| Name
| Pro-tukipiste
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| Founded |
Jaana Kauppinen
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| Contact |
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| Telephone |
+ 358 9 726 2877
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| Fax |
+ 358 9 7231 0250
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| Email |
toimisto@pro-tukipiste.fi
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| Website |
www.pro-tukipiste.fi, www.pro-urho.di
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| Mission |
Pro-tukipiste is a registered non-profit organisation which supports and promotes the civil and human rights of individuals involved in sex work. Pro-tukipiste is a social support and health care organisation which offers professional services with a low threshold in Finland and specifically in the Helsinki and Tampere regions. Pro-tukipiste is a nation wide expert organisation which offers consultation and education on issues concerning prostitution and sex work.
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| Focus Countries |
Finland
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| Activities |
Service units provide social support and health care services with a low threshold, consulting and counselling for sex workers and their significant others. Outreach units provide social support and health care services, as well as counselling and consulting in the very environment where sex workers work and live their daily life. Specific project for male and transpeople involved in prostitution and sex work. |
| Paid Staff |
18
|
| Volunteers |
|
| Budget |
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| Funders |
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finnish Slot Machine Association, Helsinki Department of Social Services
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| Works In |
Social support and health care services
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| Issues |
Social support, health care consultation, STD-tests, safer sex information, issues on sexuality
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