Movimiento de Mujeres Unidas (MODEMU)

 

Country

Dominican Republic

Organization

Movimiento de Mujeres Unidas (MODEMU)

Founded in 1992, MODEMU is a network of women health promoters and sex workers who advocate for the health and human rights of sex workers in cities throughout the Dominican Republic.

Project

Promoting Sex Worker Rights

To promote the human rights of sex workers through political advocacy at the local and national level; to raise HIV/AIDS awareness through programs run by community health promoters; and to train women in peer counseling, HIV/AIDS education and vocational skill-building.

Project Grant Amount $25,000
Total Grants Received $53,800
Years Supported 2
Theme Sexual Health and Rights
Population Served Ethnic minorities, Women, Workers
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