Carrying Condoms is a ?Crime” for Burmese Women

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July 14, 2004" "Burmese women can be jailed for a maximum of three years if military police find them carrying a condom, says Liz Hilton the spokesperson of EMPOWER, a Thai organisation that supports and educates sex workers. Hilton, who is representing EMPOWER (Chiang Mai) at the 2004 AIDS Conference, said that women in Burma are at risk - regardless of whether they are sex workers, domestic workers, or teachers. "What women are saying is that the police assume any woman with a condom is a sex worker. And the result is that many women in Burma are now too afraid to carry condoms, in case the police arrest them"..."

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Ms.Hong Sar

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Independent Mon News Agency

Date of Publication: 

2004-07-14

Date of entry: 

2004-08-13

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English

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