Vanessa Ho

Vanessa Ho is the Executive Director of Project X, a sex workers' rights organisation in Singapore. Vanessa has been with Project X in various capacities since 2011, and as a result, has had many opportunities to meet and connect with sex workers in Singapore and around the world. Under her leadership, the organisation has grown from a small group of volunteers to one where there are five full-time staff and a team of over 60 volunteers. Correspondingly, she has increased the annual operating budget of the organization ten times, and is now recognized as the leading organization that empowers and assists people in the sex industry in Singapore.

Vanessa has written and spoken extensively about sex work, human trafficking, rape culture, and LGBTQ rights in Singapore. She believes that if people can speak about sex, gender and sexuality in open and in non-judgmental ways, society will become a safer place for everyone.