The [him] moderator has received this information about the attached report on the legal environment for sex workers in Myanmar. Please feel free to participate in a digital survey on it.

The report has not been well-publicised so please feel free to forward this email to community members and coworkers who may not have heard of it.

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The UNDP HIV, Health and Development Practice Team in Asia Pacific in partnership with UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office (APRO), UNAIDS Regional Support Team (RST) and the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) has commissioned a study on the Legal environments affecting HIV responses among sex workers in Asia and the Pacific.

The current study needs to be supplemented by information from people working in the field, including sex workers themselves. We are particularly interested in documenting laws and practices that criminalize the sex industry as well as laws and practices that empower sex workers and promote their health.

A copy of the Entire report as well as its sections relating to South Asia, South East Asia, and  East Asia regions can be downloaded by clicking to the respective hiperlinks.

Your input is very valuable to us. Once you have read your regional and/or country chapter, please give us your feedback by participating in the following survey which will be open until the 7th of October 2011 . Please click HERE http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/630276/Legal-Environments-Human-Rights-and-HIV-responses-among-sex-workers-in-Asia-and-the-Pacific to access the survey.

The final report will be available in 2012 and we will look forward engaging with you on defining follow up steps on how it can be used most effectively.

Thank you very much for your time and support.