Natalia, a migrant trans sex worker
Transcript from an online event Q&A with Natalia, a trans woman from Brazil in the ECP network.
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The lockdowns imposed in most European countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic have brought to the forefront a reality that sex worker collectives have been highlighting for decades: the criminalisation of sex work puts lives at risk. In the past weeks, grassroots organisations have been working to raise funds and provide essential products to sex […]
Verso: Are Sex Workers the Original Feminists? A brief history of UK sex worker activism
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I News: Why sex workers are going on strike
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Event: International Women’s Day – 8 March 2020
Dear friends, please join us for these two events on Sunday 8 March, International Women’s Day: 12-5pm Open Day with Global Women’s Strike and other organisations at the Crossroads Women’s Centre. Workshops, films, exhibition, music, refreshments… Find out about campaigns and volunteering for survival and caring, against poverty, rape, racism and every violence and discrimination, detention […]
OpenDemocracy: The false feminism of criminalising sex workers’ clients
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Podcast: The Guilty Feminist: Sex Worker Rights
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Podcast: Sex Power Money with Sara Pascoe
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Novara Media: Strippers Take Aim at Women’s Equality Party Over ‘Sting’ Operation
A union has said it will seek “legal remedies” following a sting operation by anti-strip club campaigners linked to the Women’s Equality party (WEP).In recent months, the anti-strip club campaign Not Buying It has paid male private investigators, including two former police officers, to pose as customers in strip clubs in Sheffield and Manchester with […]