AMA is the Country Wide Network of sex workers whose main focus is to advocate around law and policy reform as well as Right to health for sex workers.

1. Aye Myanmar Association [AMA]
Sex Workers Network

2. The AMA Vision
• Aye Myanmar Association (AMA) seeks to build
a Myanmar where all the sex workers live in an
environment of respect, human rights, social
justice and dignity.
• AMA wishes for a society where there is no
stigma and discrimination, no violence based on
class, gender and or occupation.
• All the individual communities are able to lead a
quality life with peace and harmony.

3. The AMA Mission
 empowering the sex worker communities through
mobilization and capacity building
 Improvement to the ownership and quality of
sexual and reproductive health services
 Improvement of image and self-confidence of sex
worker communities
 Building formal and informal alliances with
individuals, groups and organizations
 influencing to change existing norms, policies and
practices, operating at all levels in the society and
limit the life of sex worker

4. AMA– Structure

5. Current activities
Community led outreach
•AMA is currently working in 5 major cities of
Myanmar
•15 community workers and 20 volunteers are
working in outreach level
• Community mobilization, condom & gel
distribution, referral for clinical services and
awareness building on various issues
• Working with NAP/TMO for
clinical services
• Research – VASW, Stigma
and discrimination, ICT
• Advocacy forreform –
change the law
Structural interventions
•Violence against sex workers – paralegal, safe
space, hotline, legal services & counselling
•Learning centre – Basic English and computer
including ICT
•Community empowerment and leadership building
•Capacity building of CBOs in Myanmar – Currently
10 CBOs in 10 major cities
•Bank account and saving
•Human rights of sex workers

6. 2016
No of townships implementing HIV prevention activities by
AMA
No. of SW reached by HIV prevention programme 4380
No. of SW tested of HIV/STI and know the result 506
No. of SW who effected positive 30
No. HIV Treatment who received 12
No. of SW who treatment STI 114
No of SW received Family Planning services 174
No. of male condom distributed 91126
No. of Female condom distributed 15678
No. Townships 8
No. Sex Workers death 1

7. Mobile Testing ( NAP)

8. Outreach activity

9. 2015 Capacity building of CBOs

10. Reporting System
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11. Participation in events

12. International and National partner
• Global Network of Sex Workers Project [NSWP]
• Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers [APNSW]
• Sex Workers ASEAN [SWASEAN]
• Sex Workers Alliance

13. Current Funding 2016
Secured Excepted Plan
•Aids Fonds
•Red Umbrella Fund
•UN Women
• Global Fund
(regional grant)

14. ThankYou