Grantmaking & Accompaniment
2018 Call for Applications Closed
Sorry – the Red Umbrella Fund’s 2018 Global Call for Applications is now closed! Is your group, organisation or network…
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Come Join the PAC
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Red Umbrella Fund is looking for 6 activists to join the Programme Advisory Committee (PAC)! The…
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No Bad Migrants
The passport you hold determines a lot of your privileges, access and protection. I have always been able to benefit…
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Hints for 2017 Applicants
Dear sex worker friends, [update: Please note that the 2017 call for applications is now closed. We are not accepting…
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Call for Applications is now open!
[update: Please note that the 2017 call for applications is now closed. We are not accepting new applications anymore this…
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Programme Advisory Committee | Recruitment 2017
What’s the PAC? Each year, the Red Umbrella Fund publishes a Call for Applications. The Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) reviews…
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China: A Case Study of Sex Worker Organising
Sex work is illegal in China and it is difficult to effectively organise online due to censorship and repercussions. The…
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APROSMIG: A Case Study
[**Texto abaixo em português] “From community outreach to political action, the group has made great strides in empowering sex workers…
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Sisonke: A Case Study
The Red Umbrella Fund developed three case studies to highlight successful stories of sex workers in their efforts to build…
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Not Victims
I come from quite a conservative religious background. I remember, as a young girl, feeling upset and sad when walking…
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Red Umbrella Fund at AWID Forum 2016
Are you attending the AWID Forum 2016 in Brazil? Come join sex workers and allies on Friday evening the 9th…
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2016 Call for Applications is now closed
The Red Umbrella Fund’s 2016 global Call for Applications is now closed. Is your group, organisation or network led by…
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Ohotu means Love
How the sex workers’ movement in Nigeria is “growing and showing” despite violence The Nigerian Criminal Code penalises sex work…
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SCOT-PEP Reaches Next Milestone
… On Road to End Violence Against Sex Workers For the first time in the history of the sixteen-year-old Scottish…
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OTS: Mapping Human Rights Violations Against Sex Workers in El Salvador
The Red Umbrella Fund grantee Organización de Trabajadoras del Sexo (OTS) in El Salvador mapped the situation of sex workers…
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Sisonke Durban: Sex workers in South Africa claim their human rights
Thuli Khoza, Coordinator of Sisonke Durban and member of the Red Umbrella Fund’s peer review panel in 2014, speaks to…
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Red Umbrella Funds first Grantees
The Red Umbrella Fund is excited to present its first grantees, following the first Call for Applications in 2012. All…
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Red Umbrella Fund Welcomes its First Grantees
In April of this year (2012), a new innovative global grant-making mechanism for and by sex workers was launched: The…
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