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!
TAMPEP – European Network for the Promotion of Rights and Health among Migrant Sex Workers
Regional Network - Finland Based
International
English
This self-led European network promotes the human rights of migrant sex workers at local, national and regional levels in Europe. To support its advocacy, the network documents and shares the stories, good practices and needs of its members, develops position papers, and supports sex workers’ presence in key advocacy spaces. TAMPEP actively reaches out to other migrants’ rights organisations to build alliances and collaborate for migrants’ rights in Europe.
TAMPEP – European Network for the Promotion of Rights and Health among Migrant Sex Workers
Regional Network - Finland Based
International
English
TAMPEP is a migrant sex worker-led European network that focuses exclusively on advocacy and networking for the promotion of social inclusion, economic empowerment, health access, and legal rights and safety of migrant and mobile sex workers. It collects and maintains updated information on the political and legal situation on sex work in European countries, supports national and European advocacy efforts through the production and dissemination of position papers and amplifies the voices of migrant sex workers by mobilising network members and ensuring their presence in key EU-level advocacy spaces.
Established in 2015, The Red Edition unites sex workers of all genders, identities and ethnic backgrounds with a particular focus on migrant sex workers. The group conducts regular community meetings and outreach activities. The Red Edition advocates for the recognition of sex work as work among policy makers and the labour union in Austria. With this grant The Red Edition will explore social entrepreneurship opportunities to enhance the sustainability of the group in the future.
Created in 2015, this is the first sex worker-led organisation in Austria. Red Edition welcomes sex workers of all genders, identities and ethnic backgrounds and has a specific focus on migrant sex workers. The group promotes the full decriminalisation of sex work and the recognition of sex work as work. This grant supports Red Edition to expand its outreach work, strengthen its organisational and financial capacities and to develop a strategic plan.
Selling sex is legal in Malawi. However, there is a law against «any common prostitute behaving in a disorderly or indecent manner in any public place» and vagrancy laws used against sex workers. In its work, Tikondane aims to support female sex workers by increasing access to quality healthcare, social and legal support, information and sustainable systems of livelihood. With this grant, Tikondane aims to organise sensitisation activities and develop information, education and communication materials for the community.
In its work, Tikondane aims to support female sex workers by increasing access to quality healthcare, social and legal support, information and sustainable systems of livelihood. Despite sex work being legal in Malawi, vagrancy laws are used against sex workers. Tikondane also works towards advocating for a transformative shift in societal attitudes toward sex workers, addressing discrimination and abuse within the communities.With this grant, Tikondane aims to enhance its advocacy and sensitization efforts, mainly by conducting awareness campaigns on mental health and substance abuse targeting young mothers who are sex workers.
Created in 2011, this emerging group brings together sex workers of all genders from three provinces of Mozambique to improve the human rights of sex workers, and end violence and discrimination. The group builds knowledge of sex workers in areas of sexual and reproductive health and human rights, and trains them to become advocates for their own rights. With the Red Umbrella Fund grant, the group will develop its organisational structures and capacities.
SWOPLA (Sex Worker Outreach Project Los Angeles) is a grassroots non-profit organisation that is led, organised and supported by and for sex workers. SWOPLA’s vision is to usher in the reality where all sex workers? labor and body are valued and respected. Amongst other important work, SWOPLA maintains a resource list on its website and cultivates relationships with service providers to provide referrals useful to sex workers in the Los Angeles area of the United States of America.
Uganda Network of Sex Worker-Led Organisations (UNESO)
Uganda
National
English
This network was established in 2015 to develop a common vision and mission among sex worker-led organisations across Uganda. It creates safe spaces where sex workers can convene in a country with high levels of violence against sex workers and LGBTQ people. UNESO maps sex worker organisations in rural areas and provides leadership, fundraising, and financial management training for sex workers.
Uganda Network of Sex Worker-Led Organisations (UNESO)
Uganda
National
English
This network was established in 2015 to develop a common vision and mission among sex worker-led organisations across Uganda. It creates safe spaces where sex workers can convene in a country with high levels of violence against sex workers and LGBTQ people. UNESO maps sex worker organisations in rural areas and provides leadership, fundraising, and financial management training for sex workers. By arranging meetings with government officials, UNESO works to ensure national policies align with the UN campaign to «Leave No One Behind».
