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Ireland

Ireland ciminalised clients (Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill) in 2017. Attacks on sex workers have increased dramatically. Reported incidences of violent crime against sex workers, from threats to assaults with weapons, have risen by 92% since the law change and sex workers are now less likely to report dangerous clients to Gardaí

See latest report from Amnesty International: “We live within a violent system.” Structural violence against sex workers in Ireland

For more information please follow the work of our friends SWAI (Sex Workers Alliance Ireland) and Red Umbrella Front