Measures against commercial sex work revealed

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An HIV needs assessment in Botswana has revealed that encouraging girls to access education and vocational training could reduce women's entry into commercial sex work. The assessment done on female sex workers was conducted last year in Gantsi, Gaborone, Selebi-Phikwe, Francistown, Letlhakane and Kasane.

The women sampled moved between towns, streets, bars and hotels. They attributed their entry into sex work to perceived failure of male partners to provide for them adequately and lack of jobs or earning power.

A researcher in the assessment, Anjali Sharma, said at Maharaja on Monday that they sought to understand the current risks for HIV infection and access to relevant HIV prevention and treatment services among female sex workers and their clients.

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