Vanessa has been full-time with Project X since 2011, and as a result, has had many opportunities to meet and connect with sex workers in Singapore and around the world. Under her leadership, the organisation has grown from a small group of volunteers to one where there are three paid staff and a team of over 60 volunteers. Correspondingly, she has increased the annual operating budget of the organization five times, and is now recognized as the leading organization that empowers and assists women in the sex industry.
Vanessa has written and spoken extensively about sex work, human trafficking, rape culture, and LGBTQ rights in Singapore. She believes that if people can speak about sex, gender and sexuality in open and in non-judgmental ways, society will become a safer place for everyone.
Vanessa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Warwick, and a Masters Degree in Gender, Society and Representation from University College London.
Wany is a Singaporean transgender woman who has been with Project X since 2014. She currently helps to run our peer-run sexual health community center in town, as well as does outreach at various locations. Her job requires her to interact and socialize a lot and thus, she has made plenty of acquaintances and friends within the sex industry and the like. As she has vast experience in the industry, she is able to and frequently does provide lifesaving advice to sex workers.
She for one, consistently reminds the ladies and guys to practice safer sex at all times, emphasizing on the importance of going for regular check-ups. She believes sex work is work and that no one should be coerced, marginalized and penalized. She also strongly believes in human rights and relentlessly advocates it.
Nor is a nonbinary person who is the latest addition to the Project X team. They handle administration for our key programmes and services, facilitate support group sessions and ensure that our drop-in centre is conducive for healing and connecting with others.
Nor firmly believes in self-determination and interdependence, both of which are values that align with the work that Project X does.
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