Harm-reduction NGO directory

Empower Foundationfounded 1985

Sex-worker-led organisation. Outreach, education, language classes, English-language publication. Runs the Can Do Bar in Chiang Mai as a worker-owned demonstration model. The longest-running sex-worker NGO in Asia.

SWING (Service Workers In Group)founded 2004

Bangkok-based sex-worker-rights NGO. Outreach in Patpong, Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza; peer-led HIV/STI education; advocacy on the 1996 Act.

Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre Anonymous Clinicfounded 1991

Bangkok. The regional reference clinic for anonymous HIV testing, PrEP and PEP. Not strictly an NGO but the most important reference resource for foreign travellers in the region.

Buklod Centerfounded 1987

Olongapo-based women's centre supporting former entertainers from the Subic-era industry; expanded to current Subic and Angeles work.

LoveYourselffounded 2011

Manila-based queer-community HIV organisation with English-language testing, PrEP and PEP referral. Clinics in Pasig and Mandaluyong.

TLF Share (The Library Foundation)founded 1994

Manila. HIV prevention and sex-worker support, with material in English and Tagalog.

Care for People International Development (CIDP)

Targeted HIV-prevention programmes including PrEP for at-risk populations in HCMC and Hanoi.

OPSI (Organisasi Perubahan Sosial Indonesia)founded 2009

National sex-worker-led network. Advocates on the KUHP 2026 changes, runs peer-led HIV-prevention work across multiple provinces.

Yayasan Spiritiafounded 1995

Jakarta. National HIV-positive support and information network; PrEP referral; legal-aid navigation.

Yayasan Kerti Praja

Bali-based HIV-prevention organisation. Outreach in Kuta and Denpasar; English-language support.

SWASH (Sex Work and Sexual Health)founded 1999

Osaka-based sex-worker-led harm-reduction organisation. Multi-lingual STI/HIV resources; advocacy on the Anti-Prostitution Law; outreach in Tobita and Namba.

CRASH JAPAN

Tokyo. Mental-health and crisis support for sex workers and night-economy workers, with limited English contact pathway.

Tokyo English Lifeline (TELL)founded 1973

English-language crisis line. Useful as a triage point for travellers in distress before reaching specialist services.

Cambodia ACTS

Outreach and HIV-prevention NGO working with sex workers in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Trauma-informed harm-reduction model.

Chab Dai Coalitionfounded 2005

Anti-trafficking coalition. Useful reference if you suspect trafficking; not a sex-worker-rights organisation.

KHANA

National HIV/AIDS NGO. Operates outreach clinics, links to PrEP and PEP access for at-risk populations.

Hanteo Women's Rights Centre (한터여성인권센터)

Sex-worker advocacy and emergency support. Korean-language primary; some English material.

iSHAP (Ivan Stop HIV/AIDS Project)

Queer-community-led HIV testing, PrEP referral, advocacy. The most English-accessible HIV/STI navigation resource in Korea.

Korean Federation for AIDS Action (KFAA)

Public-health resources and clinic referral. Korean-language primary.

COSWAS (Collective of Sex Workers and Supporters)founded 1999

日日春關懷互助協會. Taipei-based. Asia's longest-running sex-worker-rights organisation. Advocacy on the never-activated 2011 'special zone' framework; peer support; published bilingual material.

Persons with HIV/AIDS Rights Advocacy Association of Taiwan (PRAATW)

Rights-based HIV support; partners with Taiwan CDC's PrEP programme.

Project Xfounded 2008

Sex-worker advocacy organisation. Outreach, peer support, English-language publication. Provides legal-aid navigation for sex workers detained under the Women's Charter framework.

Action for AIDS (AfA)founded 1988

HIV testing, PrEP support, peer counselling. Anonymous testing clinic at Kelantan Lane operates alongside the DSC Clinic.

AWAREfounded 1985

Women's rights organisation. Helpline for gender-based violence; legal-aid referral. Not sex-worker-specific but a useful triage point.

PT Foundation (Pink Triangle)founded 1987

Kuala Lumpur and Penang. HIV/STI testing, PrEP, PEP, peer support. The principal HIV NGO in Malaysia with English-language services.

Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC)founded 1992

National umbrella body for HIV-prevention organisations. Useful navigation point.

Zi Teng (紫藤)founded 1996

Sex-worker-rights NGO. Outreach, advocacy, peer support. Multi-lingual material. Long-standing partnership with the Department of Health on STI prevention.

AIDS Concernfounded 1990

Hong Kong's longest-running HIV NGO. PrEP and PEP referral; anonymous testing; English-language services.

JJJ Association

Action for sex-worker rights in Hong Kong. Smaller than Zi Teng but provides complementary outreach.

