Myanmar (2003): Peer Ethnographic Research with Sex-Workers and Male Students in Yangon

Abstract

This report presents key findings of peer ethnographic research carried out by PSI Myanmar among female sex-workers and male students between May and August 2003. The peer ethnographic tool has been designed to enable agencies and programmes to gain an in-depth understanding of how people perceive and experience their social worlds, specifically in relation to sexual and reproductive health, through documenting their conversational interactions with peers around key issues. Fifteen sex-workers and fourteen male students were trained as peer researchers and were the key informants for this study. Each of the PERs interviewed 3-4 peers, and these interviews, together with the results of debriefing sessions and synthesis workshops, provide the raw data on which this report is based