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RED UMBRELLA FUND LEADERSHIP TRANSITION
RED UMBRELLA FUND LEADERSHIP TRANSITION 1 September 2023 Dear Community Members, Partners and Allies, In July 2020 we wrote to…
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- North America
- Caribbean
- recruitment
- decriminalisation
- security
- human rights
- migration
- LGBTQAI+
- artivism
- political advocacy
- anti-trafficking
- Asia Pacific
- violence
- Europe
- labour rights
- funder advocacy
- grantmaking
- participatory grantmaking
- feminism
- resources
- Latin America
- sex worker resources
- Africa
- sex worker-led
- in memoriam
About Us
Red Umbrella Fund is the first and only global fund dedicated to supporting the rights of sex workers.
It was established in 2012 to respond to the lack of funding available for sex workers’ rights organising. In line with its core values of autonomy and ownership, Red Umbrella Fund is a sex worker-led, participatory fund.

Red Umbrella Fund 2020-2025 Strategic Plan
Today is International Sex Worker Pride Day which began in 2019, and is an opportunity to celebrate and share stories…
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Red Umbrella Fund Welcomes a New Coordinator
30 July 2020 Dear Community Members, Partners and Allies, The International Steering Committee of the Red Umbrella Fund (RUF) is…
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Our 2020 Call for Grant Applications is Now OPEN!
Our 2020 Call for Grant Applications is Now OPEN! Sex worker-led organisations and networks from anywhere in the world are…
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COVID-19:Resources for Sex Workers
This page intends to provide a guide to the potential resources accessible for sex-workers during the crisis of the COVID-19….
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Solidarity Message from Red Umbrella Fund Secretariat
Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective. – Samora Machel…
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New Grantees
The Red Umbrella Fund made 30 new grants in 2019! This is more grants than we ever made before in…
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An injury to one is an injury to all
by Nathan Desvignes Sex workers in Europe have been facing grave attacks on their rights in recent years. Although sex…
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Artivism: A guerrilla tool for sex worker movements
By Aline Fantinatti I was 20 when Daspu was created in 2005 by Gabriela Leite, a pioneer of the sex…
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Red Umbrella Fund 2019 call for applications is open!
** The 2019 Call for Applications has now closed. A new Call is expected in June/July 2020. If you applied…
Read MoreRed Umbrella Fund is looking for new PAC members to join us in Amsterdam!
** This process is closed for 2018 – new opportunities are expected in 2020 ** We are looking for dedicated…
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“We are Human Before Anything Else” – Sex Worker Organising in Mauritius
by Claire Gheerbrant Parapli Rouz, meaning ‘red umbrella’ in Mauritian Creole, is the only community-based organization promoting the rights of…
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Time to Turn Up the Volume
by Nadia van der Linde Please cite this article as: N van der Linde, ‘Time to Turn Up the Volume’, Anti-Trafficking Review, Anti-Trafficking…
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Join the ISC
** Sorry – now closed ** The Red Umbrella Fund is looking for committed sex worker rights activists to join…
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2018 Call for Applications Closed
Sorry – the Red Umbrella Fund’s 2018 Global Call for Applications is now closed! Is your group, organisation or network…
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STAR: From the Las Vegas of Macedonia to a pop up red light window
Sex work is a topic that receives ‘bad press’ and is often misunderstood. However, we commonly find written articles that…
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Come Join the PAC
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Red Umbrella Fund is looking for 6 activists to join the Programme Advisory Committee (PAC)! The…
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Sex Workers are Feminists Too
“Today I want to talk about sex workers.” This was not your regular presentation opening at a meeting with funders….
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Funding a Movement
Introducing the New Grantee Partners of the Red Umbrella Fund The Red Umbrella Fund received 130 eligible applications from sex…
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Breaking Barriers to Participation
Five Years of Participatory Grantmaking at the Red Umbrella Fund By Jurre Anema In the past half year I had…
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No Bad Migrants
The passport you hold determines a lot of your privileges, access and protection. I have always been able to benefit…
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Hints for 2017 Applicants
Dear sex worker friends, [update: Please note that the 2017 call for applications is now closed. We are not accepting…
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