According to a 2007 UNFPA survey, 1,015 out of 11,324 female sex workers in Karachi had taken HIV tests, and two tested positive for the virus. IRIN/PlusNews reports that the first reported case of an HIV-positive female sex worker in Karachi "created a scare in the city's brothels," and although many sex workers tried to insist on condom use, "the customers mostly refused." Baig said that women in Pakistani society are "regarded as second class citizens" and the "situation is worse" for female sex workers, who often have unprotected sex with members of other high risk groups, such as injection drug users and male sex workers who also have sex with men. He added, "We may not be on the brink of an epidemic when it comes to [female sex workers], but the facts remain that these women are vulnerable" (IRIN/PlusNews, 1/6).
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