The work and pensions committee holds a parliamentary hearing on evidence that welfare reforms are linked to “survival sex”.By Lucia Binding, news reporterWomen are being “forced into selling sex” because they have few other options and live in fear of the state, an MP has warned.Steve McCabe’s comments come after the work and pensions committee […]
Benefits reform forcing women to sell sex for cash, food or shelter, MPs’ committee toldWomen are increasingly forced to take up sex work to get money for food and rent after becoming desperate over financial hardship caused by universal credit, an MPs’ committee has heard.A series of witnesses from specialist charities that work with women involved […]
Crossroads Women’s Centre, 25 Wolsey Mews, Kentish Town, London NW5 2DXTel: 020 7482 2496 Email: ecp@prostitutescollective.net English Collective of Prostitutes to give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry on Survival Sex, 22 May 2019 The ECP is a self-help organisation of sex workers, working both on the street and in premises, with a […]
Submission to Work and Pensions Committee from the English Collective of Prostitutes, April 2019The ECP is a self-help organisation of sex workers, working both on the street and in premises, with a national network throughout the UK. Since 1975, we have campaigned for the decriminalisation of prostitution, for sex workers’ rights and safety, and for […]
Niki AdamsWe have been shouting from the rooftops for years that women are being pushed into prostitution by rising povertyThe recently announced inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee into the link between Universal Credit and ‘survival sex’ is welcome. We have been shouting from the rooftops for years that more women, particularly mothers, are being pushed […]
Investigation in response to evidence that poverty forcing women into prostitutionPatrick Butler Social policy editorMPs are to launch an inquiry into “survival sex” – where benefit claimants impoverished by universal credit or sanctions have turned to prostitution to pay rent or feed their families.The Commons work and pensions select committee said the investigation was in response to evidence from […]
‘There are a number of people participating in survival sex so they can feed their families or prevent loan sharks with baseball bats coming round to enforce debts,’ says Frank FieldMaya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheimWomen may be turning to sex work as a means to survive due to changes to welfare policy and the rollout of universal credit, MPs have […]
‘When Esther McVey claims there are other jobs out there for me, I would ask her what jobs can fit around caring for a disabled child?’ By Heather SaulEsther McVey stirred controversy last week when she advised the women resorting to sex work because of financial hardship that there are “other jobs” available to them.The Work and […]
Austerity measures like benefit sanctions are pushing women in Sheffield to sell their bodies on the city’s streets, claims experts.That is the view of staff at the Sheffield Working Women’s Opportunities Project (SWWOP), who report that between June and August this year 51 ‘new’ women became involved with sex work in Sheffield.Manager at the charity, […]