Asociación Civil T.S. Rosas Mujeres de Lucha – Perú

Who do you work with?

Con mujeres trabajadoras sexuales, mujeres trans femeninas y gay --Female sex workers, trans women sex workers and gay male sex workers.

Female sex workers, trans women sex workers and gay male sex workers.

How are sex workers involved in your organisation?

Están involucradas en todas las actividades que se realiza como organización, forman parte de todas las decisiones que se toman como socias y de la junta directiva. -- The are included in all the activities that we do as an organization; they belong to the making-decision body as partners and as part of the board.

The are included in all the activities that we do as an organization; they belong to the making-decision body as partners and as part of the board.

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
Critique the trafficking paradigm that conflates representations of sex work, migration, and mobility
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
Advocate for the economic empowerment and social inclusion of sex workers as sex workers
What are the two main challenges that the sex workers you work with face

La violencia, estigma y discriminación, que es ejercida por los operadores de la justiciar, nos referimos la policía, al serenazgo, fiscalía. --  Violence, stigma and discrimination done by the law enforcements, like police, surveillance teams and attorneys.

Violence, stigma and discrimination done by the law enforcements, like police, surveillance teams and attorneys.

Describe other areas of your work

Prevención en ITS, VIH/SIDA, promoción de los derechos humanos, talleres en temas relacionados a terapias psicológicas donde se involucra su entorno familiar, acompañamiento a realizar sus denuncias respectivas, acompañamiento en el caso de salir reactivas al VIH, alojamiento (casa de tránsito) en caso de encontrarse vulnerable debid a los temas de violencia. -- STI, HIV and AIDS prevention, promotion of the human rights, workshops about psychological therapies engaging with their family environment, supporting them to create their reports (criminal reports), supporting if their HIV results are positive, housing (emergency housing) when they are vulnerable to violence.

STI, HIV and AIDS prevention, promotion of the human rights, workshops about psychological therapies engaging with their family environment, supporting them with their reports (criminal reports), supporting if their HIV results are positive, housing (in case of needed) and supporting them if they are vulnerable due to violence.

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Peru