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Sex workers need safety.
Sex workers need full decriminalisation now.
But why is the need for the full decriminalisation of sex work in the U.K. so urgent?
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DecrimNow
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DecrimNow
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We are a grassroots campaign group led by sex workers, trade unionists & feminists. We fight for the decriminalisation of sex work.
- Very glad to see the courts recognise that sex workers consent within agreed boundaries. Framing all sex work as rape erases this.
- This is HUGE news! (Thread) A union activist strip club worker is taking her bosses to tribunal and the judge has just ruled that strippers are WORKERS not independent contractors. . STATEMENT BELOW decrimnow.org.uk/2020/03/06/str…
- Today is International Sex Workers Rights Day. We join the international sex worker community in calling for the decriminalisation of sex work. Sex work is work, and decriminalisation is essential to protecting the rights and safety of sex workers. (1/10)
- Sex workers do not have to prove that they love their jobs in order to deserve workers’ rights
- Today, a bill to criminalise the purchase of sex as well as banning all forms of profiting from sex work - including review websites - passed its first reading in the House of Commons.
- We're proud to reveal our open letter against @DianaJohnsonMP 's Sexual Exploitation Bill and her amendments to the controversial PCSC Bill. Decrim Now and our signatories say #NoToNordicmodel decrimnow.org.uk/open-letter-on…
- Criminalisation has failed to reduce sex work. It has failed to keep sex workers safe. Criminalisation puts sex workers in danger. Sex workers demand full decriminalisation now. But we need your help to achieve it. 🧵🪡
- We are thrilled to hear that sex work will be fully decriminalised in Victoria - and thank all our fellow activists in Australia for their tireless work making this happen 🎉
- On International Women’s Day this year, join us as we take to the streets to demand an end to the violence we face in every area of our lives. We demand an end to the oppressive policies and practices that enable clients and pimps to harm us.
- Thank you Laura Bates @EverydaySexism for saying what needed to be said at this time of grief and mourning and including sex workers amongst women who deserve to be safe. There is no wrong type of woman.
- 📣 Urgent Call to Action: Some MPs are pushing for Labour to make the Nordic Model policy TODAY. If you have a Labour MP please let them know that workers say #NoToNordicModel You can use this tool to email your MP - though do personalise it if you can👇 decrimnow.eaction.org.uk/nonordicmodel
- Under the current systems of partial criminalisation, in England, Scotland & Wales, and the Nordic Model, in N. Ireland and Ireland, sex workers cannot work together for safety. Two or more sex workers using the same space, even without a manager present, is criminalised.
00:00 - “As feminists we must care about consent to sexual contact, and this involves believing women when they say that consent is present, as well as when they say it is absent.”
