Community Center for Sex Workers in Mexico
Community center prostitution in Mexico
Summary
Casa Xochiquetzal will serve as a community center for independent sex workers and as housing for elderly sex workers who want to explore alternate forms of income and lead dignified lives.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Elderly sex workers live in appalling conditions on the streets of Mexico City. Independent sex workers have the need to come together to hold seminars, organize reflection groups, and take primary- to high school-classes. Casa Xochiquetzal, a community center in one of the poorest and most marginalized neighborhoods in Mexico City, will give older and independent sex workers the space and opportunity to gain dignity and learn about their human rights.
Activities
Casa Xochiquetzal will offer housing for 63 elderly sex workers and develop income-generating projects, such as handicrafts and cooking. It will offer workshops and classes for sex workers.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $3,864
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $71,136
Total Funding Goal: $75,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.semillas.org.mx/)
- Article on Opening of Casa Xochiquetzal (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40504-2005Apr9.html)
- Retirement Plan for Prostitutes (http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1719841,00.html)
- Mexico City's Elderly Prostitutes Find Shelter (http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-26-2005-69115.asp)
- Prostitution in Mexico (http://www.fiscalstudy.com/2005-global-photo/0319-prostitution-in-mexico.php)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Casa Xochiquetzal gives sex workers a place to empower themselves through alternate forms of income-generating activities and education.
Project Message
We, sex workers, want a room of our own. A space that allows us to meet, to find each other and to find ourselves, to learn about our human rights.
- Leader, “Trabajadoras Independientes Emma Goldman” group
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Paula Sanchez Mejorada
Resource Development Program Assistant
Tamaulipas 66, Planta Alta, Colonia Condesa
Colonia Condesa
Mexico City,
Mexico
52-55-5553-2900
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Semillas
Tamaulipas 66 Col. Condesa
Mexico City,
N/A
6140
Mexico
+52 (55) 55 53 01 09
http://www.semillas.org.mx/
Semillas's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Mexico
and can also be found under 
Human Rights.
For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 30, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
January - March 2009 Update
By Paula Sanchz Mejorada - Development Jr Officer, May 25, 2009 11:49 AM
Health Services:
• Three urgent cases have been attended in hospitals
• HIV tests held to five women
• Three visits from an homeopathic doctor to the house
• One eye surgery
• Two visits from a dentist to the house
• Psychological advise to 15 women
• Vaccines provided to all the house inhabitants
• 180 examinations and consultations provided by the doctor who works full-time in the house, and five cases canalized to specialists
• Optical revision of all the house inhabitants and glasses provided to those who needed them.
Administrative services:
• Identification cards processed for two women
• Search and identification of eight birth certificates
• Three credentials processed so elder women can have access to governmental services.
Workshops:
• One session on violence prevention
• One session on depression detection
• 12 weekly gatherings regarding internal organization
• One session about mental diseases imparted to the house personnel
Recreational Activities:
• Three birthdays celebrated
• Three festivities celebrated
• Invitation to two theater plays
• Eight sessions of crochet training
Thanks to all donors for making these activities possible!
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