Even the name of the organisation was chosen by debate. They formed commissions to include health, legal issues, public relations, and outreach. COIN has established a way of considering sex workers in the Dominican Republic, avoiding aid or charitable approaches. Health messengers have educated people to make the work visible, and to show private and official violence that women in prostitution suffer, like verbal violence from bar and brothel owners, and physical, verbal, and sexual violence from clients. COIN's board of directors and Marina agree that organisation, social participation, and a rise in self-esteem will give them back the perception that they are human beings and should claim their rights as such.
Many people think that a sex worker is the worst that exists.
They don't understand or have sensitivity and reject them. That's why one of our objectives is to uplift their self-esteem. All programmes from every new government do is to ratify us in this work. Organised sex workers say they have attended many courses provided by government rehabilitation programmes. They learned how to be dressmakers, or hair dressers.