Regional stakeholdersโ€™ dialogue meeting on health and human rights protection and promotion for sex workers โ€“ Northen region

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† – ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€


The campaign was concluded by UNESO having its final regional meeting held in the Northern region, in Lira district at Pacific Grand Hotel on 27th/May/2022.

The meeting brought together key district stakeholders including Hon Deputy speaker – Lira city, Hon speaker of Lira city – west division, representatives from the RCC office and City Health Office, HIV focal persons, CSOs / partners in the district such as HRI, and sex workers on the round table.
The meeting was geared towards forging a way forward on how to promote and protect the health and human rights of sex workers in the region, through addressing key mentioned issues that affect sex workers in the Northern region.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:

  • Lack of a GBV rehabilitation centre,
  • Limited access to HIV prevention and treatment services especially during health worker strikes that are currently rampant,
  • Lack of DIC/safe space for sex workers in Oyam district,
  • Increased GBV, high community stigma, and discrimination towards sex workers and among others.

The meeting was concluded by stakeholders and sex workers laying strategies on how to work together to improve the health and well-being of sex workers in the region.

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