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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$carlet Timor Kollectivu
$carlet Timor KollectivuTimor Leste National English This national sex workers’ collective works to improve sex workers’ access to HIV and increase recognition of their human rights, including the right to fair working conditions, and freedom from violence and police harassment. $TK represents sex workers of all genders in government decision-making spaces and civil society, particularly with regard to HIV. Learn more
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Timor Leste | Asia/Pacific | 2015 |
Adarsha
AdarshaIndia Local English This organisation aims to increase social acceptance for men and transwomen sex workers and to secure their fundamental rights as citizens of India. Adarsha works primarily at the local level and contributes to national and international advocacy efforts. The group supports sex workers to access health and general social services through peer outreach work and referrals and builds sex workers’ leadership skills.
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India | Asia/Pacific | 2016 |
Adarsha
AdarshaIndia National English This organisation works to increase social acceptance for men and transwomen sex workers in India, and to secure their fundamental rights as citizens. Adarsha is active at the local level in Mysore and other districts in the state of Karnataka, and contributes to national advocacy efforts. The group supports sex workers to access health and general social services through peer outreach work and referrals, and builds sex workers’ leadership skills. Adarsha mobilises sex workers and allies to improve laws, policies and practices around sex work, homosexuality and gender identity.
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India | Asia/Pacific | 2018 |
Adarsha
AdarshaIndia Local English This community-led organisation of male and trans* sex workers supports sex workers to access health services, social housing schemes, an identity card and other social services. The group mobilizes sex workers and allies to improve laws, policies and practices around sex work, homosexuality, and gender identity.
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India | Asia/Pacific | 2014 |
Adarsha
AdarshaIndia Local English Established less than three years ago in 2009, this organization advocates for the rights of sex workers who are men and trans, working to reduce stigma and building alliances with human rights organisations. Adarsha supports sex workers to access health care and other social services.
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India | Asia/Pacific | 2012 |
African Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA)
African Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA)Regional Network - Kenya Based International English Created in 2009, this regional network based in Kenya unites 100 sex worker groups from 33 countries in Africa and aims to expand its membership to include all countries of the continent. ASWA provides strategic advice, networking opportunities, capacity-building tools and financial support to local groups that work to improve sex workers’ access to health services and labour rights. Its membership includes sex workers of all genders. ASWA represents the interests of sex workers in regional and international debates and platforms. Learn more
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Regional Network - Kenya Based | Africa | 2018 |
African Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA)
African Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA)Regional Network - Kenya Based International English Created in 2009, this regional network unites 75 sex worker groups from 28 countries and aims to expand its membership to include all countries in Africa. It provides strategic advice, networking opportunities, capacity-building tools and financial support to local groups that work to improve sex workers’ access to health services and labour rights. Its membership includes sex workers of all genders. ASWA represents sex workers’ interest in regional and international processes and platforms. Learn more
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Regional Network - Kenya Based | Africa | 2016 |
African Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA)
African Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA)Regional Network - Kenya Based International English This sex worker-led African regional network was created in 2009 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. The Africa Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA) has more than 70 sex worker-led organisations as members in 33 African countries. The network amplifies the voices of their sex worker members and advocates for the health and human rights of the diverse community of sex workers working and living in Africa. ASWA intends to use its grant to create a capacity scan to be used in modelling future trainings for sex worker-led organisations in 5 African countries. Learn more
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Regional Network - Kenya Based | Africa | 2020 |
African Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA)
African Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA)Regional Network - Kenya Based International English This regional network unites sex worker groups from 11 countries and seeks to expand its membership to include all countries on the African continent. It provides strategic advice, networking opportunities, capacity-building tools and financial support to local sex workers’ groups that work to improve their access to health services and labour rights. Its membership includes groups working with women, men and trans sex workers. ASWA represents sex workers’ interest in regional and international processes and platforms. Learn more
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Regional Network - Kenya Based | Africa | 2013 |
Aids Acodev Cameroun
Aids Acodev CamerounCameroon Local French This association of sex workers mainly operates in Douala, Cameroon’s main industrial and harbor city. The group provides health and HIV information and services to sex workers of all genders. Aids Acodev reaches out to potential allies and the media to bring attention to the stigma, discrimination, and rights violations that sex workers face.
