(Page 4 of 4) Despite the Government’s endorsement of exit programmes, sex workers’ rights campaigners have raised concerns about such projects, accusing their promoters of “pimping” on the agony of prostitutes. Cari Mitchell, from the English Collective of Prostitutes, questions the kind of alternative that programmes like U-Turn give to women. At the moment, “there [...]
(Page 3 of 4) Roger Matthews has come across some of these women in the past – women willing to leave prostitution behind. He teaches criminology at the London South Bank University and, as a researcher, he met street prostitutes and tried to capture their experiences. “I have interviewed a lot of women who worked [...]
(Page 2 of 4) It is 10.30 in the morning. Outside St Matthews Church in Bethnal Green, London, the grass is still wet with rain. The church’s fields are empty, like the steel benches spread across the garden. A few meters from the church, there is an orange brick house with a small yard surrounded [...]
The Coalition Government has said it has “no plans” to change sex work laws in England and Wales – instead, the Home Office has set as a political priority to provide help to men and women willing to leave prostitution. The so-called “exit programmes” have managed to help sex workers tackle issues such as drug [...]
The debate around prostitution and its role in society is often punctuated with moral dilemmas. Whether endorsing the legalization or the criminalization of sex work, campaigners are frequently confronted with the questions: Is it moral to sell sex? What about buying: is it moral or immoral to purchase sexual services? Should sex workers be seen as a [...]
