Rights
The “Know Your Rights – A Guide for Sex Workers”, which was written by sex workers with the help of committed legal professionals, explains the prostitution laws in simple terms. It aims to ensure that sex workers, no matter where we work, know the law, how to protect ourselves from arrest, how to defend ourselves if charged, and where to get help. By informing the public about these unjust and devious laws, which have been passed in their name, we hope that the guide will build support for the decriminalisation of prostitution.
It’s legal to be a sex worker in the UK . . . but working together and virtually anything you need to do to contact a client, is illegal. Read mote.
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Migrant sex workers are targeted for arrest and deportation by the police. The information here is based on the experience of women in the ECP’s network – both what women have suffered and the ways they have found to defend themselves. Read more.