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Independent: Cost of living crisis forcing more women into sex work and accepting dangerous clients

Exclusive: ‘I’m saying yes to people I would have ordinarily said no to. I’m saying yes to acts I wouldn’t normally,’ sex worker saysMaya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent Campaigners report ‘more boundary-pushing’ from clients(Crossroads Women AV Collective) Spiralling living costs are endangering sex workers’ safety by forcing them to accept potentially dangerous male clients whose inquiries they would have previously rejected, […]

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Dazed: How sex workers are fighting the cost of living crisis

Hookers Against Hardship is calling on the government to protect sex workers as the cost of living crisis worsens – we spoke to the organisers behind the campaign The cost of living crisis is wreaking havoc across the UK: inflation has reached its highest rate for 30 years, one in seven people are skipping meals, and almost a quarter […]

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gal-dem: ‘We have been silenced’: meet the sex worker coalition fighting the cost of living crisis

New sex worker-led campaign Hookers Against Hardship is calling for an end to stigmatisation and more government support in this crisis. Suyin Haynes The cost of living crisis has hit millions of people hard, with latest reports indicating that 8 million in the UK are struggling to pay their bills, and food prices reaching the highest they’ve been in 40 years. […]

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Press Release: Hookers Against Hardship: Sex workers start campaign against catastrophic cost of living crisis

Media release date: Monday 24th October, 6pmImage credit: United Sex Workers 2022A coalition of major UK sex worker-led organisations has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the specific impact the cost of living crisis will have on sex workers’ lives and working conditions. The campaign, ‘Hookers Against Hardship’, demands specific action from the government […]

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Bristol Live: Cost of living crisis driving more women into sex work to make ends meet

“It’s not only a financial problem, it’s causing mental health issues from the constant worry about money, bills and feeding a family”By Shashana BrownThe number of women working in the UK sex industry has increased due to spiralling prices and soaring energy bills pushing more people into financial need. Women who have left the sector […]

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Context: Women turn to sex work to survive UK cost-of-living crisis

Beatrice Tridimas What’s the context? As millions of Britons take on second jobs to pay rising bills, some people are opting to sell sex for the first time on platforms like OnlyFans and Twitter Surging household costs take heavier toll on women Sex workers see earnings shrink as clients stay away Newcomers at risk from […]

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I News: Women are selling sex as a second job to cope with cost of living crisis

EXCLUSIVEThe type of work varies from adult phone lines and webcam performing to in-person escorting and selling sex on the streetBy Katie GrantWomen are selling sex as a second job due to the cost of living crisis, i has learned.As rising inflation, soaring energy bills and real-terms wage cuts gnaw away at household budgets, greater numbers of […]

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Huck Magazine: How the cost of living crisis is endangering sex workers

Financial turmoil is pushing people who work in the sex industry into more dangerous and desperate situations as a means of survival, reports Ella Glover.“I’m afraid to set any boundaries now and just feel like I have to cater to a client’s every need,” says Emily*, a sex worker from the UK. “The stakes of […]

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Evening Standard: Cost of living crisis ‘pushing more women into sex work’

The number of calls to the English Collective of Prostitutes – a grassroots organisation of sex workers – has surged by a third, figures have shownWomen are being forced into sex work in a desperate bid to make money amid the cost of living crisis.The north London-based organisation, which has helplines and national hubs in several major […]

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