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HOOK

Location

New York
United States
Website: 
www.hookonline.org
Contact email: 
hawkkinkaid@gmail.com
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
The organisation was founded by and is led by sex workers.

Respect Inc

Location

Queensland
Australia
Website: 
www.respectqld.org.au
Contact email: 
mc@respectqld.org.au
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
We are completely affirmative with all our voting members, staff and Management Committee identifying as sex workers, past or present. We encourage diversity and have a range of people with varied genders, cultural backgrounds and people who have worked in and out of the legal framework within our team.

APDES (Agencia Piaget para o Desenvolovimento)

Location

Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal
Website: 
www.apdes.pt
Contact email: 
portog@apdes.pt
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
Our team also integrates peers that, as members of the sex work community, have a better knowledge and proximity with the target population. They are involved in needs assessment, the conception and review of information leaflets, the evaluation of the project activities and in publicising the project and introducing the outreach teams to unknown sex venues.

OPSI (Organisasi Perubahan Sosial Indonesia)

Location

Rawamangun - Jakarta Timur
Indonesia
Website: 
www.opsi-network.org
Contact email: 
seknas.opsi@gmail.com
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
sex workers who Initiate and form our organization network, 7 people from the board members are sex workers and come from all regions in Indonesia. Most of (90%) the staff are sexworkers and the executive coordinator must be from the sex worker community

English Collective of Prostitutes

Location

London
United Kingdom
Website: 
http://www.prostitutescollective.net
Contact email: 
ecp@prostitutescollective.net
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
We are an organisation of women who work or have worked in different areas of the sex industry – both on the streets and indoors.

Pacific Rainbow$ Advocacy Network

Location

Lautoka City
Fiji
Contact email: 
pacific.rainbows@gmail.com
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
Sex workers hold the majority seats within the board and the management collective and all programs are implemented and led by sex workers.

SWOP - Chicago

Location

Chicago
United States
Website: 
www.swop-chicago.org
Contact email: 
sexworkchicago@gmail.com
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
Our director and all board members are current or former sex workers.

Myanmar National Network of Sex Workers (A Mah)

Location

Yangon
Myanmar
Contact email: 
empoweringmnnsw@gmail.com
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
We work closely with TOP and a few other sex workers based organizations. TOP has 18 Drop in Centers and our network's sex workers meet in the drop in Center on a regular basis. Also once a year we have an annual meeting by involving 150 - 200 forum leaders.

ASHODAYA SAMITHI

Location

Mysore
India
Contact email: 
ashodayasamithi@yahoo.co.in
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
Being a sex workers' organization there is a constant community engagement and involvement in all activities undetrtaken by us. There is a high sense of ownership dispalyed by the community with constant participation towards community advancement. Decisions are taken through a democratic consultative process. In all Ashodaya is for, of and by the community of sex workers.

$carlet Timor Collective

Location

Dili, Timor Leste
Contact email: 
scarlet.timor@gmail.com
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
$carlet Timor Collective has 100% sex worker only membership with no affiliate organisation membership offered. The control of all organisation decisions remain within a sex worker lead collective structure.$carlet Timor Collective has elected delegates representing at national and international levels to advocate for civil, working and human rights for all sex workers. Members include women, men, transgender, migrant and PLHIV. Sex Workers are actively involved at all levels of the collective.