Reducing Harassment amongst Sex Workers: Aastha experiences of community committees in addressing crises in Mumbai, India

Gaurav NidhiSenior Program Officer

Community-managed Task Force Committee

StructureIdeally TFC members should be

5-10 in number & should be Aastha Gat leaders

To form site-level crisis

management groups of

SWs.

To create support

groups for SWs to

instantly address crisis,

within 30 minutes.

To initiate a

community-led

support system.

Objective

Task Force Committee

Lead

ers

One Peer Educator Site

Task Force Committee

SW In crisis

Other SWs PE

AG

L R P

IP Adv. Officer

Peer Advocate

ORW

TFC

PoliceHospitalOthers

Community-led Crisis Response System

Major outcomes

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