DMSC (Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee)founded 1995

Kolkata-based sex-worker-led collective headquartered in Sonagachi, roughly 65,000 members. Peer health outreach, legal aid, political advocacy. The largest and longest-running sex-worker organisation in South Asia and a global reference model.

Sonagachi HIV/AIDS Intervention Projectfounded 1992

Kolkata. Peer-led HIV-prevention programme led by Dr Smarajit Jana that established the sex-worker-led collective model now replicated internationally; still operationally active.

Naz Foundation Trust

Delhi-based HIV-prevention and queer-rights organisation; led the litigation that produced the 2018 Supreme Court ruling decriminalising same-sex activity.

Humsafar Trustfounded 1994

Mumbai. India's oldest MSM/LGBT health and rights organisation; HIV testing, counselling, and advocacy.

Shakti Vahini

Delhi-based anti-trafficking NGO with strong Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) coordination; the right reference if you suspect trafficking.

Prajwala

Hyderabad-based anti-trafficking and survivor-rehabilitation organisation; not a sex-worker-rights group but a key reference for trafficking concerns.

China CDC (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

District-level offices in every city provide free, anonymous HIV testing. Not an NGO but the principal public-health reference point for sexual-health testing in China.

Beijing LGBT Center

Sanyuanli, Chaoyang district. Queer-community health and rights organisation; has operated under tightening political restrictions since 2018.

China Global Fund AIDS Programme NGOs

Global Fund-supported NGO network implementing HIV-prevention and harm-reduction programming across Chinese cities, coordinated with China CDC provincial offices.

Rainbow of Macau

LGBT community organisation and advocacy group on the Macau Peninsula; contact via social media for community resources and events.

Macau Health Bureau (Serviços de Saúde) outreach

Runs the territory's HIV/STI programme and public-health outreach. Not an NGO but the primary public-health reference point in Macau.

Equal Ground

Colombo-based principal LGBT advocacy organisation in Sri Lanka; documents Penal Code Section 365/365A enforcement and pursues decriminalisation advocacy.

National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP)

Ministry of Health authority; free, anonymous STI/HIV testing nationwide, headquartered in Colombo. Not an NGO but the principal public-health reference.

Stand Up Movement Lanka

Sex-worker-led advocacy organisation; field documentation of police enforcement patterns and working conditions.

Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka

National reproductive- and sexual-health NGO; clinics and outreach across the island, complementary to NSACP's testing infrastructure.

Centre for HIV/AIDS and STIs (CHAS)

Ministry of Health authority for sexual health; coordinates community-outreach programming, concentrated in Vientiane.

UNAIDS Laos

UN agency coordinating Laos's national HIV response and technical support to CHAS; publishes surveillance data and programme reporting.

Family Health International Laos (FHI 360)

International NGO supporting HIV-prevention and harm-reduction programming in Laos, working alongside CHAS and the Lao National Committee for the Control of AIDS.

Blue Diamond Societyfounded 2001

Kathmandu. Nepal's principal LGBT/third-gender rights organisation and the primary litigation body behind the 2007 Supreme Court decriminalisation ruling — a landmark for South Asia. Health services and community support.

Maiti Nepal

The most prominent anti-trafficking NGO in Nepal; operates border-interception posts and survivor rehabilitation. 24-hour helpline and shelter.

Shakti Samuha

Survivor-led anti-trafficking organisation, founded and run by trafficking survivors themselves; advocacy and rehabilitation support.

Sunaulo Parivar Nepal (Marie Stopes)

Reproductive- and sexual-health NGO affiliated with Marie Stopes International; family-planning and STI services across Nepal.

CWIN-Nepal

Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre; child-rights and child-trafficking documentation, relevant to Nepal's cross-border trafficking context.

Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA)

Published the landmark 2000 High Court ruling that recognised Bangladesh's registered-brothel framework; continues to provide legal aid and anti-trafficking work.

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK)

Human-rights legal-aid organisation; documentation of Digital Security Act prosecutions and gender-violence law.

SHARP

Sex-worker advocacy and health-outreach organisation supporting registered-brothel and informal-sector workers.

Bandhu Social Welfare Society

LGBT and HIV-prevention organisation; outreach and health services for MSM and transgender communities in Dhaka and beyond.

ICDDR,B

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh; Mohakhali, Dhaka. Peer-reviewed public-health research including HIV epidemiology and key-population studies; English-language clinical access.

LGBT Centre Mongoliafounded 2007

Ulaanbaatar. Principal LGBT civil-society organisation in Mongolia; health services, legal support, and community-meeting space.

MONFEMNET National Network

Mongolian feminist network; research on gender-based violence, trafficking, and women's rights documentation.

Beautiful Hearts NGO

Anti-trafficking organisation working on victim identification and survivor support in Mongolia.

National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) outreach

Public-sector HIV testing authority in Ulaanbaatar. Not an NGO but the principal public-health outreach body.