PUNE: Sex workers want to be included in the planning and development of health programmes and initiatives that address their risks and vulnerabilities.
Forty women from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Maharashtra participated in the two-day western regional meet held in the city to discuss and plan the fourth phase of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP IV). The meet concluded on Tuesday.
"We no longer want to be seen as recipients, but as designers and managers of health programmes," Sunita from Gujarat said.