OTRASEX has its origins in mid-2012 when a group of autonomous sex workers came together as a response to the problems they face on daily basis: violations of their rights, stigma and discrimination, among others. They work in the struggle for human and labour rights, for a law that regulates sex work and access to rights for all women sex workers in the Dominican Republic and is making an effort to reach all different areas where sex workers operate in the Dominican Republic, focusing in empowering themselves and arriving in areas that are difficult to reach geographically.