Mapa de organizaciones socias beneficiarias
En los 10 años que llevamos desde nuestro lanzamiento en 2012, el Fondo Paraguas Rojo ha concedido 279 subvenciones a 180 organizaciones de 68 países. Cada año compartimos nuestra lista de subvenciones, incluyendo los nombres de las organizaciones socias beneficiarias que solicitan ser publicadas en nuestro sitio web. as organizaciones que desean permanecer en el anonimato no tienen su nombre ni su país a disposición del público. Por favor, contáctanos si quieres ponerte en contacto con alguna de nuestras anteriores organizaciones beneficiarias o hablar de su trabajo.
En 2022, el PAC del Fondo Paraguas concedió 1.300.000 euros, siendo la primera vez que concedemos más de un millón en un solo año, con lo cual ¡el total de nuestras subvenciones ascendió a 7.886.500 euros!
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| Nombre de la organizacion | País | Region | Años |
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Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM)Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM)United Kingdom National English This workers’ cooperative aims to strengthen the sex workers’ rights movement through organising community workshops and festivals, networking and collaboration. SWARM advocates for full decriminalisation of sex work through lobbying parliamentarians, amplifying sex workers’ voices in public debates, and speaking out in media. The cooperative actively campaigns against the recent rise in arrests, unlimited detention, and deportation of migrant sex workers in the UK who are being specifically targeted since the Brexit vote. Learn more
| United Kingdom | Europe | 2017 |
Sex Worker Advocates Coalition (SWAC)Sex Worker Advocates Coalition (SWAC)United States local English The Sex Worker Advocates Coalition (SWAC) was formed in October 2016 as a small working group discussing the status of sex workers’ rights in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. SWAC believes that sex work is work and that people in the sex trades are worthy of full economic, political and social empowerment, and humanity. This is the first time the organisation receives a grant from Red Umbrella Fund. The funding will be used entirely for the sex work decriminalisation campaign in Washington D.C. Learn more
| United States | North America/Caribbean | 2022 |
Sex Worker Open University (SWOU)Sex Worker Open University (SWOU)United Kingdom Local English This collective brings together sex workers of all genders and sexual orientations, and works closely with sex workers who are migrants. SWOU organizes public events such as film festivals and public debates to educate people about stigma and violations of sex workers’ rights, and uses research to challenge people’s stereotypes about the sex work industry.
| United Kingdom | Europe | 2012 |
Sex Workers Advisory Network of Sudbury (SWANS)Sex Workers Advisory Network of Sudbury (SWANS)Canada Local English This group, located in northeastern Ontario, provides frontline services and community building to women sex workers (cis and trans), many of whom are Indigenous people, in an area removed from major city centres. Mainstream service providers in rural areas have limited awareness of sex workers’ realities and needs, and SWANS fills this gap. SWANS’ core activity is a drop-in centre in Sudbury, which offers capacity building opportunities to sex workers through a peer education model on legal, health, economic, and personal issues, while also offering direct psychosocial support and health services. Learn more
| Canada | North America/Caribbean | 2017 |
Sex Workers Educating & Empowering Texans (SWEET)Sex Workers Educating & Empowering Texans (SWEET)United States Local English SWEET was created in the year 2018 in response to SESTA-FOSTA (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act) by trafficked survivors and sex workers to advocate for decriminalization, offer financial aid, and provide peer support. SWEET’s offers, mutual aid cash grants, safer sex supplies, emergency contraception, and resource brokering to connect its members with trauma-informed services. The organisation has been able to do a lot of activities without a full-time staff. With this grant, SWEET aims to train up to 30 sex workers in Texas on harm reduction practices to address various concerns related to social wellbeing and physical/mental health, including safer sex and STI / HIV / pregnancy prevention, abortion access and reproductive health information, safer drug use and overdose prevention, first aid, legal defence / Know Your Rights, self-defence, and other similar topics.