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Cameroon | Africa | 2012 |
Alcondoms Cameroun
Alcondoms CamerounCameroon Local, National French This group provides health and HIV services to sex workers of all genders. Alcondoms organises workshops for law enforcement, health care providers and others to promote respect for sex workers’ rights, and to address stigma and violence. The Red Umbrella Fund grant will enable the group to develop advocacy material such as a documentary about the experiences of sex workers in Cameroon. Learn more
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Cameroon | Africa | 2015 |
Alcondoms Cameroun
Alcondoms CamerounCameroon Local, National French Alcondoms was established in 2012 in response to the harmful legal and policy environment for sex workers in Cameroon. This sex worker-led group promotes the human and labour rights of sex workers and works to increase sex workers’ access to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, STI and tuberculosis screening, and counselling services. Alcondoms is located in the outskirts of Douala and directly serves the high concentration of sex workers in the area, which are often not reached by other local and national service providers. Learn more
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Cameroon | Africa | 2017 |
Alianza Mexicana de Trabajadoras Sexuales (AMETS)
Alianza Mexicana de Trabajadoras Sexuales (AMETS)Mexico Local Spanish Founded in 2017, this self-led group in Mexico City unites diverse women sex workers, including trans women and women working on the streets, in their fight against stigma and discrimination and for the recognition of sex work as work. With this grant, AMETS is organising workshops for sex workers on human rights, public health from a political perspective, access to justice and safety, and leadership. The groups distributes condoms and conducts peer outreach to promote HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health and rights among sex workers. Learn more
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Mexico | Latin America | 2019 |
Alianza Por El Trabajo Sexual
Alianza Por El Trabajo SexualEl Salvador local Spanish Alianza por el trabajo sexual defines its role in El Salvador as “working actively in the action for the defense of the rights of women sex workers, through the unification of the sector.” With this first grant from Red Umbrella Fund, the organisation aims to organise a variety of events, trainings, meetings and campaigns in line with this work. In the country, sex work is technically legal but municipal authorities create administrative offences making sex work more isolated and dangerous. Learn more
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El Salvador | Latin America | 2022 |
AMMAR Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de la República Argentina
AMMAR Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de la República ArgentinaArgentina national Spanish AMMAR’s mission is to defend the human, social and labour rights of sex workers in Argentina. With a national reach of around 10,000 sex workers, the organisation is present in 14 provinces of the country through 18 branches in different locations all of which are run by sex workers. With this third grant from Red Umbrella Fund, the organisation aims to provide food, medication, legal services and to implement workshops and visibility activities during the women’s march and cover some of its core costs. Learn more
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Argentina | Latin America | 2022 |
AMMAR Córdoba (Associación de Mujeres Meretrices de Argentina delegación Córdoba)
AMMAR Córdoba (Associación de Mujeres Meretrices de Argentina delegación Córdoba)Argentina Local, Subnational Spanish This provincial level network of female and transgender sex workers combines community services tailored to the needs of sex workers (like a nursery, literacy courses, litigation) with political activism. They are a driving force behind a nation-wide campaign for the regulation of sex work in Argentina. Their sex worker friendly clinic provides comprehensive health services including condom distribution and HIV testing. Learn more
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Argentina | Latin America | 2014 |
AMMAR Córdoba (Associación de Mujeres Meretrices de Argentina delegación Córdoba)
AMMAR Córdoba (Associación de Mujeres Meretrices de Argentina delegación Córdoba)Argentina Local, Subnational Spanish This group of women sex workers functions as a labour union for sex workers in the province of Cordoba in Argentina. AMMAR Córdoba advocates for the labour rights of all sex workers by networking and lobbying with local authorities and other government departments. The group combines political activism with providing tailored services to different groups of sex workers ranging from social support and sex worker friendly health services to economic empowerment or artistic expression workshops. The group engages with academia and recently published a book on sex work in Argentina. Learn more
