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Enabling Sex Workers to Document Violence (India and Cambodia)

Cambodia
18/01/2010
30/06/2012
Keywords
Violence against women; Research; Employment conditions

Project description

In most societies, sex work is highly stigmatized and sex workers are subject to blame, disapproval and discrimination. As a result, violence against individuals involved in sex work is seldom visible and, in some contexts, even condoned. Hence, there are few sources of reliable, ethical and confidential data on violence against sex workers - as defined by the sex workers themselves - over time. Digital advocacy techniques have been used to document human rights abuses and communicate these to people of influence, but these have yet to be systematically applied to sex worker-led advocacy. This project is based on the assumption that enabling sex workers to document violations and amplify their advocacy messages via new technology may provide a fuller picture of the level, type, geographical location and perpetrator of violence, abuse and discrimination against sex workers. Working with advocacy groups - the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) in India and the Women's Network for Unity (WMU) in Cambodia - researchers will endeavor to understand through action research how digital techniques can be used to document and report violations against sex workers. The overall goal is to empower sex workers and their organizations to prevent, respond to and address situations of abuse, violation and discrimination encountered in the sex industry.

Primary thematic area

Secondary thematic areas

Unions & fair employment

Skills training

Project details

Umbrella programme

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Accountable Org(s)

Canadan International Development Research Centre; Stichting The Tactical Technology Collective

Funding Org(s)

Parliament of Canada

Implementing/
Partner Org(s)

Stichting The Tactical Technology Collective; Women's Network for Unity

Project contact

International Development Research Centre, PO Box 8500, Ottawa ON Canada, K1G 3H9, CP 8500, Ottawa ON Canada, K1G 3H9 (info@idrc.ca) ((+1) 613-236-6163)

Funding (USD)

Committed

Spent

$

-8,896

$

220,552

Project website

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D-Portal link

Project evaluation

Evaluation source

N/A

Evaluation methodology

N/A

Programme targets

N/A

Results achieved

N/A

Targets met?

N/A

2023

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