Grantee-Partners Map
In the 10 years since our launch in 2012, Red Umbrella Fund has given 279 grants to 180 organisations in 68 countries. Every year we share our list of grants including the names of the grantee-partner organisations that request to be published on our website. Organisations that wish to stay anonymous do not have their name or country publicly available. Please contact us if you would like to contact any of our former-grantees or discuss their work.
In 2022 Red Umbrella Fund’s PAC awarded €1,300,000 – our first time giving more than a million in a single year – bringing total grants to €7,886,500!
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Asociación de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales: “Unidas en la Esperanza” (UNES)
Asociación de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales: “Unidas en la Esperanza” (UNES)Paraguay National Spanish This group promotes public policies and practices that protect women sex workers and that improve their working and living conditions. UNES aims to eradicate all forms of discrimination, stigma, and violence against sex workers. The group carries out sensitisation campaigns in coordination with other sex worker groups in Latin America. UNES organises regular meetings with municipal authorities, health service providers, and local police to promote the wellbeing and rights of sex workers in Paraguay. Learn more
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Paraguay | Latin America | 2017 |
Asociacion de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales: “Unidas en la Esperanza” (UNES)
Asociacion de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales: “Unidas en la Esperanza” (UNES)Paraguay national Spanish Asociacion de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales: “Unidas en la Esperanza” (UNES) promotes public policies and practices that protect women sex workers and that improve their working and living conditions. UNES aims to eradicate all forms of discrimination, stigma, and violence against sex workers. The group carries out sensitisation campaigns in coordination with other sex worker groups in Latin America. UNES organises regular meetings with municipal authorities, health service providers, and local police to promote the wellbeing and rights of sex workers in Paraguay where sex work is not recognised as work.
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Paraguay | Latin America | 2022 |
Indonesian Sex Workers’ Organization / Organisasi Perubahan Sosial Indonesia (OPSI)
Indonesian Sex Workers’ Organization / Organisasi Perubahan Sosial Indonesia (OPSI)Indonesia Local, National English With a presence in 19 provinces in Indonesia, this sex worker-led network provides HIV and other health services to sex workers through drop-in centres, outreach, and referrals. OPSI builds partnerships with government, service providers and HIV organisations to improve sex workers’ access to HIV and STI prevention, treatment and care services. With this grant, OPSI plans to study the impact on sex workers of brothel closures in six major Indonesian cities, and the connection between human rights violations and HIV/STI vulnerability. OPSI will use the results of this research in its advocacy work. Learn more
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Indonesia | Asia/Pacific | 2017 |
Indonesian Sex Workers’ Organization / Organisasi Perubahan Sosial Indonesia (OPSI)
Indonesian Sex Workers’ Organization / Organisasi Perubahan Sosial Indonesia (OPSI)Indonesia Local, National English This national network with members in 20 provinces of Indonesia works to uphold sex workers’ human rights. OPSI increases sex workers’ awareness of their human rights through trainings and advocates for better laws and the meaningful involvement of sex workers in processes and decisions that affect them. Learn more
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Indonesia | Asia/Pacific | 2020 |
Pow Wow
Pow WowZimbabwe Local, National English This local group of sex workers of all genders was created in 2014. It is a founding member of the national network of sex workers in the country and a member of the regional network, the African Sex Workers Alliance. Pow Wow led the successful effort to outlaw solicitation arrests of female sex workers and aims to expand the ruling to apply to all genders. The group conducts peer outreach and holds themed bi-weekly dialogues with sex workers to foster solidarity among the diverse sex workers that it brings together. Learn more
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Zimbabwe | Africa | 2019 |
WOMEN AGAINST ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION (WAAD)
WOMEN AGAINST ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION (WAAD)Zimbabwe National English 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.
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Zimbabwe | Africa | 2020 |
Women Against All forms of Discrimination (WAAD)
Women Against All forms of Discrimination (WAAD)Zimbabwe national English Formed in 2015, Women Against All forms of Discrimination (WAAD) is a national individual membership organisation. WAAD has provincial structures in all ten provinces of Zimbabwe. With this grant and amongst others, the organisation aims to continue its advocacy with national stakeholders, distribute sanitary pads and celebrate international women’s day and international sex workers’ day. Learn more
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Zimbabwe | Africa | 2022 |