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| Name: | care & support welfare organization |
| Street 1: | C-68 shamsi society |
| Street 2: | wireless gate Airport Malir |
| City: | Karachi |
| Province: | Sind |
| Post Code: | 74000 |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Phone: | 00923323632868 |
| Organization Email: | caresupport.pk@hotmail.com |
| Web Site: | http://www.caresupport.org.pk |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| Care & Support Welfare Organization (CSO) has its Project office, Drop-in centre and a Vocational/Social Support Centre in the red light area in Karachi, Pakistan. CSO has been providing primary health care, VCCT for HIV & AIDS and STIs, mobile based social/medical services and prevention services to FSW’s, MSW’s/HSW, PLHA, their families. CSO is also providing primary Education to Children of Sex Workers. How are sex workers involved in your organization?: CSO has implemented a UNFPA-funded project as a partner NGO for HIV prevention among FSW/MSW during the past 3 years. Currently the same project is implementing funded by the Government of Pakistan. All project’s outreach and Field staff consist of sex workers. Advocacy and consensus is mandatory with sex workers in all issues. Which of NSWP priority areas does your organization work on?: Oppose the criminalization and other legal oppression of sex work and support its recognition as work Critique the trafficking paradigm that conflates representations of sex work, migration, and mobility Advocate for universal access to Social, legal, civic and health services, including primary health care, HIV treatment and care, sexual and reproductive health services Speak out about violence against sex workers, including violence from police, LEA, institutions, clients, and intimate partners, while challenging the myth that sex work is inherently gender-based violence Oppose human rights abuses, including coercive programming, mandatory testing, raids and forced rehabilitation Challenge stigma and discrimination against sex workers, their families and partners, and others involved in sex work Advocate for the economic empowerment and social inclusion of sex workers as sex workers What are the two main challenges that the sex workers you work with face: Sex work is illegal in Pakistan and socially not acceptable at any level and by all stake holders of governance. Due to this the attitude and behaviour of law enforcement agencies and t |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Delivery of health services and care |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 26 - 50 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 26 - 50 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Stop TB communications |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Information on developments within the TB world |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| our organization is providing awareness services regarding diagnosis and referral to different TB diagnostic and treatment centers in existing public sector as well as private(NGO) TB centers in the region.we also arrange sensitization workshops regarding TB among high risk groups of HIV AIDS' | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Pakistan |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Pakistan |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB-HIV: cso is working to provide community and home based care for PLHIV and pakistan has very high HIV /TB co-infection prevalence .we are also providing institution based care and support to PLHIV at HIV treatment center. we facilitate PLHIV to TB centers for diagnosis and treatment facilities and also provide TB drugs to HIV patient to their homes as taken by TB centers. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: agreed | |
| Application date: | October 7, 2013 |
| Last updated: | November 13, 2013 |