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Argentina | Latin America | 2017 |
AMMAR Córdoba (Associación de Mujeres Meretrices de Argentina delegación Córdoba)
AMMAR Córdoba (Associación de Mujeres Meretrices de Argentina delegación Córdoba)Argentina Local Spanish Led by women sex workers, this is a network in the province of Córdoba that combines community services for sex workers – like offering daycare, literacy courses, and health services – with political activism, such as advocating for the protection of sex workers’ labour rights and for the legal recognition of sex work as work. Learn more
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Argentina | Latin America | 2012 |
Asociación Civil CAMBIO Y ACCION
Asociación Civil CAMBIO Y ACCIONPeru Local, Subnational, National Spanish Working mainly with men sex workers, Asociación Civil Cambio y Accion aims to eradicate violence, stigma and discrimination and achieve the recognition of sex work as work. Amongst others, the organisation will use its grant from Red Umbrella Fund to mark International Sex Workers’ Days and to strengthen itself. Learn more
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Peru | Latin America | 2021 |
Asociacion de las Prostitutas del Estado de Piaui (APROSPI)
Asociacion de las Prostitutas del Estado de Piaui (APROSPI)Brazil Local, Subnational English This self-led group of women sex workers was created in 2008 to advocate for sex workers’ rights and work together with other social justice movements amongst others. With the grant from Red Umbrella Fund, the organisation will work on a documentary to raise the visibility of the realities faced by sex workers in the state of Piauí, Brazil.
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Brazil | Latin America | 2021 |
Asociación de Mujeres ‘Las Golondrinas’
Asociación de Mujeres ‘Las Golondrinas’Nicaragua Local Spanish This sex worker group in the north of Nicaragua was founded in 2004. Golondrinas promotes the recognition of sex work as work through public campaigns and by building human rights knowledge and skills of women and trans sex workers. Considering the effects of the political crisis and high levels of violence against human rights defenders in the country, the group is prioritising building self care and peer support mechanisms. Learn more
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Nicaragua | Latin America | 2019 |
Asociación de Mujeres ‘Las Golondrinas’
Asociación de Mujeres ‘Las Golondrinas’Nicaragua Local Spanish Founded in 2004, this organisation works with 12 local groups of female and trans sex workers in different municipalities in central and northern Nicaragua. The group uses mass media to promote labour rights of sex workers and address stigma and discrimination. The Red Umbrella Fund grant will contribute to core costs of the organisation and enable it to conduct trainings on sexual health and human rights for sex workers, and launch a campaign to end violence against sex workers. Learn more
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Nicaragua | Latin America | 2013 |
Asociación de Mujeres Liquidámbar
Asociación de Mujeres LiquidámbarEl Salvador Local English Asociación de Mujeres Liquidámbar organises training opportunities for sex workers on human rights and builds the advocacy skills of sex workers on advocacy with the aim to respond to the high levels of violence faced by women sex workers in El Salvador. The group also works collaboratively with other sex worker-led groups in the country to promote the human rights of sex workers nationally. Learn more
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El Salvador | Latin America | 2020 |
Asociación de Mujeres Liquidámbar
Asociación de Mujeres LiquidámbarEl Salvador Local Spanish In a country where violence against women sex workers is particularly high, this sex worker-led group devotes much of its time to activities for its community related to self-care, healing and overcoming experiences of violence. Liquidambar organises training opportunities for sex workers on human rights and builds lobbying skills. At a national level, the group works collectively with other sex workers’ groups in El Salvador to promote the human rights of sex workers. Learn more
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El Salvador | Latin America | 2017 |
Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de la República Argentina (AMMAR)
Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de la República Argentina (AMMAR)Argentina National Spanish This network advocates at national level and through its provincial branches for the human rights of sex workers in Argentina. With nearly 25 years of experience, the network has a strong presence in the sex work community and relatively high visibility among the general public. AMMAR was a founding member of RedTraSex, the Latin American and Caribbean Female Sex Workers Network. With this grant the network will hold an international convening of sex worker-led labour unions.
