title: Violence against sex workers   by police and military in   Democratic Republic of Congo.
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.
authors.forename: Alphonse Mihigo
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ombeni
authors.forename: Anna Louise
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Crago
mesh_terms: D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D016495:Police; D014754:Violence