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In the cost of living crisis, women are not being pushed into prostitution by abusers, traffickers or pimps, but by the wilful neglect of the state. The time to act is now Nadia Whittome, Lydia Caradonna As food banks fail to keep up with demand, and families cannot afford to put money on the […]
“If the majority of sex workers are mothers, that’s a condemnation of the society that we live in,” says Niki Adams of the English Collective of ProstitutesNiki and former Home Office adviser Nimco Ali discuss sex work in the UK#PoliticsLive https://t.co/YaKq4i6aZH pic.twitter.com/w1FYTkVdQ2— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) December 13, 2022
Gergana KrastevaPolice may exploit increased powers against sex workers in east London, a campaign group has claimed.The English Collective of Prostitutes has dubbed Newham Council’s proposal for a Public Space Protection Order for Romford Road as a ‘crackdown’ on sex workers, adding it would only ‘undermine’ their safety.Such orders are commonly used to stop anti-social behaviour […]
As the cost of living crisis spreads, more women are starting to sell sex and many are taking greater risks Alexandra Heal in Sheffield and Anna Gross in LondonTiffany smoothed her hair in the bathroom mirror and took off her wedding ring. Little knots were tightening in her stomach. The former civil servant climbed into the car next to […]
Written by Ida Mojadad| Ida MojadadIn 1917, hundreds of San Francisco sex workers confronted a Tenderloin church pastor for trying to chase them out of town with his sermons, effectively giving him a crash course on their inability to survive economically.That direct action laid the groundwork for sex workers in France, Canada and England to occupy churches, putting […]
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, […]