Media coverage
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 […]
By Andrew Moran A growing number of graduates and postgraduate students in the United Kingdom are entering the sex trade industry by taking such jobs as pole-dancing, stripping, lap-dancing, escorting and prostitution. Many are entering this field in order to finance their post-secondary education and keep up with both the costs of living and tuition. […]
CHARLOTTE PHILBY With unemployment levels soaring across Britain, job prospects for graduates have never looked so bleak. But one sector proving resilient, and lucrative, for young people struggling to meet the inflated costs of higher education is the sex industry.The number of students using their bodies to pay their fees has doubled in the past year, […]
Students and single mothers are increasingly turning to prostitution as government cuts impact on women who are struggling to make ends meet. A new study from Kingston University claims roughly 6 per cent of students, from a sample taken across the UK, are currently working in the sex industry, which includes erotic dancing, stripping and escort […]
By SHANE CROUCHERIf politicians and the public can put aside long-held prejudices, then they may be able to solve some of the tough economic questions Britain has to answer by unleashing the financial power of two untapped markets: drugs and prostitution.These multi-billion pound industries lurk in the shadows of Britain, operating at every moment of […]
NSW sex work laws an example to the worldSEX workers from around the world have called on the NSW government to persevere with the state’s pioneering decriminalisation of sex work.Experts from 11 countries have converged on Sydney this week to examine how the sex profession has benefited since it was decriminalised in NSW in 1995.However, […]
SEX workers from around the world have called on the NSW government to persevere with the state’s pioneering decriminalisation of sex work. Experts from 11 countries have converged on Sydney this week to examine how the sex profession has benefited since it was decriminalised in NSW in 1995. However, more than 50 delegates from Africa, […]
The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) turns 25 this year.NZPC is holding an event to launch this at their National Office based in Wellington on Tuesday 6 November.Speakers include Niki Adams from the English Collective of Prostitutes, and Rachel Wotton from Touching Base in New South Wales.As part of the event, the film ‘Scarlet Road’ […]
The Human Trafficking Bill – currently before the Assembly – is sponsored by a little-known Right-wing Christian pressure group, says Graham EllisonIn an article in the Belfast Telegraph earlier this month, Lord Morrow once again sought public support for his Human Trafficking and Exploitation Bill, currently under consultation in the Assembly.Lord Morrow’s Bill seeks to […]
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 SandinoThere are no definitive statistics for it, but those that do exist allow governments a free hand to act against immigration and prostitution.And it is under […]