Amnesty for Womenis responsible for several
research and social projects funded by the European Union and local contributors.
TAMPEP
European Network for HIV/STI Prevention and Health Promotion among Migrant Sex Workers
EU-Commission DG SANCO, Health- and Consumerprotection, 1993 - 2009.
TAMPEP is an international research and social project that develops and
establishes new strategies and methods of AIDS and STD prevention
with and for migrant prostitutes in Europe.
It is organised as an intervention network and targets women, transvestites and transsexuals
working in the sex industry from more than 50 countries in Central
and Eastern Europe, South-East Asia, Africa and Latin America.
TAMPEP is being carried out by 26 organizations in 25 countries of the EU. The main coordinating centre of the project is in the Netherlands. www.tampep.eu
The project
Provides migrant sex workers with information material adapted to their
cultural background;
strengthens sex workers' self-respect and self-confidence;
offers migrant sex workers a point of reference by monitoring changes
in migration movements in the targeted countries;
investigates the social and legal framework surrounding sex work and the
working conditions of migrant sex workers, by carrying out streetwork
in the various areas of prostitution;
campaigns for migrant sex workers' rights at a local, national and international
level.
Teaches judges, lawyers, police, and health workers how to
effectively help abused women and work for women's rights. EU-Commission for regional politics, Programm Phare, 1998 - 1999.
KULTURELLE MEDIATION IM BEREICH DER PROSTITUTION
Transnational Training EU-Commission for Education, Upbringing and Youth, Programm Leonardo da Vinci, from 1998 to 2001.
FEMMIGRATION
Legal Agenda for Migrant Prostitutes and Trafficked Women on the Internet
Directorate A/5 (Justice and Internal Affairs) of the European Commission, as part of the DAPHNE
programme 2000- 2004.
FENARETE
Professional Training for Peer Educators in the Prostitution Field
Directorate XXII of the European Commission (Education, Training and Youth) as part of the LEONARDO DA VINCI
programme, 2002 - 2003.
PSYFEM
Psychological and Psychiatrical Care for Migrant Women in Europe
European Commission DG EMPL/E/2 (Employment and Social Affairs) in the framework of the action program "For
social protection, for social integration and inclusion policies", 2002 - 2003
KOOFRA
Coordination Centre against Trafficking in Women
Hamburger Senate for Equality, 1999 - 2002. Independent since 2002.
Hamburger Streetwork Projekte
Office for Social, Family, Health and Consumer Protection.
Funded since 1995.