| United States | North America/Caribbean | 2024 |
Sex Workers Intersectional Peer Education (SWIPE)Sex Workers Intersectional Peer Education (SWIPE)Italy national English SWIPE was born in October 2020 to fill the need for an association that could work on a national level, for all sex workers and that could act as a public face at a country level. SWIPE (Sex worker Intersectional Peer Education) is a sex workers and allies association, created to support Italian sex workers’ rights, promote an inclusive culture and fight stigma, whorephobia and whorearchy. With this first grant from Red Umbrella Fund, the organisation aims to organise workshops, a podcast, manage its website and social media platforms and continue strengthening its structures. Learn more
| Italy | Europe | 2022 |
Sex Workers Network Bangladesh (SWNOB)Sex Workers Network Bangladesh (SWNOB)Bangladesh Local, Subnational, National English This national network unites 29 member organisations representing sex workers of all genders and different localities in Bangladesh. The group aims to strengthen its member organisations by building their leadership capacities. SWNOB works with community leaders and the media to raise awareness about the human rights of sex workers, and takes action against brothel evictions and violence from law enforcement institutions. SWNOB advocates at the national level for the inclusion of sex workers in the country’s social security strategy Learn more
| Bangladesh | Asia/Pacific | 2018 |
Sex Workers Network Bangladesh (SWNOB)Sex Workers Network Bangladesh (SWNOB)Bangladesh Local English This network has 29 member organisations, representing sex workers of all genders from all over Bangladesh. The group aims to strengthen its member organisations through building their leadership capacities, and also works with community leaders and the media to raise awareness about the human rights of sex workers. Learn more
| Bangladesh | Asia/Pacific | 2012 |
Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP)- USASex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP)- USAUnited States Local, National, International English This national social justice network is dedicated to promoting the human rights of sex workers and their communities. The network consists of 27 local chapters that vary in size and include both sex workers and allied activists. SWOP-USA focuses much of its attention on ending stigma and violence against sex workers through education and advocacy. The network is active at local levels through its SWOP chapters, as well as at the national level. Through a dedicated website and related communications, SWOP actively encourages and supports sex workers in the United States and worldwide to honour December 17 as the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Learn more
| United States | North America/Caribbean | 2015 |
Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Regional Network - Hungary Based International English This regional network unites sex workers and their allies from 18 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia in the struggle to promote the human rights and improve the quality of life of sex workers. It provides a joint advocacy platform for sex workers’ voices in regional and national debates on health, labour rights, and safety for sex workers of all genders and exposes violence against sex workers. Learn more
| Regional Network - Hungary Based | Europe | 2013 |
Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Regional Network - Hungary Based International English This regional network unites sex workers of all genders and their allies from 18 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. SWAN provides a joint advocacy platform for the voices of sex workers in regional and national debates on health, labour rights and safety for sex workers. The network exposes violence against sex workers. Through training and a mentorship programme, SWAN builds the capacity of sex workers to effectively use available tools and resources in their community mobilisation and advocacy efforts. Learn more
| Regional Network - Hungary Based | Europe | 2018 |
Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Regional Network - Hungary based local, national, international English Working in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, SWAN was initiated with a goal to unite sex workers’ projects across the region, which in 2006 were isolated, invisible and with little influence, into one regional platform which mobilises, strengthens and amplifies the voices of sex workers. SWAN currently unites 27 member organisations from 20 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. SWAN has been supported by Red Umbrella Fund since 2013 and aims with this grant to continue building the movement in the region, develop information and learning resources, organise Management Committee meetings and cover some of its core costs. Learn more
| Regional Network - Hungary based | Europe | 2022 |
Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Regional Network - Hungary Based International English This network unites sex worker-led organisations and their allies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The network works to create societies where sex work is decriminalised and empowered sex workers can live free from violence, stigma and discrimination. SWAN provides capacity building to sex worker-led groups to advocate for their rights, support community mobilisation efforts and provides a space for its members to share resources and experiences. Learn more
| Regional Network - Hungary Based | Europe | 2020 |
Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Regional Network - Hungary Based International English Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) is a regional network that unites sex workers and their allies from 18 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It provides a joint advocacy platform for sex workers’ voices in regional and national debates on health, labour rights, and safety for sex workers of all genders and exposes violence against sex workers. Through training and a mentorship programme, SWAN builds capacity of sex workers to use available tools and resources in their community mobilisation and advocacy efforts. Learn more
| Regional Network - Hungary Based | Europe | 2016 |
Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)Hungary International English Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) works to address the isolated and invisible region of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA). They work closely with Red Umbrella Fund’s other regional grantee-partners to bridge the region between the European and Asia-Pacific networks as well as working internationally uniting nearly 30 member organisations.
