Amara Legal Center provides free legal services to individuals whose rights have been violated while involved in commercial sex, whether involvement was by coercion, necessity, choice, or otherwise, in the D.C. metropolitan area. Services include orders of protection, public benefits services, advocacy in criminal cases, and other legal services sex workers may need.
Sex Workers
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*NEW YORK ONLY* Sex Workers Project
The Sex Workers Project provides direct legal services and legal education workshops for sex workers, and trainings for service providers and community organizations.
Desiree Alliance
The Desiree Alliance is a national coalition of current and former sex workers working together with supporting networks to constructively advocate for sex workers’ human, health, labor and civil rights. The Desiree Alliance has an annual conference for sex workers and about sex workers’ rights.
Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP-USA)
SWOP is a national organization to support sex workers through a community support line, technical assistance, funding, and advocacy. They offer information on how sex workers in different industries can stay safe here.
Programa para Ayudar a Prostitutas/os Individuales a Sobrevivir [The Help Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) Program]
El Programa para Ayudar a Prostitutas/os Individuales a Sobrevivir (HIPS) ayuda a personas que realizan trabajo sexual, comercio sexual y consumo de drogas a vivir vidas sanas, autodeterminadas y autosuficientes, libres de estigma, violencia, criminalización u opresión. Mediante un modelo de reducción de daños, luchan para tratar el impacto que el VIH/ SIDA, las infecciones de transmisión sexual, la discriminación, la pobreza, la violencia y el abuso de drogas tienen en las vidas de las personas que se dedican a la prostitución.