Barcelona grants 1.08 million for the rights of people in prostitution

The Councilor for Feminisms, Equality and Democratic Memory of the Barcelona City Council, Raquel Gil Eiroà, issued on October 9, 2026, the final resolution for the granting and denial of the 2026-2027 multi-annual call for subsidies for actions aimed at improving access to the rights of people in situations of prostitution. The resolution is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona (BOPB) on October 14, 2026, with the reference CVE 202610152873, and grants 1,076,000 euros to a dozen third-sector social entities in the city.

The call was published in the BOPB on March 16, 2026, and is governed by the regulatory bases approved by the City Council’s Governing Commission on November 16, 2023. The resolution follows the mandatory report from the Evaluation Commission, approved in the session of June 9, 2026, and the proposal from the Director of Feminisms, Gender Mainstreaming and LGTBI Services, Maria Dolores Rengel Vilches, dated July 23, 2026. The councilor acts using the powers delegated by the Mayoral decree of June 17, 2023, and the document is signed by the Delegated Secretary, Anna Giménez Lizandra.

Thirteen subsidies for twelve entities

Annex 1 of the resolution details the proposals to be definitively granted, including the requested amount, the points obtained, and the final amount granted:

• Fundació Àmbit Prevenció (G65009235): 99,000 euros for intervention in intermediate emergencies and social inclusion (file 2026_OVT_589184).
• Cruz Roja Española (Q2866001G): 136,000 euros for care and counseling for women in prostitution working in closed spaces in Barcelona (2026_OVT_594194).
• Genera Associació en defensa dels drets de les dones (G63156541): 120,000 euros for the Integras 2026-2027 project (2026_OVT_594363).
• Comunidad de Oblatas del Santísimo Redentor Barcelona (R5800587G): 66,000 euros for “De portes endins” (2026_OVT_594078) and 106,000 euros for “Obrim horitzons”, for socio-labor insertion (2026_OVT_594493).
• Associació Stop Sida (G59447201): 21,000 euros for “Sinergies en trànsit”, for community intervention with LGBTIQ+ people in closed spaces (2026_OVT_594099).
• Surt Fundació de Dones (G64404213): 200,000 euros for the DIMO employability project for cis and trans women (2026_OVT_594295).
• Coordinadora per la Inserció Sociolaboral Anem per Feina (G61879383): 81,000 euros for the labor market accompaniment device (2026_OVT_593083).
• Metzineres, SCCL (F01951714): 50,360 euros for “De sabers a drets” (2026_OVT_594346).
• Associació In Via (G64980501): 35,000 euros for the Maria Isabel project (2026_OVT_593157).
• Metges del Món (G79408852): 91,000 euros for “Dona! Una oportunitat per teixir futurs” (2026_OVT_594391).
• Fundación Apip Acam (G65529661): 40,640 euros for the Teranga project (2026_OVT_593902).
• Associació Som Llar (G61964102): 30,000 euros for the Samara temporary housing service, for women victims of gender-based violence who have engaged in prostitution (2026_OVT_593929).

Direct care, insertion and housing

The funded projects cover the full range of actions provided for in the call: care and counseling in closed spaces, emergency intervention, accompaniment toward employability and the social fabric, access to rights, and temporary housing. The beneficiary entities are benchmarks of the Barcelona social third sector in the field of prostitution and sex work.

The granted amounts range between the 21,000 euros of Associació Stop Sida and the 200,000 euros of Surt Fundació de Dones, and in no case do they reach the amount requested by the entities. The resolution groups the proposals into modalities A, B, and C of the regulatory bases.

Denials and appeals

Annex 2 lists the requests definitively denied for technical reasons, along with the motives listed therein. The resolution is final and exhausts the administrative route.

Interested parties may optionally file an appeal for reversal before the body that adopted it within one month from the day following its publication in the BOPB, or directly file a contentious-administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Section of the Court of First Instance of Barcelona within two months.

Notification is made via publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, as provided for in rule 12 of the regulatory bases.

With this resolution, the City Council closes the process of the 2026-2027 multi-year call and ensures two years of funding for care, support, and integration programs aimed at people in situations of prostitution, a field that depends almost exclusively on the social third sector and municipal feminism services.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, October 14, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-4 (official reference: CVE 202610152873).