About Ruhama - Ruhama

Ruhama is an Irish NGO and registered charity that offers nationwide support to women impacted by prostitution, sex trafficking and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation.

Providing Support

Founded in 1989, our organisation has extensive expertise in providing a wide range of specialist, holistic support services. Our services are free, confidential and delivered by a committed and experienced team. Ruhama also advocates and engages in policy work on issues related to prostitution, sex trafficking and the experiences of the women we work with.

We are the only specialist, frontline NGO in Ireland working specifically to support women, including transgender women, who:

are actively involved in prostitution
are seeking to exit (leave) prostitution
are victims of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation
have a past experience of prostitution/sex trafficking.

Awards

Prostitution is the selling of sexual services in exchange for money or some other benefit, for example – housing, gifts, goods. However, the profile of prostitution in Ireland has changed in recent years. The image of kerb crawlers approaching women on the street has been replaced by an industry that is now more hidden, more complex and more organised. Learn more here.

Advocating and Campaigning

In addition to our frontline services to women, we also advocate and campaign for better social, political and legal measures to address the systems and conditions that lead to, and perpetuate, the prostitution and sex trafficking of women and girls.We are committed to raising awareness, challenging gender inequality and gender-based violence, and to improving the lives of all women and girls. Read about latest news, press releases and campaigns here.