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16 men tried to buy sex in The Arboretum over just two nights And six vehicles were identified as ‘cruising’ the area A total of 16 men attempted to buy sex or sexual services in The Arboretum area in just two nights, it has been revealed. They were identified by Nottinghamshire Police’s Prostitution team during […]
Exclusive: ‘People are horrified that sex workers suffer so much violence and understand that the prostitution laws, which force women to work in isolation, increase the danger of attack,’ says campaigner Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim Campaigners have called for sex work to be decriminalised as a new study finds more people in Britain support sex work law reform than oppose […]
More Britons believe sex workers should not be punished for operating out of brothels or on the street than those who think they should, an opinion poll commissioned by RightsInfo has found. Forty-nine percent of British people surveyed are in favour of decriminalising brothel-keeping, an offence punishable by up to seven years in prison. Meanwhile, 44 percent […]
In sex work, consent is based on conditions such as protection and payment. But when abuse happens, women are struggling to get justice In March, a man was given an extended jail sentence for raping a sex worker after removing his condom during sex. The woman had specifically stated that all her clients must use protection, and […]
Families struggling to proviude meals during summer holidays By Helen Chapman CAMPAIGNERS at a food bank staged a demonstration as they warned that families are struggling to feed their children during the school holidays. Placards were held up in Lancing Street, Euston, on Thursday, with organisers hoping that their protest would highlight how people need […]
“Hello, my name is Maria and I am from the English Collective of Prostitutes”. That certainly stops police in their tracks. It’s a line I use a lot nowadays. I started working in the streets in Birmingham about a year ago. At first the police left us alone. I lived in a house with three other […]
I’m two hours into my nine hour shift and it’s a quiet day. We are all feeling anxious because yesterday was quiet too, like every other day this month. I feel a mounting sense of doom at how I am going to cover my bills. I tell Mary, our receptionist, I’m writing an article about […]
Poverty and crumbling social care have driven vulnerable people into sex work. You wouldn’t know it from this inquiry @frankiemullin When Conservative MP Fiona Bruce chairs an inquiry into sex work, you don’t hold your breath for a triumph of progressiveness. This is a politician who is anti-abortion and has repeatedly voted against equal marriage. And […]
Sex worker campaign groups fear a new hotline for informing police of suspected brothel activity in east London will embolden vigilantes. The Metropolitan Police is encouraging residents to use a special phone line to report sightings of sex workers, suspected brothels or posters advertising erotic massages around Ilford Lane. It follows continued campaigning from community group […]
‘It was sex work or starvation’: How poverty is forcing women to perform for men on webcams ‘Since I started camming, I haven’t signed on. The flexibility changed my life. It allowed me to work and earn an income from home. I paid for my masters in cash up front’ Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent@mayaoppenheim Increasing […]
