation seminars among frontline police officers in local police stations  ACHIEVE meets with Human Rights Affairs Office of Philippine National Police

12. Washington D.C., USA, 22-27 July 2012