Webinar on ‘Understanding Women in Sex Work: A First step towards an inclusion in palliative care services’, 2nd June, 2022
The IAPC on collaboration with the Uttara Karnataka Mahila Okkoota and Samraksha, successfully presented a webinar on ‘Understanding Women in Sex Work: A First step towards inclusion in palliative care services’, on Thursday, 2nd June, 2022.
The webinar commemorated the International Sex Workers Day, and provided the PC community with a perspective of the socio legal framework within which sex work operates in Indian Society and also provided an overview of the different ways in which sex work operates in the country and the identities of the different women practicing sex work. The webinar also highlighted how involvement in sex work affects support structures for women, and its impact on care along with the issues faced by this group of women while accessing health care services.
The very interesting and thought provoking webinar was well appreciated. The event was also covered by the Indian Express, Bengaluru edition. Please click here to view the press coverage.
Snippets of the feedback received from the session as follows:
“I am in oncology palliative care and its relevance to sex workers was unknown to me; this is an eye opener concerning their social and medical problems. I feel is very important to include them under palliative care”
“Thanks a lot to the organisers for hosting such a webinar on an often neglected subject and bringing it into the focus it deserves”
“Thank you so much for organising such an insightful discussion. It was indeed an eye opener for me.”
Please click here to watch a recording of the webinar, in case you missed it.
The IAPC thanks all our panelists for sharing their time and for educating the palliative care community on this very important topic.