| Hungary | Europe | 2024 |
Silver RoseSilver RoseRussia Subnational, National Russian Silver Rose is a nation-wide peer support group of sex workers with representation in eight different cities across Russia. It provides health, psychological and legal services and support for sex workers. They advocate for the decriminalisation of sex work in Russia and the abolition of the administrative penalty on prostitution. Learn more
| Russia | Europe | 2014 |
Silver RoseSilver RoseRussia Local Russian Supporting an expanding network of self-help initiatives throughout Russia, Silver Rose works with diverse groups of sex workers – including migrants, those who are HIV positive and those who engage in substance abuse – to advocate for changes in policies which marginalise sex workers. Silver Rose also uses peer support groups and legal volunteers to engage in strategic litigation. Learn more
| Russia | Europe | 2012 |
Sisonke – National Sex Worker Movement of South AfricaSisonke – National Sex Worker Movement of South AfricaSouth Africa Local, Subnational, National English This group strives for the recognition of sex work as work and for all sex workers to be treated with respect and dignity. Sisonke fosters solidarity among sex workers, provides educational support and legal services and advocates for better access to health and protection from violence. The Red Umbrella Fund grant contributes to the organisation’s progress towards becoming an independent and united movement, led by sex workers and for all sex workers across South Africa. Learn more
| South Africa | Africa | 2014 |
Sisonke – National Sex Worker Movement of South AfricaSisonke – National Sex Worker Movement of South AfricaSouth Africa Local English Operating in seven provinces of South Africa, the organisation is building an independent and self-led movement of sex workers. Sisonke provides information to sex workers on accessing social services, such as health care, and on working with the police and court system. The group offers workshops on sexual health, leadership and human rights. Learn more
| South Africa | Africa | 2012 |
Sisonke – National Sex Worker Movement of South AfricaSisonke – National Sex Worker Movement of South AfricaSouth Africa Local, Subnational, National English This national network of sex workers strives for the decriminalisation of sex work and for all sex workers to be treated with respect and dignity. Sisonke fosters solidarity among sex workers and advocates for better access to health services and protection from violence. The group provides HIV and human rights information through peer outreach work, builds capacity of sex workers through training, and provides legal services. Sisonke strategically works in partnership with allied organisations to strengthen its influence and participates in relevant government spaces. Learn more
| South Africa | Africa | 2016 |
Sloboda Prava / Equal RightsSloboda Prava / Equal RightsSerbia Local English Based in Belgrade, this group offers support to sex workers of all genders and ethnic backgrounds. Sloboda Prava uses visual arts to campaign for changing legislation and policies which criminalise sex work. The organisation operates a centre for sex workers which offers information on sexual health and the legal rights of sex workers.
| Serbia | Europe | 2012 |
Southern African Sex Worker AllianceSouthern African Sex Worker AllianceZambia International English Southern Africa Sex Workers Alliance (SASWA) is a Southern Africa sub-regional based network that was launched in the year 2023 and has a working group that consists of individual sex worker activists and diverse sex worker-led organisations. SASWA currently has a membership of 20 sex worker-led organisations from 8 countries in the region. SASWA is developing and establishing itself as an alliance in the region by ensuring that the voice of a young sex worker-(above 18 years old) is respected, visible and heard, hence striving to empower young sex workers in their diversity through the regional young sex workers advisory group. With Red Umbrella Fund support, the organisation is looking forward to rolling out its 5-year strategic plan, developing a monitoring and evaluation framework and rolling out its capacity-building plan.
| Zambia | Africa | 2024 |
Sramajibi Mahila SanghaSramajibi Mahila SanghaIndia Local English Sramajibi Mahila Sangha (SMS) is an organisation in India which develops Self Regulatory Boards (community-led anti-trafficking mechanisms) to engage decision making bodies on a local level, collaborates with trade unions and other organisations to increase sex worker participation in decision-making bodies, engages government departments to ensure access to social entitlements, and works with media and academia to enhance the social status of sex workers.
