On August 10-11 2017, Alliance of Public Health together with the All-Ukrainian Liga Legalife conducted meeting with representatives of the sex-workers community for strengthening the advocacy potential and mobilize community members.
The meeting participants, including community representatives and non-governmental organizations. Community members got knowledge about:
– Implementation of prevention, harm reduction and access to treatment during the transition period regarding new financing model;
– Advocacy at the regional and national level;
– Argumentation of the abolishing of the administrative responsibility, stipulated in art. 181-1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Ukraine
Participants practiced on:
– Initiative group leader’s work
– Delegation of the interests and requests of the community to the CCM representative:
– An algorithm for actions in case of violation of their rights
According to the positive feed-back from community representatives, the meeting was very useful and informative. Some of the participants became new members of the All-Ukrainian Liga Legalife. Alliance continue to support and develop communities, which play the key role in HIV,viral hepatitis and TB elimination in Ukraine.