๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ – ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐
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.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
- 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.