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.
Where our members work
Regional updates
15th June 2020 | Region: Global
A new analysis of the health outcomes of 12,987 people with COVID-19 in Western Cape, South Africa, indicates that people living with HIV and people with past or current tuberculosis infections have a two- to three-times greater risk of dying of COVID-19.
4th June 2020 | Region: Latin America
Juana R. Torres, president and founder of Mujeres Independientes Luchando por sus Derechos (Independent Women Fighting for their Rights), passed away in May after a stay in Santo Tomás hospital. Juana, who was also known as Dulce Ana, was a Honduran national living in Panama. There she campaigned for the recognition of sex work as work, saying “we’re always fighting for our work to be recognised, just like any other form of employment in the country.”
3rd June 2020 | Region: Global
Sex worker groups around the world held events and actions to mark International Sex Workers’ Day on 2nd June.
2nd June 2020 | Region: Latin America
La pandemia de COVID-19 no es una crisis como cualquier otra. El virus, el cual se ha expandido por todo el mundo en pocos meses, ha afectado a la vida de millones de personas y ha cambiado profundamente la manera en la que vivimos y trabajamos. Para las personas que ejercen el trabajo sexual, esta mala situación ha empeorado aún más con la restricción de acceso a fondos de emergencia y de cuidados de salud y con el aumento de las redadas, vigilancias y estigma.
2nd June 2020 | Region: Latin America
La pandémie de COVID-19 est une crise pas comme les autres. Le virus, qui s’est répandu dans le monde en seulement quelques mois, a affecté les vies de millions de personnes et a profondément changé les manières dont nous vivons et travaillons. Pour les travailleurSEs du sexe, c’est une mauvaise situation qui s’est empire avec l’accès restreint aux fonds d’urgence et aux soins de santé essentiels ainsi qu’une augmentation des raids, de la surveillance, et de la stigmatisation.
2nd June 2020 | Region: Latin America
Пандемия коронавируса отличается от всех других кризисов. Вирус, который всего за несколько месяцев распространился по земному шару, повлиял на жизни миллионов людей и существенно изменил то, как мы живем и работаем. Секс-работники оказались в сложной ситуации, которая дополнительно усугубляется ограничением доступа к фондам помощи в чрезвычайной ситуации и жизненно важным медицинским услугам и ростом насилия, контроля и стигмы.
1st June 2020 | Region: Global
On 2 June 1975, approximately 100 sex workers occupied Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France, to express their anger about their criminalised and exploitative living conditions. They hung a banner from the steeple which read ‘Our children do not want their mothers to go to jail’, and launched a media campaign to broadcast their grievances to the world.
29th May 2020 | Region: Global
Katherine Koster has departed from the NSWP Secretariat after over three years in the role of Policy Officer.
Katherine joined NSWP in April 2017. During her time with NSWP, Katherine worked on a wide range of advocacy tools; case studies on technical support and international guidelines; meeting reports; and helped with drafting responses to external documents.
27th May 2020 | Region: Global
UNAIDS and NSWP have created an infographic to illustrate that sex workers have the same rights as everyone else and their rights must be respected.
View the infographic below or visit the UNAIDS website to download a printable version.
25th May 2020 | Region: Latin America
COVID-19疫情是一场前所未有的危机。病毒在短短几个月内就在全世界蔓延，影响了数百万人的生活，深刻改变了我们的生活和工作方式。对于性工作者来说，由于获得紧急基金和基本医疗保健的渠道受到限制，以及突击检查、监视和羞辱的增加，情况变得更加糟糕。
Asociacion de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales（LIQUIDAMBAR）是一个位于萨尔瓦多，倡导全民获得健康服务的组织，公开谈论对性工作者的暴力行为。在我们的COVID-19影响调查中报告了他们在这场疫情中的经历以及它如何影响当地的性工作者。
在萨尔瓦多，由于避孕套和润滑剂、减少危害服务、艾滋病毒治疗和性传播感染检测和治疗的机会减少，性工作者受到了“100%的影响”。在政府的援助计划中，性工作者一直被忽视，许多人面临着不确定的未来。
25th May 2020 | Region: North America and the Caribbean
这周，美国境内COVID-19报告病例超过一百万，造成将近61000人死亡。尽管形势严峻，整个国家已经分裂成了两派-一些人渴望（立刻）恢复正常，而另一些人希望继续维持封锁措施。但这场争论中，性工作者被遗忘；由于不被包括在任何政府救济方案中，他们别无选择，不得不继续工作。
Coyote RI （Call off Your Old Tired Ethics. 忘掉你陈腐的道德观念）-是一个罗德岛的性工作者组织，成员包括性工作者，前性工作者以及友好人士，致力于游说警方为参与性工作的人提供健康与安全保障。他们通过我们COVID-19影响调查报告了在美国应对这场危机的经历。
“在罗德岛，我们有数百名舞蹈和水疗工作人员失业，因为该州要求关闭所有非必要的业务。我们（组织中）还有数百名网络援交女郎，为了保护自己，很多人停止工作，但很多人继续接待客户，因为他们负担不起停止工作的沉重负担。”
这种工作带来的压力由于缺乏紧急资金而更加严重。
18th May 2020 | Region: Global
A new database, devised by feminists from around the world, has been developed to track COVID-19 responses and uplift the collective action of feminists globally.
Created by organisations and activists, working across global movements centered on human rights, sustainable development, and economic and social justice, their website outlines key principles for a just and resilient recovery from the ongoing global pandemic.
The key principles are:
13th May 2020 | Region: North America and the Caribbean
Les Etats Unis ont annoncé cette semaine qu’ils ont dépassé le 1 million de cas enregistrés de COVID-19, et presque 61,000 morts. Malgré ces sombres étapes, le pays a été divisé entre ceux impatients de revenir à leurs habitudes et ceux qui souhaitent que le confinement reste en vigueur. Laissés en dehors de ce débat sont les travailleurSEs du sexe qui n’ont pas d’autre choix que de continuer à travailler à cause de leur exclusion de toute aide gouvernementale.
13th May 2020 | Region: North America and the Caribbean
Los Estados Unidos anunció esta semana que han superado el millón de casos de COVID-19 registrados, y cerca de las 61.000 muertes. A pesar de estas serias cifras, el país está dividido entre aquellos que están ansiosos por volver a la “normalidad” y aquellos que desean permanecer en la actual cuarentena. Fuera de este debate están las personas que ejercen el trabajo sexual que no tienen otra opción que continuar trabajando debido a su exclusión de cualquier paquete de ayudas del gobierno.
12th May 2020 | Region: Latin America
The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis unlike any other. The virus, which has spread across the world in just a few months, has affected the lives of millions of people and has profoundly changed the ways we live and work. For sex workers, this is a bad situation that has been made worse with restricted access to emergency funds and essential healthcare and an increase in raids, surveillance, and stigma.