By Frankie McCamley & Bethan Bell Violence has always stalked the streets where sex is bought and sold and sometimes just taken.Women employed in the “world’s oldest profession” face a very real danger. Jack the Ripper may have been consigned to history and folklore, but many other predatory men have stepped into his shadows.And the women […]
Minnie Stephenson News CorrespondentThe cost of living crisis is causing a significant rise in the number of women returning to sex work, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes.And the organisation says women are putting themselves in much more dangerous situations as they struggle to pay their energy bills and feed their families.The numbers asking […]
Cathy Newham, PresenterA ban on strip clubs has been announced by Edinburgh Council, which says the venues disempower women.But today the United Sex Workers union began a legal challenge of the decision.The union says it would force over 100 women out of work and potentially into more dangerous situations.We spoke to Labour MP Nadia Whittome, […]
Newham Council wants to hand out £1,000 fines to anyone caught buying services from sex workersBy Ruby Gregory Local Democracy Reporter An East London mum who recently turned to sex work says handing out £1,000 fines to anyone buying services from her will only push her into dangerous situations. The 31-year-old, who spoke under the condition […]
EXCLUSIVE: Desperate mums turning to sex work to feed their kids amid cost of living crisis One single working mother says she sees ‘no way out’ of webcam sex work due to ‘crippling’ childcare costs of up to £700 a month. Anna said the work made her feel dirty, violated and sick By Amy Sharpe […]
There are concerns the new police powers will only drive women into more dangerous sex workBy Callum Cuddeford News ReporterEnglish Collective of Prostitutes warns a ‘crackdown’ could push women towards danger (Image: English Collective of Prostitutes)Sex workers in East London could be raped and attacked if a crackdown on prostitution by Newham Council goes ahead, a […]
Exclusive: ‘I’m saying yes to people I would have ordinarily said no to. I’m saying yes to acts I wouldn’t normally,’ sex worker saysMaya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent Campaigners report ‘more boundary-pushing’ from clients(Crossroads Women AV Collective) Spiralling living costs are endangering sex workers’ safety by forcing them to accept potentially dangerous male clients whose inquiries they would have previously rejected, […]
Newham Council is proposing a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) for Romford Road, which would increase police powers against sex workers and undermine safety. Anyone attempting to buy or sell sex would face on the spot £100 fines, and if taken to court could be fined up to £1000. A PSPO would result in a […]
Image via Instagram (@swarmhive)Hookers Against Hardship is calling on the government to protect sex workers as the cost of living crisis worsens – we spoke to the organisers behind the campaignThe cost of living crisis is wreaking havoc across the UK: inflation has reached its highest rate for 30 years, one in seven people are skipping meals, and almost […]
40 years since occupation of Cromer Street churchBy Dan CarrierTHE sex workers and their supporters came into the church in small groups – and when the service came to an end the new arrivals on the pews proclaimed they were not going anywhere.This week marks the 40th anniversary of a historic occupation at Holy Cross […]