The Sex Worker Advocates Coalition (SWAC) was formed in October 2016 as a small working group discussing the status of sex workers’ rights in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. SWAC believes that sex work is work and that people in the sex trades are worthy of full economic, political and social empowerment, and humanity. This is the first time the organisation receives a grant from Red Umbrella Fund. The funding will be used entirely for the sex work decriminalisation campaign in Washington D.C.