“We are the same women,” Delgerzaya M. (left) says about the sex workers with whom she works. “I understand their challenges better than others.” Delgerzaya M. (left) and Usukhbayar D. (right) are former sex workers who now find and introduce sex workers to the trainings and resources offered by the “Perfect Ladies” NGO in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They value the community the Global Fund-supported NGO creates and the education and safety it offers girls and young women in the country’s capital. June 2019.

Perfect Ladies offers training, outreach, testing and counseling for sex workers. Training sessions cover topics like HIV and STI prevention, safety, voluntary counseling and testing, stress management, and other sexual and reproductive health themes. With Global Fund support, the organization aims to reach 2,900 sex workers and others in 2019.