Violence against sex workers by police and military in Democratic Republic of Congo

HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2008 Dec;13(2-3):73-4.

Abstract

Sex workers in the Sud-Kivu district of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are regularly subjected to sexual and other forms of violence. In this article, based on a presentation at a concurrent session at the conference, Alphonse Mihigo Ombeni and Anna Louise Crago describe the negative impacts of this violence on the sex workers' health and working conditions. Many have become HIV-positive.

Publication types

  • Newspaper Article

MeSH terms

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Humans
  • Military Personnel*
  • Police*
  • Violence*