| India | Asia/Pacific | 2024 |
Sramajibi Mahila Sangha (SMS)Sramajibi Mahila Sangha (SMS)India Local, National English This group in West Bengal advocates for the rights of sex workers at local and national levels in India. SMS has been actively opposing a harmful new anti-trafficking bill. The group interacts with government departments to ensure access to social entitlements for sex workers and to secure their participation in advisory and decision-making bodies that address issues relevant to them and their families. The group runs 20 Self-Regulatory Boards, an effective community-led anti-trafficking mechanism that has been endorsed by the Supreme Court of India
| India | Asia/Pacific | 2018 |
Sramajibi Mahila Sangha (SMS)Sramajibi Mahila Sangha (SMS)India local English This group in West Bengal advocates for the rights of sex workers at local and national levels in India. Sramajibi Mahila Sangha also received a grant from Red Umbrella Fund in 2018 and was very active in opposing a harmful new anti-trafficking bill. With this grant, the organisation aims to continue its advocacy and strengthen and expand its self-regulatory boards which play a crucial role in addressing trafficking in sex work.
| India | Asia/Pacific | 2022 |
Street Youth Rise Up (SYRU)Street Youth Rise Up (SYRU)United States Local English This organisation aims to change the ways in which institutions see and treat homelessness in Chicago, United States of America. Working primarily with young, homeless, street-based sex workers, this sex worker-led group conducts peer-to-peer outreach and leadership development programmes locally. Learn more
| United States | North America/Caribbean | 2020 |
Strong LadiesStrong LadiesVietnam Local English Established in 2013, Strong Ladies provides healthcare and carries out advocacy to promote equal rights for sex workers in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. With this grant, the group will organise media events, conduct seminars and provide health services. Learn more
| Vietnam | Asia/Pacific | 2021 |
Strong LadiesStrong LadiesVietnam Local English This organisation of young trans women sex workers was established in 2013 as a local self-help group. Strong Ladies is the only organisation formed by and for trans women sex workers in Ho Chi Minh City. The group provides HIV prevention information and services to sex workers and collaborates with the Vietnam Network of Sex Workers (VNSW) to promote the human rights of sex workers. The group is expanding their health interventions for transgender sex workers and will provide consultation on sexual health via live-streams. Learn more
| Vietnam | Asia/Pacific | 2019 |
Strumphet Alliance NetworkStrumphet Alliance NetworkFiji Local, National English This peer-led community network of women sex workers in Fiji advocates with the national government for the human rights of sex workers. The group raises human rights awareness among local authorities and promotes respect among sex workers. Created in 2014, this grant will enable the group to strengthen its organisation and build internal capacity in areas of leadership and management. Strumphet Alliance Network aims to increase the visibility of the organisation and its messages through developing educational materials.
| Fiji | Asia/Pacific | 2017 |
Suriname Coalition of Sex WorkersSuriname Coalition of Sex WorkersSuriname National English Created in 2015, this group unites diverse sex workers including trans people, migrant sex workers, and people living with HIV. SUCOS promotes the human rights of sex workers by pursuing decriminalisation of sex work and combating stigma against sex workers in Suriname. The group educates community members, law enforcement officers and religious leaders about sex workers? rights. By training its members in how to engage with media, the group aims to raise visibility for their messages. With this grant, SUCOS will be conducting psychosocial sessions to support sex workers who are experiencing mental health issues.
