Stella Kawira

Programme Associate at Red Umbrella Fund

Red Umbrella Fund

Stella is a programme Associate at Red Umbrella Fund. In this role, Stella is responsible for supporting Red Umbrella Fund to strengthen and sustain the sex workers’ rights movements through grantmaking (financial support) and advocacy and communication efforts focused on catalysing new funding to support sex workers’ rights movements. Stella has a wealth of experience working with sex worker-led organisations, particularly in Africa. Before joining Red Umbrella Fund, she worked with African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) in various positions such as Programme coordinator for the Academy.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
02:30 pm EEST	04:00 pm EEST	Get Your Hustle On! Be A Good Sex Workers' Ally Concurrent Room AD 11	The session will begin with member organisations of the Count Me In! Consortium sharing their journey in learning how to be better allies to the sex workers’ Read More The session will begin with member organisations of the Count Me In! Consortium sharing their journey in learning how to be better allies to the sex workers’ rights movements and their organisations. What did they learn? How did they change? What does it mean now, in practical terms? The session will then allow participants to react and for representatives of sex worker-led organisations to share the good and the ugly of allyship to work towards better catalysing collective action to advance gender equality and empower the feminist movement through the meaningful inclusion of sex workers and support for sex workers’ rights. Session format: Skills building Organized by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Red Umbrella Fund (RUF), Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA), Uganda Network of Sex worker led Organisations (UNESO), Africa Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) International Sign Language available for this session Read Less Speakers Grace Mukuhi Kamau Regional Cordinator Africa Sex Workers Alliance Namakula Daisy Nakato National Coordinator Uganda Network of Sex Worker-Led Organisations (UNESO) Stella Kawira Programme Associate at Red Umbrella Fund Red Umbrella Fund Nils Mollema Senior policy officer at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Mageda Esolyo Manager, programs and innovation -