As 2023 comes to a close, we at New Moon are reflecting on our first full year of work. An annul report on our efforts and impact will be issued in Q1 of 2024, but in the meantime we have some exciting accomplishments to share!

The past week has been a bit of a haze for many of us fighting for sex workers’ rights. Our networks have been rocked by the sudden passing of icon Cecilia Gentili. Cecilia Gentili was a constant figure and trailblazing leader in the sex worker, migrant, and transgender rights movements. Cecilia demonstrated constantly through her life and advocacy that we don’t live single issue lives, and that our struggles for human rights are interconnected.

As 2023 comes to a close, we at New Moon are reflecting on our first full year of work. An annul report on our efforts and impact will be issued in Q1 of 2024, but in the meantime we have some exciting accomplishments to share!

This report illustrates the impact of Open Society’s closure of global offices on sex working communities, globally. Readers will learn about key geographic regions effected by the withdrawal, and how sex worker led groups have responded. This report is intended to serve as a case study for funders working deeply with movements, as well as tool for advocating for increased funding to effected sex worker rights groups.

The Open Society Foundations (OSF) have been at the forefront of supporting marginalized communities, and until recently were the largest donor to sex worker rights organizations globally. In this briefing, we will hear from researchers, funder allies, and the global sex worker rights movement about how OSF’s closure of global offices been felt on the ground in impacted organizations and communities. We will learn how sex worker rights movements, and other movements affected by such funding decisions, can creatively respond, and how allied funders can collaborate to take action.

Registration is now open for the training, “Exercising Discretion: Navigating the Possibilities and Impacts of Non-Prosecution Policies in the Context of Sex Work Criminalization”. We will hold two live training sessions in August; the registration links are below. We will also record the training and make it available online.