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Argentina | Latin America | 2019 |
Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de la República Argentina (AMMAR) (AMMAR)
Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de la República Argentina (AMMAR) (AMMAR)Argentina Subnational, National Spanish This national network advocates at the national level for the regulation of sex work in Argentina and through its provincial branches across the country. It has been active for more that 20 years and is recognised as a strong, political and influential organization that campaigns with high reach among the community and general society. AMMAR is a founding member of Redtrasex, the Latin American and Caribbean Female Sex Workers Network. Learn more
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Argentina | Latin America | 2015 |
Asociación de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales 21 de Septiembre (ASOTRASEX)
Asociación de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales 21 de Septiembre (ASOTRASEX)Ecuador Local Spanish Founded in 1998, Asociación de Mujeres de Trabajadoras Sexuales ’21 de septiembre’ trains sex workers in human rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights and leadership as well as carrying out advocacy to improve the lives of sex workers in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. With this grant, the organisation will organise national and local workshops, produce advocacy materials and strengthen its national and local coordination.
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Ecuador | Latin America | 2021 |
Asociacion de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales 21 de Septiembre (ASOTRASEX)
Asociacion de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales 21 de Septiembre (ASOTRASEX)Dominican Republic National Spanish OTRASEX first originated in 2012 and had its first Board of Directors in 2016. The organisation fights for the respect of sex workers’ human and labour rights in the Dominican Republic. With this grant, the organisation aims to train and support young activists, strengthen its organisation and organise discussions on trade unions and labour rights.
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Dominican Republic | North America/Caribbean | 2021 |
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 |
Asociación de Trabajadoras Sexuales Trans de Quito (Aso TST de Quito)
Asociación de Trabajadoras Sexuales Trans de Quito (Aso TST de Quito)Ecuador Local, Subnational Spanish This group was formed by and works for trans street sex workers in Quito, the capital city. The group aims to improve the working conditions on the streets for trans sex workers who are vulnerable to harassment and violence. Aso TST Quito organises frequent meetings with local police, mediates in conflicts, conducts regular outreach work on the streets, and provides health services and various other forms of support to trans sex workers. The group cooperates with other sex worker organisations in Latin America to promote the decriminalisation of sex work through the sex worker network Plaperts. Learn more
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Ecuador | Latin America | 2017 |
Asociación Los Caprichos de Goover
Asociación Los Caprichos de GooverEcuador Local, Subnational Spanish Founded in 2004, Asociación Los Caprichos de Goover sex worker-led group in Quito, Ecuador, unites diverse male sex workers by providing a space where they can come together and ensuring the representation of male sex workers in the sex workers’ rights movement. With this grant, the group will organise a training on sex workers’ rights bringing together sex workers of all genders and decision-makers. Learn more
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Ecuador | Latin America | 2020 |
Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Buscando Libertad (ASMUBULI)
Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Buscando Libertad (ASMUBULI)Colombia Local, National Spanish ASUMBULI unites women sex workers in Colombia in their struggle against injustice, inequality and discrimination. The group defends and promotes sex workers’ human rights and aims to create choices and tools which allow sex workers to achieve a better quality of life, and to empower women sex workers in the country. ASMUBULI builds capacity of sex workers in advocacy, governance, democracy, gender, and human rights and supports projects that improves sex workers’ access to health, education, housing, and legal services. The group strategically builds partnerships and conducts national level advocacy, and is building a national sex worker union. At the international level, ASMUBULI works with the regional sex worker network RedTraSex. Learn more
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Colombia | Latin America | 2016 |
Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Buscando Libertad (ASMUBULI)
Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Buscando Libertad (ASMUBULI)Colombia Local, National Spanish ASMUBULI unites women sex workers in Colombia in their struggle against injustice, inequality and discrimination, and actively contributes to the building of a national sex worker union. The group defends and promotes sex workers’ human rights and aims to create choices and tools that allow sex workers to achieve a better quality of life. ASMUBULI builds the capacity of sex workers in advocacy, governance, democracy, gender and human rights, and implements projects that improve sex workers’ access to health, education, housing and legal services. The group strategically builds partnerships to conduct more effective advocacy at the national level. Learn more
