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No bad women, no bad children, just bad laws

ecp | 03.12.2004 01:36 | Gender | Repression | London

Most people believe sex workers should not be criminalised. "Paying the Price", the first review of the prostitution laws for 50 years, hides the impact of the prostitution laws on women's and children's safety, protection and welfare, and makes way for more criminalisation. Sex workers and others discuss a response. See Paying the price of criminalisation - A response to the government consultation paper on prostitution by the English Collective of Prostitutes.

International Conference on prostitution, Saturday 4 December 9.30 - 6 pm St Mary's Church, Eversholt St.

See the full agenda and speakers and there is more info at prostitutescollective.net

Background info: Sex workers & other Soho residents demand protection not eviction | Reclaim the Night | The International Union of Sex Workers

Victory: 12-day occupation against police illegality and racism
Victory: 12-day occupation against police illegality and racism


The web site for the conference is here.

ecp
- e-mail: ecp@allwomencount.net
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Downside of legalisation

31.01.2005 09:53

'Work As A Prostitute Or Risk Losing Benefits'
By Clare Chapman
The Telegraph - UK
1-29-5

A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services"
at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit
under laws introduced this year.

More ...
 http://rense.com/general62/wro.htm

roger


With respect, Roger, you are incorrect

03.03.2005 10:51

 http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/brothel.asp

The article [in Tageszeitung] also quoted representatives from employment agencies as saying that while it might be possible for employment agencies to offer jobs as prostitutes to "long-term unemployed" women, they (the agencies) could not require anyone to work in a brothel. (The agencies noted that brothels used "other recruitment channels" anyway.)

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