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There’s been a lot of reporting about how the pandemic is affecting sex workers. But it’s not just that our job involves close contact, the crisis has been driven by the fact that our jobs are criminalised
Covid has affected sex workers in the same way as other precarious workers - lots of us survive job to job + have no savings - but criminalisation and stigma make it harder to access help from government
Navigating the benefits system is a nightmare if you need to keep your job a secret.
Migrant sex workers (+ workers in all survival, cash-in-hand sectors) fall through the cracks if we have visa restrictions or if our immigration status gives us no recourse to public funds
Migrant sex workers (+ workers in all survival, cash-in-hand sectors) fall through the cracks if we have visa restrictions or if our immigration status gives us no recourse to public funds
Some sex workers can make money online but it’s not an option for everyone. You need tech knowledge, privacy, confidence about putting yourself online and a certain level of mental and physical wellbeing – not all of us have capacity
Lots of sex workers have no choice than to continue working through the pandemic. Sex work isn’t an essential service for our clients but our incomes are essential. If you + your family depend on sex work money and access to government help is denied, you’ll carry on working
For ppl working outdoors, increased police presence has made things more dangerous. We’ve heard reports from across the UK of police harassment, sex workers being abused by residents and of sex workers moving to parkland or wasteland to avoid arrest
We join @ProstitutesColl in calling for a moratorium on raids, arrests and prosecutions. Here’s ECP’s full list of demands https://prostitutescollective.net/statement-coronavirus-and-sex-workers-demands/
Increased police powers, under the government’s emergency coronavirus bill, are being misused
We know from experience, if you're Black, a POC, trans, a migrant or a sex worker you'll bear the brunt of heavy-handed policing https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/coronavirus-fine-police-lockdown-travel-newcastle-marie-dinou-a9444186.html
We know from experience, if you're Black, a POC, trans, a migrant or a sex worker you'll bear the brunt of heavy-handed policing https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/coronavirus-fine-police-lockdown-travel-newcastle-marie-dinou-a9444186.html
. @SexWorkHive supports @libertyhq’s call for the government to put human rights at the centre of its response to #Covid19. You can sign the petition here http://liberty.e-activist.com/page/58612/petition/1
There are fears the Home Office still mines data from the NHS + some migrant sex workers say they’re afraid to seek medical help in case they’re deported
@DocsNotCops @migrantsorg and @Medact put this together: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11cKMCy08ebN-lJQsP1jvsTcSfwC6YeE8FYrmAZCoZ1w
@DocsNotCops @migrantsorg and @Medact put this together: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11cKMCy08ebN-lJQsP1jvsTcSfwC6YeE8FYrmAZCoZ1w
Lots of people who accessed our hardship fund needed rent money. There's a looming eviction crisis and ppl will be made homeless. Many of the problems sex workers face are not unique. We need housing, not policing
Follow: @londonrenters @ACORN_tweets https://twitter.com/AcornManchester/status/1290709650606825475?s=20
Follow: @londonrenters @ACORN_tweets https://twitter.com/AcornManchester/status/1290709650606825475?s=20
We join calls from groups like @CAPExpansion that incarcerated people not be left to die. We demand that detention centres be opened. Each death is blood on the government’s hands https://www.inquest.org.uk/covid-19-letter
SWARM is calling for an end to austerity. The struggle for sex worker rights doesn't stop with decriminalisation. Our fight is part of the wider struggle for survival, services and safety https://twitter.com/SistersUncut/status/1282694596838002688?s=20
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If you’d like to donate, money will be used for our ongoing mutual aid projects, to help sex workers access safety advice, financial support and for building a community of sex worker solidarity
https://www.swarmcollective.org/donate
