Where our members work

NSWP’s members are local, national and regional sex worker organisations and networks, across five regions: Africa; Asia and the Pacific; Europe (including Eastern Europe and Central Asia); Latin America and North America and the Caribbean. Members in each region elect two representatives to the NSWP Board of Directors.

All member organisations are required to endorse NSWP’s core values and the Consensus Statement on Sex Work, Human Rights, and the Law. Only sex worker-led organisations and networks have voting rights.

NSWP members are from diverse cultures and have different experiences and organisational histories. Most are independent sex worker-led organisations, some are informal groups of sex workers within larger organisations and some are non-governmental organisations who support sex workers rights. Some member organisations provide services, some focus on advocacy, some on mobilising to reduce vulnerability – all work on human rights issues that affect the health and well-being of sex workers.

You can find our members through the regional pages or by clicking on the red umbrellas on the map.

Note: For both safety and security NSWP does not identify which members are sex worker-led on our website, and members can choose not to be listed on the public website.

Regional updates

22nd أكتوبر 2011 | Region: Global

NSWP Board member Thierry Schaffauser will address the Oxford University LGBTQ Society on his 'life as a capmaigning porn star and sex worker'. 

22nd أكتوبر 2011 | Region: Global

Elena Jeffreys, President of Scarlett Alliance, was interviewed recently regarding a new law due to be put before the Victoria State parliament which would give police oversight of legal brothels.

25th أغسطس 2011 | Region: Global

Ronald Weitzer, Professor of Sociology at George Washington University, writes an insightful article in 'The Huffington Post'  exposing some of the enduring myths about human trafficking and the dangers of conflating sex trafficking with sex work itself.  Read the whole article here.

12th أغسطس 2011 | Region: Africa

The Regional Dialogue for sub-Saharan Africa, part of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, was held at the beginning of August in Pretoria, South Africa.

2nd أغسطس 2011 | Region: Asia and the Pacific

After another recent case where an HIV positive female sex worker was jailed for propagating sexually transmissible infections, local groups that work with sex workers speak out about the possible impact on HIV infections and how the discriminatory nature of the law violates the human rights of sex workers. 

You can read the whole article published in the ‘Global Times’ here.   

29th يونيو 2011 | Region: North America and the Caribbean

Louisiana's era of forcing certain convicted sex workers to register as sex offenders appears to be over. Governor Jindell's office signed a bill into law that moves ‘prostitution’ back to a level of misdemeanour. 

14th يونيو 2011 | Region: Asia and the Pacific

This is an edited version of a talk given by Elena Jeffreys, national president of Scarlet Alliance, at the Feminist Futures conference in Melbourne, Australia 28-29 May 2011 on the panel Why Feminism Matters. It was published in The Scavenger.

6th يونيو 2011 | Region: Latin America

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El Movimiento de Trabajadoras Sexuales del Perú, eleva su voz y hace publica su denuncia sobre acciones de violencia sistemática, delictuosa y cavernaria practicada por las llamadas Rondas campesinas, con la indiferente complicidad de las autoridades en la ciudad de Cajamarca.

27th مايو 2011 | Region: Asia and the Pacific

Article by Elena Jeffreys of Scarlet Alliance in the Canberra Times.

27th مايو 2011 | Region: Asia and the Pacific

A sex worker representing DMSC was the first sex worker to be invited to attend such an event.  Read the full article in the Times of India here

27th مايو 2011 | Region: Africa

Article on the Sojourner Project website here highlighting the work of SWEAT, WONETHA and ASWA.

27th مايو 2011 | Region: Africa

A group of Cape Town based sex workers discuss the upcoming elections, politicians, and the government. 

The listen to the audio recording visit the ASWA website. 

27th مايو 2011 | Region: Latin America

Movimiento de TS Del Perú: :  

27th مايو 2011 | Region: Europe

London’s first ever Sex Worker Film Festival will take place Saturday 12 June 2011 at the Rio Cinema from 1:15-5:30pm in East London, featuring short films and documentaries by and about sex workers and their fight for their human and labour rights. 

1st مايو 2011 | Region: Africa

SWEAT and the Women's Legal Centre are supporting 3 sex workers in their lawsuit against the Minister of Police.  This comes after repeated arrests, without charge, and violations of their rights.

Read the full story in the news coverage in the South African Times