| Suriname | North America/Caribbean | 2024 |
Suriname Coalition of Sex Workers (SUCOS)Suriname Coalition of Sex Workers (SUCOS)Suriname National English This sex worker-led group was created to promote the human rights of sex workers by pursuing decriminalisation of sex work and combating stigma in all its forms. With the Red Umbrella Fund grant, SUCOS will launch a two-year media campaign to illustrate sex workers’ stories and put sex workers’ demands forward. The group reaches out to law enforcement agencies, community and religious leaders to educate them about sex workers’ rights. SUCOS unites diverse sex workers including transgender people, migrants, and people living with HIV in Suriname. Learn more
| Suriname | North America/Caribbean | 2017 |
Suriname Coalition of Sex Workers (SUCOS)Suriname Coalition of Sex Workers (SUCOS)Suriname National English Created in 2015, this group unites diverse sex workers including trans people, migrant workers, and people living with HIV. SUCOS promotes the human rights of sex workers by pursuing decriminalisation of sex work and combating stigma against sex workers in Suriname. The group educates community members, law enforcement officers and religious leaders about sex workers’ rights. By training its members in how to engage with media, the group aims to raise visibility for their messages. Learn more
| Suriname | North America/Caribbean | 2021 |
Suriname Coalition of Sex Workers (SUCOS)Suriname Coalition of Sex Workers (SUCOS)Suriname National English Created in 2015, this group unites diverse sex workers including trans people, migrant workers, and people living with HIV. SUCOS promotes the human rights of sex workers by pursuing decriminalisation of sex work and combating stigma against sex workers in Suriname. The group educates community members, law enforcement officers and religious leaders about sex workers’ rights. By training its members in how to engage with media, the group aims to raise visibility for their messages. Learn more
| Suriname | North America/Caribbean | 2019 |
SWAGGERR – Sex Workers’ Action Group Gaining Empowerment, Rights and RecognitionSWAGGERR – Sex Workers’ Action Group Gaining Empowerment, Rights and RecognitionAustralia Local English This local collective of sex workers in South Australia works with sex workers of all genders. SWAGGERR advocates for legal and policy reform in their state, including decriminalisation of sex work, and promotes the rights of sex workers through social media campaigns and mobilising sex workers to ensure their participation in national and international forums. Learn more
| Australia | Asia/Pacific | 2015 |
SWOP AmbassadorsSWOP AmbassadorsKenya Local English SWOP Ambassadors is a grassroots feminist organization founded in 2014 dedicated to advancing the dignity, rights, and health of marginalized sex workers in Nairobi. The organisation primarily focuses on those living in informal settlements, individuals who are living with HIV/AIDS, those facing challenging migration statuses, and ageing sex workers. SWOP Ambassadors advocate for legal and healthcare reforms while promoting financial independence in a context where sex work remains criminalized. With the support of the Red Umbrella Fund, aims to continue its violence response efforts and legal follow-ups for sex workers who have been violated. The organisation will also conduct monthly mental health sessions to support its community members.
| Kenya | Africa | 2024 |
Syndicat du Travail Sexuel (STRASS)Syndicat du Travail Sexuel (STRASS)France Local, National English This national union represents the interests of sex workers of all genders and backgrounds, and from all branches of the sex industry in France through public education, advocacy and strategic litigation. The group campaigns for the legal recognition of sex work as work, and counters discrimination and stigmatisation with the aim to create an environment of respect and inclusiveness towards sex workers. Self-organisation of sex workers is encouraged through the creation of local federations in different cities. Learn more
| France | Europe | 2013 |
Syndicat du Travail Sexuel (STRASS)Syndicat du Travail Sexuel (STRASS)France Local, National English This sex worker-led union advocates for the interests of sex workers from all sectors of the industry. The group carries out advocacy, legal and capacity building activities to fight against violence and exploitation in sex work in France. Learn more
| France | Europe | 2020 |
Taiwan Sex Industry & Workers’ Rights AdvocacyTaiwan Sex Industry & Workers’ Rights AdvocacyTaiwan National English Taiwan Sex Industry & Workers? Rights Association was established in 2020, and is committed to destigmatizing and decriminalizing sex work to create a safe, fair, and healthy working environment. This grant will fund: public education through lectures and tours of the Red Light District; direct advocacy with legislators and a conference on legal reform; development of an organisational website, translation of key resources, and a sexworker story book project.
| Taiwan | Asia/Pacific | 2024 |
TalayanTalayanMorocco national English Talayan’s mission is to support the individual agency and collective empowerment of sex workers in Morocco, and to fight against all forms of criminalisation, violence and discrimination impacting sex workers and their communities. Talayan is the first organisation supported by Red Umbrella Fund in the Middle East and North Africa region!
| Morocco | Africa | 2022 |
TalayanTalayanMorocco National English Talayan?s mission is to support the individual agency and collective empowerment of sex workers in Morocco and to fight against all forms of criminalisation, violence and discrimination impacting sex workers and their communities. Talayan is the only active transled sex worker-led organisation in Morocco. The anti-rights movement in Morocco has escalated their opposition by threatening legal action against the members and leaders and this has resulted in leaders leaving the country for their security to seek asylum. It will conduct a need assessment survey to collect data on the needs and challenges faced by sex workers in the MENA region and develop an action plan to address these issues. Talayan is the first organisation supported by Red Umbrella Fund in the Middle East and North Africa region!
| Morocco | Africa | 2024 |