sex work
Sex Workers Oppose Northern Ireland Bill and End Demand Campaign to Criminalise Clients
Northern Ireland’s Criminalisation of Buying Sex Puts Sex Workers at Risk
Sex trafficking has been used as a in a moral crusade to end prostitution. Justice Minister David Ford does not believe criminalising the purchase of sex will reduce trafficking. He believes criminalising the purchase of sex will endanger sex workers. Research conducted by Queen’s University found 61% of the sex workers they surveyed in Northern Ireland believed criminalising clients would make sex workers less safe, and 85% did not believe that it would reduce trafficking. Indeed, UNAIDS has found that criminal laws related to sex work increase danger for sex workers.
#NoClause6 | Sex workers protest in Northern Ireland
Burgundy Leggings by Tracey Helton
The Policing of Sex Work in West Yorkshire: An Interview With Rosie Campbell OBE
Originally posted on What Can I Do
22 Sept Canadian Sex Workers & Sex Worker Activists in London
‘No Human Involved’: Filmmaker PJ Starr Discusses Her Documentary Telling Marcia Powell’s Story
‘Criminalising the Purchase of Sex: Lessons from Sweden’ – Dr Jay Levy Discusses His New Book
In terms of the focus on Sweden’s sex purchase law, I was particularly struck by the extent to which the law is internationally influential, but in a context where the law hadn’t been involvedly evaluated by the Swedish government and where much work produced on the topic seemed hugely biased, and...
In the Booth with Ruth – Tara Burns, Author
In the Booth with Ruth – Jemima, Sex Worker, Writer and Student
I was a sex worker, but like most isolated by the nature of the work. Whilst I knew the law as it applied to me I was unaware there were people campaigning to change the laws, or that other countries has different systems, many of which were a lot worse than the UK. I started talking to and reading other sex workers writings, and attended a few events. Realising that I was not alone was such a huge moment for me.
Ugly Mugs: confidential accounts of rape and violence should never be ‘entertainment’
Originally posted on sexliesducttape:
Collateral Damage: Sex Workers and the Anti-Trafficking Campaigns at Kampnagel, Hamburg
The Sex Trade: Lies, the ‘Voice of the Voiceless’ and Other Silencing Tactics
Most people are voiceless because no one is letting them talk or listening to them when they do. There is a lot to be said for quitting being the voice of the voiceless and letting people speak for themselves. But not by those seeking to abolish the sex trade. Words are put into people's mouths when they can be, and when they can't, those people are silenced and dismissed.