Demonstrators gather outside office of one of the main property owners in the area calling for them to stand up to the police. A new crackdown on sex workers in London’s historic red light district risks putting women in danger and changing the character of Soho, sex workers and activists said on Wednesday. Sex workers from […]
Report by Irem Az.Dora Ozer, who was a trans woman sex worker in Kusadasi, Turkey, was killed by one of her clients on July 9th. Two days after her murder, Petite Jasmine was killed by her abusive ex partner who unbelievably had been given custody of their children “because of” Jasmine’s job. To protest violence […]
Sex workers say its almost impossible to make living from prostitutionComplain of saturated market full of students, immigrants and out of workMassage parlours and private flats have reduced prices or closedThey blame rising rents and energy costs and reduced demandBy ANTHONY BONDIt is one of the oldest professions in the world. Yet, just like many […]
By Gabriella SwerlingThe sex industry like most others is feeling the effects of the credit crunch. But in a grim role-reversal, it’s not the booming industry that’s suffering but its workers. As the cost of living rises and wages remain ruefully stagnant, increasing numbers of women have turned to prostitution in order to support themselves.Its […]
**ECP comment on the article below. It is important that Andrew Boff has raised that he is concerned, as we are, about the high levels of violence against sex workers. But we have no reason to believe that if attacks on sex workers are categorised as hate crimes it will make any difference. Has it […]
(Reuters) – Sex workers in London are being forced to slash prices they charge clients because of the impact of the recession on the British economy and an influx of foreign competition, putting themselves at greater risk of attack, according to a report.The study by the Westminster City Council, the local authority which covers much […]
Labelling attacks against prostitutes as hate crimes could end the agony of those who suffer in silence, police have been told. Complaints by sex workers about violence are rare because they are either not taken seriously or treated as an occupational hazard. Labelling attacks as hate crimes would oblige police to investigate the crime rather […]
Sex workers to campaign against new legal movesStephen NaysmithSEX workers and campaigners are to stage a series of events to protest against criminalisation of their work and warn against driving prostitution underground.Women and men involved in prostitution should be given human rights and protections at work, according to the organisers of a Sex Worker Open […]
In Somalia, Lul Ali Osman Barake was sentenced to a year in jail after reporting rape by a gang of men in military fatigues. She described being raped twice, first by the military, second by the judicial system. Following an international outcry, the verdict was quashed on appeal (Report, 8 March). Rape victims in Britain […]
New Zealand took a big step in 2003 by decriminalising prostitution. The English Collective of Prostitutes is fighting for the same status in England. Benjamin Serra The Prisma Poverty and the recent economic crisis forces hundreds of women to work in the sex industry in order to earn money to support their families, to save […]