Improving the working conditions of entertainment workers as a means to strengthen HIV prevention, treatment and care programmes in Viet Nam

ILO will support the piloting of innovative workplace approaches that promote voluntary, confidential testing and early uptake of treatment for entertainment workers – who are among the most vulnerable groups to HIV infection – within the workplace. The focus of this initiative will be both small businesses in the entertainment sector where transactional sex often occurs, and sex worker organizations to develop and implement rights based approaches to voluntary testing and counseling in the workplace. UNAIDS and WHO will both support the Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT)@Work initiative. UNAIDS will utilize its multi-sectorial convening power to bring together health and labor sector partners to jointly devise appropriate delivery methods for increase HIV testing and counseling in the workplace. WHO will ensure coherence with international guidelines on HIV testing and treatment. Development Objective To improve the working conditions of entertainment workers as a means to strengthen HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care services in Vietnam. Immediate Objective 1: Labour partners’ capacity strengthened to address the root causes of HIV vulnerability of entertainment workers Immediate Objective 2: National Vietnam entertainment workers network and entertainment worker organizations reinforced to effectively advocate for improved working conditions Immediate Objective 3: Workplace level approaches addressing violence, harassment and other factors that increase HIV vulnerability integrated in entertainment establishments Immediate Objective 4: Innovative workplace approaches established that promote voluntary, confidential testing and early uptake of treatment for entertainment workers.

Project symbol

VIE/13/52/OUF

Admin unit

CO-Hanoi

Start date

01/03/2014

End date

31/12/2017

Total allocation

438219

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

436260

Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Viet Nam

Outcomes

Protection of workers from unacceptable forms of work