COVID-19 provoked sudden reductions in orders for garments + abrupt closure of factories. This left tens of thousands of garment workers in Myanmar, mostly women, out of work. W/out money to pay rent or buy food, some were pushed into sex work. Physical & mental abuse, STIs 1/3

2/3...extortion and arrest have become part of their daily life. Since May, the European Union has already provided 6.4 billion MMK of direct financial support to over 40,000 garment workers who lost their jobs or faced furlough during the pandemic. Through the Myan Ku Fund...

...3/3 this money is transferred directly to them. As incidence of sex work has risen during the crisis, Myan Ku is also directly reaching out to those ex-garment workers pushed into sex work, providing extra assistance and counseling support, offering them an alternative path.