For complaints, use another form. Study lib. Upload document Create flashcards. Flashcards Collections. Documents Last activity. Add to Add to collection s Add to saved. Many of the donors and activists involved with conceptualizing a collaboration have extensive experience with either funding or advocating for the human rights of sex workers.
It was felt, however, that more information on regional and global funding trends could help inform future discussions. This report does not claim to represent all sex worker groups globally or in the regions where the research focused. Rather, it tries to present some possible trends and give recommendations on effectively supporting groups to advocate for the human rights of sex workers. Over-all Recommendations for Funding Many of the organizations that responded to this mapping operate with small and tenuous amounts of funding.
Furthermore, those groups who are able to access larger funding streams often contend with having to provide rigidly restricted HIV-related services or many short-term project out-puts in return. Outside of a few exceptional country contexts, the amount of funding available on a global scale to support sex workers in advancing their rights is extremely small.
The available funds are simply not sufficient to support a strong movement. In that context, it comes as little surprise that the strongest recommendation to emerge from this report is an increase in funding for sex worker-led groups and networks. In particular, respondents requested: core funding; support for programming that is specifically rights focused; funds to support sex workers responding to human rights crises; and funding that reflects the gender diversity within sex worker communities.
Funding continuity was further identified a crucial strategic element for movement building. In some instances, this means supporting burgeoning groups by using the grant-making process as a way to provide technical assistance through feedback and help with proposals. In other cases, it is by providing the financial support for organizations to avail themselves of the technical assistance they need to develop structurally in a sustainable way, including through peerto-peer mentoring and capacity-building between sex worker groups.
