From: Amy Vergnés, Administrator of SAAFE.info (Support And Advice For Escorts) and an independent sex worker with ten years experience working as a prostitute in the UK and abroad. I am also on the advisory group which developed the National … Continue reading
Category Archives: Criminalisation: Sweden & others
Response from English Collective of Prostitutes to the Criminalisation of the Purchase of Sex (Scotland) Bill (2).
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SCOT-PEP response to Rhoda Grant consultation to criminalise clients
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Criminalising clients undermines sex workers safety
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Initial response by the English Collective of Prostitutes to European Women’s Lobby recommendations. 4 December 2012 1. At a time of economic crisis when poverty among women and children is rising throughout Europe (see EWL own research [1]) … Continue reading
Sex workers in Northern Ireland speak out against Lord Morrow’s bill
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Prostitution (III): against immigrants… against women
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Trafficking of women in this country is certainly alarming. However everything seems to indicate that the government is manipulating the statistics to use them for their own benefit. César Amaya Sandino There are no definitive statistics for it, but those that … Continue reading
Prostitution in the UK (II): Criminalisation and stigma
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This argument is used institutionally to justify the rejection of immigration, on which a large part of the UK’s economy depends on, and in this way they are able to exert impunity and criminalisation on sex workers and immigrants.JULY 22, … Continue reading
Ugly Mugs police project
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Unpublished Letter to the Editor, Guardian Dear Editor, Minister Lynne Featherstone claims that the National Ugly Mugs scheme, which publishes on line descriptions of violent men, “encourages sex workers to report violent incidents”. (“Sex workers and police join forces to … Continue reading
Response to Melissa Farley
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by Carolina Talavera Having read the article “Legal or not, prostitution remains a harmful institution” by Melissa Farley in DREGS magazine, I write to comment and correct. In her piece, Farley makes a number of claims such as that prostitution is … Continue reading
Will the Olympics bring more prostitutes?
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BBC News, 7 June 2012. Major sporting events such as World Cups and Olympic Games are often preceded by warnings about a rise in prostitution and sex trafficking as a result of the impending influx of spectators. But will prostitution … Continue reading