This study attempts to assess the different violence experiences of street commercial sexrnworkers, the type of physical violence they encounter, the perpetrators of such acts along withrnthe coping mechanisms of violence survivors. The study employed phenomenological qualitativernstudy design. The study is conducted in selected hot spot areas of Arada Sub City, with eightrnstreet based commercial sex workers, aged 18-35 who are survivors of physical violence offence.rnIn order to collect the desired data, the researcher used in-depth interviews with primaryrnparticipants and key informant interviews with concerned stakeholders. The study findingrnindicates that street based sex workers face mild to severe forms of physical violence repeatedrntimes from regular clients, police and even intimate partners and other sex workers. Suchrnviolence victimizations are usually associated with alcohol/drug, pornographic movies, clientrnrefusals, nature of working site of street sex workers and the stigmatization and discrimination ofrnsex workers. The coping mechanisms of survivors after violence encounters seem to be immaturernand ineffective. Victims do not report their cases to legal authorities because of the lack of trustrnon police measures, absence of supportive evidence, fear of client retaliation, and failure torntrace their perpetrators. The study concludes that violence against sex workers is intensified byrnthe ambiguous legal status of sex work in the country and the stigmatized attitude towards thernprofession, which necessitates improvement at individual, societal and structural levels. It isrnrecommended that further research should be conducted in the area to understand the differentrnfeatures of sex work, added to the recurrent focus on the health aspect.