Understanding and Challenging Stigma toward ... - Pact Cambodia

Chapter E:
Moving to Action
Things to Get the Community Acting against Stigma
Activities which get people to identify and analyze MSM stigma in community:
Testimonies by MSM about their lives.
Language watch: school children or youth groups can make a “listening
survey” to identify stigmatizing words used in the community, media or in
popular songs.
Community mapping of MSM stigma: get the community to make a map of
stigma and discrimination and display the map at the community meeting
place.
Community walk to identify points of stigma in community.
Drama by a youth group based on real examples can be a trigger for
discussion.
Community meetings to discuss what has been learned from the above
methods and make decisions about what the community wants to do to reduce
stigma toward MSM.
Training workshops on MSM stigma for community leaders and service
providers.
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