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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.
Sisonke 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 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 MoreNothing about us, without us: reversing the power dynamics of philanthropy
Crossposted from OpenDemocracy If money is power, then control over money has to be democratized. What if grants to social…
Read MoreSex Workers in India Launch a National Campaign to End Violence against Sex Workers
In August 2013, sex workers representatives from thirteen states affiliated with the All India Network of Sex Workers (AINSW) launched…
Read MoreInterview with Miriam Edwards – member of the International Steering Committee
Miriam Edwards, members of the International Steering Committee (ISC) of the Red Umbrella Fund, Executive Director and founding member of…
Read MoreA new fund for and by sex workers: the Red Umbrella Fund
In 2012, a new and innovative global grantmaking mechanism for and by sex workers was launched: the Red Umbrella Fund…
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