Asociacion GLBTI Nuevo Despertar Diverso

Who do you work with?

Nuestra organización de mujeres trans y comunidad GLBTI y mujeres cis, que ejercen trabajo sexual y también compañeres con PV y usuarios de droga.

Our organization of trans and GLBTI women and cis women sex workers and also partners with PV and drug users.

How are sex workers involved in your organisation?

Son miembros activos y participan igual que todos en nuestras actividades de toma de decisiones y de incidencia política por nuestros derechos humanos y reconocimiento de quienes somos.

They are active members and participate just like everyone else in our decision-making and advocacy activities for our human rights and recognition of who we are.

Which of NSWP priority areas does your organisation work on?
Oppose the criminalisation and other legal oppression of sex work and support its recognition as work
Advocate for universal access to health services, including primary health care, HIV and sexual and reproductive health services
Speak out about violence against sex workers, including violence from police, institutions, clients, and intimate partners, while challenging the myth that sex work is inherently gender-based violence
Oppose human rights abuses, including coercive programming, mandatory testing, raids and forced rehabilitation
Challenge stigma and discrimination against sex workers, their families and partners, and others involved in sex work
What are the two main challenges that the sex workers you work with face

*Vivimos en un contexto discriminatorio, estigmatizante y violento por eso decidimos organizarnos para levantar nuestra voz.

 *La criminalización que sufrimos actualmente por el estado de guerra que está nuestro país, menos derechos, menos trabajo y ser considerados como delincuentes.

 *Falta de recursos suficientes para poder hacer acciones de lucha e incidencia.

*We live in a discriminatory context, stigmatizing and violent that is why we decided to organize to raise our voice.

 *The criminalization we currently suffer by the state of war our country is in, less rights, less work and be considered delinquents.

 *Lack of sufficient resources to be able to do the advocacy and fight.

Describe other areas of your work

Hacemos apoyo a nuestras compañeres y acompañamiento en el proceso de sus derecho a la identidad, a acceso a su salud, a denunciar la violencia, incidencia y hemos elaborado y posesionado una ordenanza que estamos promocionando para tener derechos como comunidad GLBTI y mujeres trans y trabajadoras del sexo.

We support our partners and accompany them in the process of their right to identity, access to health, to denounce violence, advocacy, and we have drafted and adopted an ordinance that we are promoting in order to have rights as GLBTI community and trans women and sex workers.

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Ecuador