Improving Working Conditions of Entertainment Workers as a Means to Strengthen HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care Programmes in Viet Nam

At a glance

Partners: UNAIDS, Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs, Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, National Network of Entertainment Workers
Donor: One Plan Fund (UN)
Duration: March 2014 - December 2016
Target beneficiaries: Entertainment workers, entertainment business owners or employers, labour
constitutions
Geographical focus: Ha Noi and Quang Ninh Province

Project Context

Entertainment workers face many violations of their labour rights at the workplace. This limits the efficacy of the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control 2006, which prioritizes entertainment workers access to information, education and communication on HIV prevention and control.

Harm reduction projects targeting entertainment workers have focused mainly on prevention services rather than labour rights violations that increase entertainment worker vulnerability to HIV infection and inhibit their use of HIV testing, treatment and care services.

This ILO – UNAIDS joint initiative therefore fulfills a gap in the current response - to ensure that the labour rights of entertainment workers are protected and issues of violence, health service access and unsafe working conditions are addressed.

Project Objectives

The project aims to support the ILO’s tripartite constituents – the Government, and employers and workers’ organizations in improving the working conditions of entertainment workers as a means to strengthen HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care services.

Specific objectives of the project include:

• To develop capacity of the network or groups of entertainment workers to effectively advocate for improved working conditions;
• To increase ILO tripartite partners’ capacity to facilitate improved working conditions for entertainment workers at the workplace.

Project Outcomes

• Entertainment worker organizations have increased capacity to advocate for rights to workplace safety, and freedom from violence, discrimination and exploitation.
• Workplace policies in entertainment sector that supports improved working conditions, access to healthcare, and reduced violence, exploitation and discrimination.

For further information please contact:

Ms Pham Thi Thanh Huyen
National Project Coordinator
ILO Country Office for Viet Nam
48-50 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Tel.: +84 4 3734 0902 ext. 107
Fax: +84 4 3734 0904
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ilo.org/hanoi