Prostitution is increasing because of austerity. A 60% increase in street prostitution recorded in Doncaster is primarily attributed to destitution caused by benefit sanctions,.with charities saying: “Women are being forced to sell sex for £5 because of benefit sanctions.” Sheffield reports a 166% increase (2014) while charity workers in Hull report: “ . . . women who are literally starving and they are out there to feed themselves.”
The Guardian: UK sex workers in “dire and desperate” need amid coronavirus lockdown “As the bills come in I stack them up on a shelf and try to forget about them. I spend my whole day anxious. There is no let-up. I have the worry of the children, the worry of my mother who is […]
A THREE-YEAR series of protests to support mothers and children targeted by poverty, child removal and domestic violence moved online today amid the coronavirus crisis.The monthly action, organised by the Support not Separation Coalition (SSC), had been taking place outside the Central Family Court in London, but saw thousands of online posts to make up […]
The English Collective of Prostitutes says Whitehall must step in to provide financial relief. Picture: English Collective of ProstitutesThe English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), based at the Crossroads Women’s Centre in Wolsey Mews, is calling on Whitehall to officially recognise sex workers as employees so they can receive financial aid, as the government has done […]
Sex work. Aside from healthcare, it’s the ultimate close contact service. And right now, many of its estimated 72,800 sex workers in the UK are particularly vulnerable to the physical and economic effects of the Covid crisis. With a UK lockdown in force, not only are thousands of sex workers being forced to choose between […]
by Sophie Hemery @SophieHemeryThe coronavirus pandemic has disrupted almost everyone’s work, in a way most of us had never experienced before. But as with any crisis, those who were already the most marginalised have been hit the hardest, and frequently face higher barriers to accessing any or adequate state support.Sex workers have been severely impacted by […]
Pandemic ‘adds to an existing crisis’, campaigner saysMaya Oppenheim Women’s CorrespondentSex workers are being left penniless and face being made homeless as they struggle for income during the coronavirus outbreak, campaigners have said.The government has brought in strict lockdown measures to limit the spread of the virus, with people told to remain at home and avoid contact with anyone who […]
An English Collective of Prostitutes banner at the sex workers strike on International Women’s Day 2020 calling for the full decriminalisation of sex work. (Ollie Millington/Getty Images)The coronavirus pandemic has thrown sex workers into a “hidden crisis” that means sex work must immediately be decriminalised, the English Collective of Prostitutes has said.Millions of British people […]
SEX WORKERS are demanding emergency funds from the government, warning that the loss of income caused by the coronavirus crisis could reduce many of them to destitution.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in north London, has made an urgent call for sex workers to be entitled to the same financial support as others hit by […]
The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in London, want the government to recognise thousands of sex workers across the country as employees affected by coronavirusSex workers are demanding a bailout from the government after seeing their income plummet because of the coronavirus crisis.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in Kentish Town, London, want the government to recognise […]
The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in Kentish Town, in London, have demanded worker status for thousands of sex workers across the countrySex workers are demanding bailouts from the government after their income plunged amid the coronavirus crisis.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in Kentish Town, in London, have demanded worker status for thousands of […]