Uganda Network of Sex Worker-Led Organisations (UNESO) registered as (Network of key population service organisations)
Uganda
Local, Subnational, National
English
This network was established in 2015 to develop a common vision and mission among sex worker-led organisations across Uganda. It creates safe spaces where sex workers can convene in a country with high levels of violence against sex workers and LGBTQ people. UNESO maps sex worker organisations in rural areas and provides leadership, fundraising, and financial management training for sex workers.
Created in 2010, UMANDE works through solidarity committees gathering information from different provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and organises capacity building and advocacy activities. With this grant, UMANDE will organise trainings on financial skills for sex workers, support sex workers living with HIV in continuing their treatment and develop materials to increase sex worker visibility.
This national network unites sex workers who are organised in peer support groups in 25 cities and provinces of Vietnam. Vietnam Network of Sex Workers (VNSW) aims to represent the voice of sex workers at national level to improve laws, policies, and practices that impact on sex workers’ lives. The network builds capacity of women and men sex workers in the area of HIV harm reduction, community work, management, and advocacy through trainings and mentoring.
This network unites female sex workers who are organised in peer support groups in 16 provinces. It aims to represent the voice of sex workers at national level to improve laws, policies, and practices that impact on sex workers’ lives. Sex workers benefit from the trainings in computer, fundraising and management skills organised by the network. Established in 2012, the network is developing its first strategic plan with support from the Red Umbrella Fund.
This local weekly community initiative has been self-funded through a crowdfunding campaign since 2017. Members are current or former low income sex workers who either use drugs, have experienced homelessness, or have engaged in street-based work. WCIAA offers transportation assistance, a stipend, childcare, toiletry items, clothing, access to harm reduction supplies and bail emergency response. Meetings include workshops addressing members’ self-determined needs.
Creada en 2015, la organización Women Against All forms of Discrimination («Mujeres contra todas las formas de discriminación», WAAD por sus siglas en inglés) es una organización nacional integrada por miembrxs individuales. WAAD tiene estructuras provinciales en las diez provincias de Zimbabue. Con esta subvención, y entre otras cosas, la organización pretende continuar su trabajo de incidencia con las partes interesadas nacionales, distribuir toallitas sanitarias y celebrar el Día Internacional de la Mujer y el Día Internacional de lxs Trabajadorxs Sexuales.
Formed in 2015, this organisation promotes sex workers’ rights as human rights and organises support groups for sex workers to share and be supported. The organisation works with a particular focus on women sex workers from marginalised communities and women who engage in transactional sex but do not see themselves as sex workers.
In a context where sex work is regarded as a criminal activity that can be subjected to severe prosecutions, this sex worker-led organisation working in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic aims to establish a national socio-political and economic environment in which sex workers’ voices and priorities are duly valued.
This sex worker-led group established in 2012 works to provide female sex workers in Ghana, with a network of peer support, so that they can boldly and confidently claim their rights. To do so, the group builds the capacity of its members and work with law enforcement to diminish abuse from the police.
This emerging group of sex workers includes many migrants in the capital city of Lagos. WOPI runs a nightly outreach programme, offering HIV testing and counselling services. The group also trains sex workers in leadership skills and builds their knowledge on sexual and human rights advocacy as a strategy to counter violence and abuse.
This sex workers’ collective documents rights violations as part of its campaigns for changing legislation and policy so that the human rights of sex workers can be protected. Through the Community Legal Service, WNU offers direct legal assistance to sex workers including counselling, legal advice, and representation.
This sex worker-led organisation works with trained community champions in six districts to improve the quality of life of sex workers in Zambia. ZASWA provides local community saving schemes and workshops on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The group provides trainings on human rights and community organising for sex workers and awareness raising workshops on human rights of sex workers for police in Lusaka. By organising events around international sex worker days, ZASWA aims to increase visibility of sex workers.
Zimbabwe Sex Workers Alliance (ZIMSWA) is a non-profit human rights national organisation that has been working to advance the sexual and legal rights of sex workers in Zimbabwe since the year 2015. With this grant, ZIMSWA aims to hold sensitization workshops, particularly for religious leaders and policymakers, as a part of their decriminalisation strategy.
