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RightsInfo: Conservative Commission’s Sex Work Proposals Are ‘Dangerous’ – Tory Politician
By Aaron Walawalkar News and Digital Editor A Tory politician has called a report by his fellow Conservative party members, which calls for sex workers’ clients to be prosecuted, “dangerous” and “flawed”. The Conservative Party Human Rights Commission on Thursday (25 July) released the report calling for prostitution to be decriminalised but for buying sex to be made […]
Action Alert: Support our submission to the Labour Party Policy Forum
Dear Friends,The Labour Party is inviting people to submit proposals to the National Policy Forum which they say will shape policy.We have submitted a proposal for the decriminalisation of sex work to be included in the Labour Party manifesto.We also demand the reversal of austerity cuts which have increased destitution and consequently prostitution.If you are […]
Independent: Jailing of migrant sex workers in Ireland decried as ‘completely unjust’
‘Convictions for sex work further limit people’s ability to exit the industry and find alternative means of employment,’ says sex worker Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim The jailing of two migrant sex workers in Ireland has been condemned by others in the industry as “horrible” and “completely unjust”. Adrina Podaru, 25, and Ana Tomascu, 20, were living in Newbridge, Kildare, […]
The Guardian: A change in Irish law was meant to help sex workers. So why are they being jailed?
Lobbyists say making payment for sex illegal targets punters. But in fact it makes workers’ bodies into crime scenes @frankiemullin Paying for sex has been illegal in Ireland for two years. At the time of the law’s introduction, proponents insisted that the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, a version of “end demand” or “Nordic […]
Independent: Sex work to be decriminalised in Mexico City in bid to cut trafficking
‘Exercising sexuality in our country is still a taboo topic that few of us dare to talk about’Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim Lawmakers in Mexico City’s congress on Friday voted 38-0, with eight abstentions, in favour of a bill to remove a line in the civic culture law which said prostitutes and their clients can be […]
Sky News: Survival sex: ‘Women are living in fear of the state’
The work and pensions committee holds a parliamentary hearing on evidence that welfare reforms are linked to “survival sex”.By Lucia Binding, news reporterWomen are being “forced into selling sex” because they have few other options and live in fear of the state, an MP has warned.Steve McCabe’s comments come after the work and pensions committee […]
The Guardian: Universal Credit hardship ‘linked to prostitution’
Benefits reform forcing women to sell sex for cash, food or shelter, MPs’ committee toldWomen are increasingly forced to take up sex work to get money for food and rent after becoming desperate over financial hardship caused by universal credit, an MPs’ committee has heard.A series of witnesses from specialist charities that work with women involved […]