Regional updates: 拉丁美洲

Our members are listed on the left or you can click the red umbrellas on the map.

Regional Board Members

Cynthia Navarrete Gil (APROASE), Mexico.

Chavica Moreira Rodríguez (Asociacion Horizontes Diversos), Ecuador.

NSWP Regional Network

The Plataforma LatinoAmerica de Personas que EjeRcen el Trabajo Sexual (PLAPERTS) is a Latin American platform for sex worker-led organisations representing female, male and transgender sex workers. It was founded in 2014 and is based in Machala, Ecuador.

News articles from Latin America region are listed below.

Regional updates

23rd 二月 2022 | Region: Latin America

Sex workers in Peru are demanding justice and an end to violence after the murder of two Ecuadorian migrants on 19 February 2022. The police found 28 bullet shells at the scene and another sex worker and a passer-by were also injured in the attack.

26th 八月 2020 | Region: Latin America

At the start of the year, it was hard to imagine the impact that COVID-19 would have on the world. Now, six months since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, it’s clear that the crisis is far from over and its repercussions will be felt far beyond 2020.

1st 七月 2020 | Region: Latin America

OpenDemocracy has published an article from Graciela, a member of Ammar Cordoba, on their work supporting sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. AMMAR Córdoba​ is a sex worker-led organisation in Córdoba​, Argentina, fighting for human rights and access to labour protections.

4th 六月 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.”

2nd 六月 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 六月 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 六月 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.

25th 五月 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 五月 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。

20th 六月 2019 | Region: Latin America

A new sex workers' union has been formed in Ecuador, set up to visibilise cisgender men and trans people who sell sex, and to demand sex workers' rights in the city of Quito. Sindicato de Trabajadorxs Sexuales de Quito [Quito Sex Workers' Union] is made up of cisgender women sex workers, some 300-40

4th 六月 2019 | Region: Latin America

Politicians in Mexico City have voted to amend a Bill to decriminalise sex workers and their clients in the city. On 31st May, members of Congress voted to amend the wording of the Bill to remove a line allowing for prosecutions of sex workers and clients if neighbours make a complaint.

12th 七月 2018 | Region: Latin America

Many Latin American countries hold a Pride parade, an annual celebration that takes place all over the world in June and July to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex culture and pride. In most of them, the sex workers participate as part of the community, and Colombia is no different.  

28th 六月 2018 | Region: Latin America

El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, but also the most densely populated. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, El Salvador has one of the highest murder rates in the world, and is also considered an epicentre of a gang crisis, along with Guatemala and Honduras, which it borders. Every day between 200 and 300 people are forced to migrate from El Salvador. Some do it to improve their economic situation, but many others are forced to leave under threat of death.

21st 二月 2018 | Region: Latin America

Using WhatsApp groups and other virtual networks, independent sex workers in Mexico organised a workshop with two main goals: to build community and to learn things that mainstream gynaecology often hides.