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Colombia | Latin America | 2018 |
Associação Mulheres Guerreiras
Associação Mulheres GuerreirasBrazil Local Spanish This group of women and trans* sex workers in Campinas aims to end violence from police officers, and tackles stigma and discrimination against sex workers. The group builds solidarity among sex workers, including sex workers living with HIV, particularly in Jardim Itatinga, one of the largest urban sex worker zones in Latin America. Mulheres Guerreiras mobilises sex workers and supporters using arts and cultural events, and engages directly with key decision makers to influence policy and implementation. Learn more
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Brazil | Latin America | 2014 |
Associação Mulheres Guerreiras
Associação Mulheres GuerreirasBrazil Local Spanish Associação Mulheres Guerreiras is a group of sex workers in Campinas, Brazil that aims to end police violence, and tackles stigma and discrimination against cis and trans women sex workers. The group builds solidarity among sex workers, including sex workers living with HIV, in Jardim Itatinga, one of the largest urban sex worker zones in Latin America. Mulheres Guerreiras mobilises sex workers and supporters using arts and cultural events, and engages directly with key decision makers to influence policy and law enforcement. Learn more
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Brazil | Latin America | 2016 |
Associação Mulheres Guerreiras
Associação Mulheres GuerreirasBrazil Local English Formed in 2005, Associação Mulheres Guerreiras aims to promote sex workers’ human rights through addressing stigma and discrimination and advocating for law reform. Based in Campinas, the organisation provides legal support and healthcare training locally and supports national advocacy efforts. The group welcomes all sex workers and has a membership of mainly black and trans sex workers. Learn more
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Brazil | Latin America | 2020 |
Association for Support of Marginalized Workers STAR-STAR
Association for Support of Marginalized Workers STAR-STARMacedonia Local, Subnational English This sex workers’ rights organisation in Skopje mobilises sex workers from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds, and working in different sectors of the sex work industry. The group campaigns against discrimination against sex workers, including men and trans* sex workers who face high levels of state harassment. To ensure that sex workers are visible and present in policy development and other decision-making spaces, STAR-STAR works closely with other civil society groups, including those working in the LGBTIQ, health and HIV sectors. Learn more
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Macedonia | Europe | 2015 |
Association for Support of Marginalized Workers STAR-STAR
Association for Support of Marginalized Workers STAR-STARMacedonia Local, Subnational, National English This self-led organisation promotes the human rights of sex workers and develops programmes that address their diverse needs in Macedonia. STAR-STAR mobilises sex workers from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds who are working in different sectors of the sex industry, ranging from brothels to border highways. The group organises advocacy trainings for sex workers, monitors political parties’ views on sex work, and works to influence relevant laws, policies and practices. STAR-STAR is expanding its network with two additional branches, Star-East and Star-West, to better reach sex workers across the country. Learn more
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Macedonia | Europe | 2017 |
Association for Support of Marginalized Workers STAR-STAR
Association for Support of Marginalized Workers STAR-STARMacedonia Local, Subnational, National English This sex worker-led organisation was the first sex workers’ collective in the Balkans and was legally registered in 2010. The group includes sex workers from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds to promote the human rights of all sex workers and address the diverse needs of sex workers. The group organises advocacy trainings for sex workers, monitors political parties’ views on sex work, and works to influence relevant laws, policies and practices. Learn more
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Macedonia | Europe | 2020 |
Association for Support of Marginalized Workers STAR-STAR
Association for Support of Marginalized Workers STAR-STARMacedonia local, national, international English Sex workers in North Macedonia are facing numerous of social and legal problems, which make the community a vulnerable population, susceptive to various human rights violations and drive sex workers to the margins of society. In this context, STAR-STAR Skopje widely known as STAR-The First Sex Workers Collective in the Balkans is a sex workers? community-led collective mobilizing the sex workers to advocate for law reform in partnership with relevant stakeholders to ultimately secure the respect of sex workers? human rights and freedoms. Learn more
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Macedonia | Europe | 2022 |