Reducing Girls' Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: The Thai Approach (UNAIDS, 1999, 56 p.): (introduction...)

Reducing Girls' Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: The Thai Approach (UNAIDS, 1999, 56 p.)

		*(introduction...)*
		Acknowledgements
		Introduction
		Why girls become prostitutes
		The particular vulnerability to HIV/AIDS of sex workers in Thailand
		Strategies for preventing child prostitution
		Implementing the strategies
		References
		Appendix A: Thailand’s Education System
		Appendix B: The Thai Women of Tomorrow Project Partnership Structure
		Back Cover

(introduction...)

UNAIDS
Case Study

June 1999

UNAIDS Best Practice Collection

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UNAIDS/99.34E (English original, June 1999)
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Cover photos:
Left: Girls at the Pang Lao School in the northern city of Chiang Rai participating in an AIDS education and awareness project.
Photo Credit: UNICEF/HQ97-0246/Jeremy Horner
Right: Teenagers at the Technical College of Phayao.
[Phayao is one of the provinces involved in projects described in this Case Study.]
Photo Credit: UNAIDS/Noorani

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