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My biggest problem with the law and the police is that the take us as we are the animals.
lot of abuse to a police; harassment. the don’t want to take our case because we are a sex
workers you deserve to be abused. I think the best way to solve this problem is to, is to have sexworkers volunteers like us to teach the community about sexworkers, joining other organization ;Government meetings and the Police -
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One day, 20 September 2002, I met a man in the hotel in which I am staying. We agreed that the man will pay me R150.00. He agreed but then he refused to use a condom, was very rude and brutal, and he forced himself on me after he told me that he was HIV+. I was too afraid to go and test, the situation was too painful. I started to hate myself and men. Finally I went to the clinic and there they mocked me. I also went to the police station and it was worse: they made a joke about my rape. I felt useless and dirty.
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Between February and May 2005 we conducted 60 interviews with criminal justice system employees at nine courts and nine police stations distributed across the three provinces of Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State. Courts were selected on the basis of rankings
provided by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and represent a mix of well-functioning, average, and under-functioning courts, as well as urban or rural location. Police
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This is the monitoring protocol used by the campaign during the 16 Days of Activism on Gender Based Violence 2008. The protocol was designed to inform the aim of the campaign - to call government to account on ending violence against women.
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This brief policy note describes how sexual violence affects women’s health and identifies the nature and type of health services women need after a sexual assault. It then summarises research examining access to healthcare services in the aftermath of a sexual assault, as well as the quality of such services. It concludes with implications for policy, service provision and
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This brief policy note describes how sexual violence affects women’s health and identifies the nature and type of health services women need after a sexual assault. It then summarises research examining access to healthcare services in the aftermath of a sexual assault, as well as the quality of such services. It concludes with implications for policy, service provision and
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This study was undertaken in Gauteng Province where, in 2003, a total of 11 926 rapes were reported at the 128 police stations in Gauteng Province. A sample was drawn for the study using a two stage procedure. The first stage drew a sample of 70 police stations using probability proportional to size, where size was based on the number of rape cases reported to the police in 2003.
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This is a link to treatment information from AIDSbuzz. Key topics include: Voluntary testing and counselling, Antiretroviral therapy, Treatment rollout, Prevention of mother-to-child transmission, Post-exposure prophylaxis, Nutritional support for HIV disease and Traditional medicine.
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