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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Action Humanitaire pour la Sante et le Developpement (AHUSADEC)
Action Humanitaire pour la Sante et le Developpement (AHUSADEC)Democratic Republic of the Congo Local French The Bukavu branch of AHUSADEC is a sex worker-led group that operates in Kivu province. It provides a safe space for sex workers where it offers health information and documents cases of violence which it brings to police and court. Through radio shows the group aims to promote its work and educate the public about human rights.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | 2012 |
Advocacy Normalizing Sex Work through Education and Resources (ANSWERS)
Advocacy Normalizing Sex Work through Education and Resources (ANSWERS)Canada Local English ANSWERS envisions a community of sex workers that is fully integrated, accepted, and safe so that they can enjoy equal opportunities within Canadian society. To achieve their mission, ANSWERS supports sex workers and their rights through outreach, education, and support services while working to end violence and stigma towards sex workers. Learn more
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Canada | North America/Caribbean | 2021 |
Africa Sex Worker Alliance
Africa Sex Worker AllianceKenya 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 sex worker-led organisations as members in 35 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 continue its advocacy in the region and continue to strengthen itself as a network. Learn more
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Kenya | Africa | 2022 |
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 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 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 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 |
Asociación Civil TS “Rosas Mujeres de Lucha”
Asociación Civil TS “Rosas Mujeres de Lucha”Peru national Spanish Selling sex is legal in Peru but only by following regulations – mandatory health checks, registration and working in a licensed brothel. Street walking is illegal. Most sex workers work illegally. In this context, Asociación Civil TS Rosas Mujeres de Lucha works to defend sex workers’ human rights and aims to use its first grant from Red Umbrella Fund to open a safer space for sex workers to meet without risking violence.
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Peru | Latin America | 2022 |
Asociación Colectivo Flor de Azalea
Asociación Colectivo Flor de AzaleaEcuador local Spanish The Flor de Azalea Collective was created in 2002 from sex workers in Ecuador who felt the need to defend their human rights, raise their self-esteem, learn about their rights, protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections and empower themselves. In a context marked by violence from many actors including the mafia, the organisation secured their first grant from Red Umbrella Fund to organise several workshops, provide alimentation packages, carry out commuincation campaigns and cover some of their core costs.
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Ecuador | Latin America | 2022 |
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 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 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 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 |
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 |
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 |
Asociación de Trabajadoras Sexuales Mujeres del Sur
Asociación de Trabajadoras Sexuales Mujeres del SurPeru Local Spanish This organisation led by women sex workers in southern Peru offers support and training to its members to develop public speaking and leadership skills. Mujeres del Sur works to address police harassment, economic exploitation and violence against sex workers in the work place. The group builds alliances with other sex worker and allied organisations at local, national and international levels. It advocates with local governments for sex work to be recognised as work and for sex workers to be able to access quality health and social services Learn more
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Peru | Latin America | 2018 |
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 de Trabajadoras Sexuales, Miluska, Vida y Dignidad
Asociación de Trabajadoras Sexuales, Miluska, Vida y DignidadPeru National Spanish This sex worker-led group has been working without previous funding for over 15 years for the recognition of sex work as work. Miluska Vida y Dignidad collaborates with a legal advisor to denounce police violence against sex workers and respond to arrests. The group collaborates with other activists in the country and the region to share experiences and conduct joint advocacy for the human rights of sex workers. By setting up a transit house, the group will provide direct support to women sex workers who have experienced violenc Learn more
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Peru | Latin America | 2019 |
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. With this grant, the organisation aims to organise a variety of capacity-building workshops sex work laws to sexual and reproductive health and more. Learn more
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Colombia | Latin America | 2022 |
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, 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 |
Berufsverband Erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e.V (BesD)
Berufsverband Erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e.V (BesD)Germany National English Berufsverband Erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e.V (BesD) is a group that unites sex workers from all backgrounds and regions of Germany. The group engages in the public debate around fair and dignified working conditions in sex work. Operating as a professional union, BesD not only amplifies the voices of sex workers in media and with policymakers, but also fights for improved access to information, training and greater solidarity among the sex worker community. Learn more
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Germany | Europe | 2016 |
Berufsverband Erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e.V (BesD)
Berufsverband Erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e.V (BesD)Germany Local, National English This group unites sex workers from all backgrounds and regions of Germany to engage in the public debate around fair and dignified working conditions in the sex industry. Operating as a professional union, BesD amplifies the voices of sex workers in media, public debates and conversations with policymakers. The group provides information to sex workers and works to build greater solidarity among sex worker communities. In response to a recent law on mandatory registration for sex workers, the group is supporting migrant sex workers in Germany who are most affected by the change. Learn more
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Germany | Europe | 2018 |
Berufsverband Erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e.V (BesD)
Berufsverband Erotische und sexuelle Dienstleistungen e.V (BesD)Germany National English This group unites sex workers from all backgrounds and regions of Germany to organise and engage in the public debate around fair and dignified working conditions in sex work. Operating as a professional union, BesD not only amplifies the voices of sex workers in media, public debates and conversations with policymakers, but also fights for improved access to information, training and greater solidarity among the sex worker community. Learn more
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Germany | Europe | 2014 |
Coalicion de Organizaciones de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores Sexuales de Quito (La Calle en DisPuta)
Coalicion de Organizaciones de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores Sexuales de Quito (La Calle en DisPuta)Ecuador Local, National, International Spanish Known also as La Calle en DisPuta, this new strategic coalition joins together four sex worker organisations that have existed for many years in Quito. The coalition unites sex workers of all genders and gives visibility to sex workers’ struggles against police violence and for the protection of their human rights. The coalition advocates for the labour rights of sex workers and local and national level and aims to create a labour union for sex workers. At regional level, La Calle en DisPuta is connected to the Plataforma Latinoamericana de Personas que Ejercen Trabajo Sexual (PLAPERTS). Learn more
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Ecuador | Latin America | 2016 |