Banking Discrimination Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/banking-discrimination/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:40:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Banking Discrimination Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/banking-discrimination/ 32 32 Independent: Sex workers at risk of homelessness as ‘banks freeze their accounts’ https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-sex-workers-at-risk-of-homelessness-as-banks-freeze-their-accounts/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:05:45 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17727 ‘I have not slept well. I have had to borrow money from a client – how else am I going to pay my bills?’ sex worker saysMaya Oppenheim Women’s CorrespondentSex workers are at risk of homelessness and destitution because their bank accounts are being frozen due to their work, the Sex Worker’s Union has warned.Campaigners said the freezing of bank […]

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]]> BBC Radio 4: Woman’s Hour – Banking Discrimination https://prostitutescollective.net/bbc-radio-4-womans-hour/ Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:38:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15538 Sex worker Charlotte Edwards explains how she applied via her bank for the government’s Bounce Back Loan, which is available to small business and the self-employed but she was initially declined due to her occupation. The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation, although profession is not currently a ‘protected characteristic’. We […]

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