Comments on: Sex worker rally in London against Policing and Crime Bill http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/sex-worker-rally-in-london-against-policing-and-crime-bill from Laura Agustín Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:06:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Laura Agustin http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/sex-worker-rally-in-london-against-policing-and-crime-bill#comment-649 Laura Agustin Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:19:31 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=2749#comment-649 Thanks to both of you for commenting. I wish more police and ex-police officers would share their knowledge like this. Thanks to both of you for commenting. I wish more police and ex-police officers would share their knowledge like this.

]]> By: Ken Rogers MA (Criminology) http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/sex-worker-rally-in-london-against-policing-and-crime-bill#comment-648 Ken Rogers MA (Criminology) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:41:24 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=2749#comment-648 I am concerned that this proposed new legislation will drive this trade underground creating dangerous enviroment for these prostitutes. It is shocking that in this day and age in the UK that a number of women turn to this trade to survive, where is the government care for its citizens? There will always be prositution decribed by some as a necessary evil. However as a police officer in the fifties sixties in East London I found the active prostitutes to be polite and in fact assisted if a police officer was in trouble in dealing with a violent situation. I am concerned that this proposed new legislation will drive this trade underground creating dangerous enviroment for these prostitutes.

It is shocking that in this day and age in the UK that a number of women turn to this trade to survive, where is the government care for its citizens?

There will always be prositution decribed by some as a necessary evil. However as a police officer in the fifties sixties in East London I found the active prostitutes to be polite and in fact assisted if a police officer was in trouble in dealing with a violent situation.

]]> By: Belinda Brooks-Gordon http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/sex-worker-rally-in-london-against-policing-and-crime-bill#comment-647 Belinda Brooks-Gordon Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:52:28 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=2749#comment-647 I was on this rally and it was an important to show the hypocrisy of the current Bill, and to hear sex workers (men and women) give their view of the Bill. It was interesting how the public were highly supportive too. I do feel that public opinion has changed to realise that those active in the industry should be consulted. I was on this rally and it was an important to show the hypocrisy of the current Bill, and to hear sex workers (men and women) give their view of the Bill. It was interesting how the public were highly supportive too. I do feel that public opinion has changed to realise that those active in the industry should be consulted.

]]> By: Topics about Umbrellas » Sex worker rally in London against Policing and Crime Bill http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/sex-worker-rally-in-london-against-policing-and-crime-bill#comment-645 Topics about Umbrellas » Sex worker rally in London against Policing and Crime Bill Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:33:38 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=2749#comment-645 [...] Border Thinking on Migration, Trafficking and Commercial Sex added an interesting post on Sex worker rally in London against Policing and Crime BillHere’s a small excerptThanks to several readers who sent me versions of this news. Morning Star online.co.uk Sex workers rally against new Crime Bill Tuesday 31 March 2009 - Paul Haste Sex workers smothered London’s Piccadilly Circus in red umbrellas on Tuesday to protest against the criminalisation of their profession. Scores of workers from the nearby Soho district gathered at the Eros statue in the heart of the capital, stopping traffic to highlight their opposition to the government’s Policin [...] [...] Border Thinking on Migration, Trafficking and Commercial Sex added an interesting post on Sex worker rally in London against Policing and Crime BillHere’s a small excerptThanks to several readers who sent me versions of this news. Morning Star online.co.uk Sex workers rally against new Crime Bill Tuesday 31 March 2009 - Paul Haste Sex workers smothered London’s Piccadilly Circus in red umbrellas on Tuesday to protest against the criminalisation of their profession. