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Saheli HIV/AIDS Karyakarta Sangh is a collective of sex workers and a community-based organization founded in 1998 in Pune (Maharashtra, India), with a mission to empower women in prostitution through collectivization.

In August 2012, 17 members of Saheli participated in the Imagine Empowerment Workshop, designed to strengthen women in challenging life circumstances, enabling them to envision and create new possibilities for their lives, families, and communities through active engagement.

The research presented here aims to evaluate the impact of the Imagine Empowerment Workshop and the empowerment of the sex workers of Saheli HIV/AIDS Karyakarta Sangh, with a particular focus on the areas of interest for this collective.

[ESP]«Lo que no se nombra no existe». Esa es la gran diferencia y, a la vez, lo que une a Anna en la Barcelona de 2013 y a Anna en la Barcelona de 2024. Un antes y un después situado en una ciudad que todo el mundo reconoce desde cualquier lugar del planeta azul. Pero, ¿qué historia nos han contado de la ciudad condal y de su arte? Solo una introducción a miradas (im)posibles de lo que fue, es y puede ser, con el colonialismo, la esclavitud y la (¿de?)colonialidad como ejes conductores.

Ensayo crítico que parte de una mirada etnográfica, subjetiva y relacional a la ciudad de Barcelona.

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[ENG] “What is not named does not exist.” That is the great difference—and at the same time, the thread that connects Anna in Barcelona in 2013 with Anna in Barcelona in 2024. A before and after rooted in a city recognized around the world. But what story have we been told about this city and its art? Just an introduction to (im)possible perspectives on what it was, is, and could become—with colonialism, slavery, whiteness, and (de?)coloniality as central threads that shape the narrative.

A critical essay grounded in an ethnographic, subjective, and relational gaze upon the city of Barcelona.