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“Treat Us Like Human Beings”
Discrimination against Sex Workers, Sexual and Gender Minorities, and People Who Use Drugs in Tanzania
Glossary
Map of Tanzania
Summary
Violations by the Police
Violationswithin the Health
Sector
Most At-Risk Populations (MARPs)/Key
Populations
Criminals under the Law
Children
Limited Progress
A Holistic, Rights-Based Approach to
HIV/AIDS
Key Recommendations
To President Kikwete
To the Government of the United
Republic of Tanzania
To the Parliaments of Tanzania and
Zanzibar
To the Ministry of Health and Social
Welfare of the Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Health of Zanzibar, and all
Government Institutions Working on HIV/AIDS
To the Tanzania Police and Office of
the Director of Public Prosecutions
To Donor Governments and Institutions
Supporting HIV/AIDS Programs or Human Rights Programs in Tanzania
Methodology
I. Background
HIV in Tanzania: High Prevalence
amongst Key Populations
Legal and Policy Environment
Access to Information
Ujamaa and Exclusion
II. Social and Legal Context for
Abuses against LGBTI People, Sex Workers, People Who Use Drugs
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
and Intersex (LGBTI) People
Transgender and Intersex People
SAIDI W.’S STORY
Sex Work and Commercial Sexual
Exploitation
Sexual Exploitation of Children
ROSEMARY I.’S STORY
People Who Use Drugs
JANUARY H.’s STORY
III. Police Violence,
Intimidation, and Extortion
Torture and Ill-Treatment
Sexual Assault and Sexual Extortion
by Police
Police Rape and Assault of Children
Extortion of Money
Arbitrary Arrests
IV. Police Jamii, Sungu Sungu,
and Other Vigilante Groups
Sungu Sungu
Police Jamii
V. Lack of Access to Justice for
Crime Victims from Marginalized Groups
VI. Discrimination in the Health Care
Sector
Denial of Health Care
Verbal Abuse, Harassment, and
Violations of Confidentiality
Requirement to Submit Police Form
Number 3 (PF3) before Treatment
Requirement to “Bring Your Partner”
Lack of Access to Lubricant
VII. Tanzanian, Regional, and
International Law..
Consensual Same-Sex Conduct
Sex Work
Sexual Exploitation
Personal Drug Consumption
Right to Be Free From Torture
Right to the Highest Attainable
Standard of Health
Right to Security and Bodily
Integrity
Corruption
VIII. Tanzanian Government Response
IX. Full Recommendations
To President Kikwete and the
Government of Tanzania
To the Parliaments of Tanzania and
Zanzibar
To the Ministry of Health and Social
Welfare of the Republic of Tanzania, the Ministry of Health of Zanzibar, all
Government Institutions Working on HIV/AIDS
To the Ministry of Justice and
Constitutional Affairs of the Republic of Tanzania and the Commission on
Constitutional Reform
To the Ministry of Community
Development, Gender and Children of the Republic of Tanzania and the Ministry
of Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children Development in Zanzibar
To the Tanzania Police and the Office
of the Director of Public Prosecutions
To the Commission on Human Rights and
Good Governance (CHRAGG)
To the Prevention and Combating of
Corruption Bureau (TAKUKURU)
To the Drug Control Commissions of
Tanzania and Zanzibar
To United Nations Agencies Operating
in Tanzania, including UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and UN Women
To Donor Governments and Institutions
Supporting HIV/AIDS Programs or Human Rights Programs in Tanzania
Acknowledgments
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