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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.
“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…
Read MoreSTAR: 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…
Read MoreNo Bad Migrants
The passport you hold determines a lot of your privileges, access and protection. I have always been able to benefit…
Read MoreChina: A Case Study of Sex Worker Organising
Sex work is illegal in China and it is difficult to effectively organise online due to censorship and repercussions. The…
Read MoreSisonke: A Case Study
The Red Umbrella Fund developed three case studies to highlight successful stories of sex workers in their efforts to build…
Read MoreMind the Gap
What we learned about how funders can be moved in the right direction. As human rights and social justice funders,…
Read MoreWhy Sex Work should be Decriminalised
Sex work (or prostitution as many know it) is a subject surrounded by fierce discussion, often about human trafficking. In…
Read MoreFunding needed to end violence against sex workers
Each year on 17 December, the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, sex worker rights activists and their…
Read MoreSisonke Durban: Sex workers in South Africa claim their human rights
Thuli Khoza, Coordinator of Sisonke Durban and member of the Red Umbrella Fund’s peer review panel in 2014, speaks to…
Read MoreLearning Visit Reflection: Beyond Victories – Funding Human Rights in Brazil
crossposted from the website of the International Human Rights Funders Group IHRFG recently held a Learning Visit in Rio de…
Read MoreSex workers mobilise in Cordoba City, Argentina
Interview with María Eugenia Aravena, the Secretary General of AMMAR-Cordoba (Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices Córdoba) by Mama Cash, published in…
Read MoreTurkish Trans-Sex Worker makes a case for human rights
On 17 December 2013, the Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association in Turkey launched a short video to…
Read MoreRound Table on Decriminalising Sex Work in Guyana
On February 2, 2014, Miriam Edwards of Guyana Sex Work Coalition, Joel Simpson of Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD)…
Read MoreSex workers stand up against Russia’s discriminatory and draconian laws
In May 2013, Russia’s national organization of sex workers, Silver Rose, was denied official registration as a non-government organization (NGO)…
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