The European Sex Workers Rightgs Alliance (ESWA; previously, International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe, ICRSE) is a sex worker-led network representing more than 100 organisations led by or working with sex workers in 35 countries in Europe and Central Asia. The core aim of ESWA is to ensure that the voices of sex workers in the region are heard, listened to and respected. We strive to raise awareness about the social exclusion of sex workers of all genders in Europe and Central Asia; to promote the human, health and labour rights of all sex workers at the community, national and regional level; and to build alliances with key partners, including sex workers and their organisations on a global level, and with NGOs, other civil society organisations and key stakeholders involved in policy- and decision-making processes in the Europe and Central Asia.
ESWA opposes all forms of criminalisation of sex work and firmly rejects the conflation of sex work with human trafficking. It raises awareness of the harmful impact of this conflation on sex workers’ lives and seek to put forward a labour rights’ perspective of sex work, whereby the labour, health and human rights of all sex workers are recognised, protected and fulfilled by national, regional and international laws, policies and programmes. ESWA supports sex workers’ right to self-determination and self-organisation. Sex workers can and do effect change; solidarity among ESWA members will ensure that the needs and voices of sex workers will be heard and addressed equally.
Contact Details: Address: Eerste Helmersstraat 17 D, 1054 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: eswalliance.org
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) works towards a world in which there is no human trafficking for labour exploitation. In so doing FLEX seeks to prevent labour abuses, protect the rights of trafficked persons and promote best practice responses to human trafficking for labour exploitation by undertaking research, knowledge building and evidence-based advocacy.
Through this work FLEX:
- Builds understanding of how best to prevent and identify cases of trafficking for labour exploitation; - Increases focus on labour rights and labour standards in anti-trafficking policy and practice; and - Enhances understanding of legal rights and obligations relating to trafficking for labour exploitation.
FLEX is a registered charity based in London, UK
Contact Details: Address: The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, SE11 5RR London, The United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 3752 5516 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: labourexploitation.org
Pro-tukipiste (Pro Support Centre) provides low-threshold social and health services and legal counselling in Helsinki and Tampere for current and former workers in the sex or erotic services industry and for victims of trafficking in human beings. The aim is to support service users to improve their well-being and quality of life, in accordance with their needs. The two service centres offer social and healthcare services, which support peoples’ health and well-being and promote self-motivation in getting through life. Through online and field outreach work, the organisation strives to reach groups that are difficult to reach otherwise.
Pro-tukipiste provides services in Finnish, English, Russian, Estonian and Thai to people who:
work in the sex or erotic industry
are leaving sex work or are attempting to
have left sex work but would like to discuss issues concerning their history
would like to begin sex work and want to discuss this with a third party.
Pro-tukipiste also assists persons identified as victims of trafficking.
The services are free of charge and anonymous and available to men, women and transgender individuals from Finland and abroad.
Contact Details: Address: Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 A, 5th floor 00100 Helsinki Tel: +358 40 650 3705 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: pro-tukipiste.fi
Victim Support Finland (RIKU, from its Finnish name Rikosuhripäivystys) is a non-religious, non-partisan organisation that provides support and practical advice to victims of crime. It also works to improve the social and legal status of crime victims by influencing general attitudes, service provision and legislation. RIKU was established in 1994 and is based on a cooperation agreement between five major Finnish NGOs and the Finnish Evangelic Lutheran Church.
Since the beginning of 2015, RIKU has had a special focus on support to victims of human trafficking and is currently the coordinator of the Finnish national anti-trafficking NGO platform. RIKU provides its services to women, men and children, victims of any kind of human trafficking or related crimes.
Contact Details: Address: Maistraatinportti 4A, 00240 Helsinki, Finland Tel: +358 40 630 9669 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: riku.fi
The German NGO Network against Trafficking in Human Beings– KOK e.V. was founded in 1999 and advocates for the rights of trafficked persons and female migrants facing violence. Currently, the KOK network consists of 37 member organisations across Germany, comprising a broad variety of different groups, including faith-based organisations and sex workers' rights groups. One of the main goals pursued by KOK and its member organisations is to improve the living conditions of trafficked persons and to help them assert their rights.
KOK brings together most specialised counselling centres in Germany working with victims of trafficking in human beings as well as other organisations addressing this issue. KOK’s work takes an intersectional approach, i.e. with the knowledge that there are many different forms of discrimination that may occur and reinforce each other. KOK’s work focuses on representing women’s, and, in particular, female migrants’, interests. Thanks to their experience, KOK offers expertise to all groups of trafficked persons.
KOK coordinates the efforts of its member organisations and other stakeholders involved in the issue of human trafficking. It transforms the experiences gained in grassroots counselling centres into political strategies. KOK informs policy makers, scientists, civil society and governmental and intergovernmental stakeholders on the complexity of anti-trafficking policies, and guarantees knowledge sharing across different levels. Some of KOK’s core activities are political advocacy, work in relevant committees and public relations.
Contact Details: Address: Lützowstr.102-104, Hof 1, Aufgang A, 10785 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 263 911 76 Fax: +49 30 263 911 86 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: kok-gegen-menschenhandel.de
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