Best Practices & Guidelines

Best Practices and Guidelines on Gender-Based Violence

CGSHE and other stakeholders are currently acting as expert consultants on this issue to the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality (WAGE). We look forward to sharing experiences from Vancouver alongside other community, academic, and social justice groups.

Guidelines

First ever Vancouver Coastal Health Downtown Eastside Women’s Health & Safety Strategy

CGSHE’s Executive Director Dr. Kate Shannon worked alongside community partners in October 2016 to draft this companion paper to the VCH DTES Women’s Health and Safety strategy.

Women's Health and Safety in the Downtown Eastside: Companion Paper to the Second Generation Strategy Design Paper

Amnesty International, Sex Workers' Rights are Human Rights

An Amnesty International policy to protect the human rights of sex workers, 2015.

Maximizing the Benefits of Antiretroviral Therapy for Key Populations

A White Paper from the Key Affected Populations and Treatment as Prevention Working Groups of the International AIDS Society, July 2014.

Implementing Comprehensive HIV/STI Programmes with Sex Workers: Practical approaches from collaborative interventions

A report produced by WHO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, NSWP, and World Bank, 2014.

Prevention and Treatment of HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections for Sex Workers in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Recommendations for a public health approach.

A report from WHO, UNAIDS, NSWP, UNFPA, and UNDP, 2012.

Global Commission on HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights, and Health

A report and recommendations on sex work from the Global Commission on HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights, and Health, 2012.