Established in 1989, Ruhama is a Dublin-based NGO which works on a national level with women affected by prostitution and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation.

Ruhama service report
1. CASEWORK
• Increase in numbers
• Dangers of indoor prostitution
• Moving on
• Minors exploited in prostitution
Service report statistics
• Number of women in ALL casework
• Locations in Ireland of NEW suspected victims of trafficking (VoT)

2. DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
• In-house programmes offered by Ruhama in 2011
• Barriers for women accessing education and development opportunities

3. RESETTLEMENT
• Barriers for women accessing housing

4. STREET OUTREACH
• Violence
• Reporting crime and security
• Drugs/Alcohol and homelessness
• Health
• Entering/ returning to prostitution
• One woman’s testimony – ‘The Paradox’

Policy work
• Election manifesto
• Turn Off the Red Light
• Submissions to state departments

Communications
Financial summary 2011