red umbrella fund speaker

Question 1

red umbrella org: what is it

Answer 1

only funding group (for groups that are sexworker-led) by and for sex workers in the world (50% sex workers in the office, 80% sex workers in the intl decision making committee and 20% of the funders are sex workers)
rights, not rescue
-participatory, self led
- influence philanthropy (most orgs ignore SWs and focus on trafficking, making SWs more vulnerable- much work done to remove damage done by antitrafficking groups
- grant $$
-accompaniment (support)

Question 2

SWEAT (sex workers education and ___ task force), south african sex worker org

Answer 2

encourage decriminlization