Work in the sexual services industry has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and workers have been left without access to government support.
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'They went through my bins, they checked me for track marks. They made remarks to each other whether I was worth my advertised rate in front of me.'
A unified voice that gets heard.
“Gritty,” “authentic” are words of praise often used for TV director David Simon: No less so with The Deuce, his new series about the rise of the porn industry in New York City in the 1970s.
Consensual sex work, like non-commercial sex, mostly happens behind closed doors. Yet stigma toward and ignorance about sex workers makes people panic when we try to talk about reform.
Rio's sex workers were hoping the 2016 games would also boost their trade – but they were wrong.
It’s been more than 40 years since a French sex workers strike kicked off a lively global human rights movement, but their legacy lives on.
Is the status quo really that bad? Our expert talks us through the arguments about the 'oldest profession'.
Both sides of the debate claim to have the evidence, but only one is right.
It's time to listen to sex workers about how best to keep them safe.
What do Northern Ireland, France, Norway, Sweden and Iceland all have in common? They've already gone where Scotland is debating following.
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Research Associate, King's College London
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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor of Urban/Regional Planning, University of Western Australia
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Professor of Sport and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Criminology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Central Lancashire
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Professor, Women's Studies, University of Calgary
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