The Philippine Sex Workers Collective is an organisation of current and former sex workers who reject the criminalisation of sex work and the dominant portrayal of sex workers as victims.nBased on my interviews with leaders of the Collective and fifty other sex workers in Metro Manila, I argue in this paper that a range of contextual constraints limits the ability of Filipino sex workers to effectively organise and lobby for their rights. For example, the Collective cannot legally register because of the criminalisation of sex work, and this impacts their ability to access funding and recruit members. The structural configuration of the Philippines’ Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking incentivises civil society organisations to adhere to a unified position on sex work as violence against women. The stigma against sex work in a predominantly Catholic country is another constraint. Recently, President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has been weaponised by some members of the police to harass sex workers. Finally, I reflect on strategies the Collective could adopt to navigate the limited space they have for representation, such as crucial partnerships, outreach work, and legal remedies.

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菲律宾性工作者集体：努力被倾听，没有被拯救

菲律宾性工作者集体组织是一个由现任和前任性工作者组成的组织，他们拒绝将性工作定为犯罪并将性工作者作为受害者的主要描写。n根据我在马尼拉大都会的集体领导和其他五十名性工作者的访谈中，本文认为，一系列的语境限制限制了菲律宾性工作者有效组织和游说其权利的能力。例如，由于性工作被定为刑事犯罪，集体无法合法注册，这影响了他们获取资金和招募成员的能力。菲律宾打击贩运人口机构间理事会的结构结构使民间社会组织在对性工作即对妇女的暴力行为方面坚持统一立场。在一个以天主教为主的国家，对性工作的污名化是另一个制约因素。最近，总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特（Rodrigo Duterte）的反毒品战争已被一些警察武器化，以骚扰性工作者。最后，我思考一下集体可以采取的策略，以导航他们在有限的代表权空间，例如重要的伙伴关系，外展工作和法律补救措施。