The prostitution laws are unjust and devious and lead to thousands of women a year being arrested, raided, prosecuted and even imprisoned.Police crackdowns break up safety networks. (i) Street workers are forced into isolated areas and are prevented from screening clients. Brothel-keeping law makes it illegal for two or more sex workers to work together. […]
Women targeted by Operation Nexus, which aims to deport foreign offenders, say they are legitimately self-employedAlthough freedom of movement is guaranteed within the EU, the right to stay after three months is dependent on new arrivals working or studying.A policy aimed at deporting “high-harm” EU-national criminals and those not entitled to remain in Britain is […]
By Frankie Mullin And here we are in 2016, discussion raging once more. Sex workers sidelined, once more. When the current UK inquiry gathered oral evidence there were three main witnesses: just one current sex worker, Laura Lee; a former prostitute and survivor of abuse within the industry, Mia de Faoite; and UK Feminista’s Kat […]
Dear Friends, Another day, another election and another chance to make your views known and build support for the decriminalisation of sex work. On 5 May there are elections for: local councillors all over the UK; the Northern Ireland Assembly; the Welsh Assembly; the London Assembly; the Scottish Parliament; Police and Crime Commissioners and Mayors […]
Sex workers in France are in our hearts and minds today as the French National Assembly passed a law to criminalise clients. This law will be a disaster for sex workers by forcing women to work in more isolated areas and make them more vulnerable to attack. At a time of economic crisis when poverty […]
Letters: Pros and cons of work in the sex industry I was at our women’s centre reading the Guardian editorial (8 April) when I took a call from a woman charged with brothel-keeping for working with a friend. I asked her how she got into prostitution. “A man came round to cut off the gas and I […]
Sex Workers Reveal What Cops Took from Them During Police Raids. In the UK, sex workers are losing everything in police raids—even their family jewelry. We speak to women who think they are being unfairly targeted by the cops. By Frankie Mullin Janice is 60 years old and, for many years, sold sex. “The […]
Nazia ParveenManchester sex workers’ rights case collapses after five yearsProsecution for brothel keeping fails after constable bringing case does not appear in court due to ‘ill health’A court case that would have tested the right of sex workers to offer services together in brothels to protect themselves has collapsed after a police officer refused to […]
According to some of the most prominent opponents of sex work decriminalisation, there are basically two types of women involved in selling sex: a small but vocal minority of self-described “sex workers” who entered the industry out of choice, and a much larger number of “prostituted women” who were coerced or forced by financial necessity.Anyone […]
posted by Morning Star in Features Scores of women have gone missing or been murdered in South Central LA, but racism and police indifference mean families are still awaiting answers, reports SARA CALLAWAY OVER 200 black women are missing in South Los Angeles. As many as 100 are believed to be victims of serial murders. […]
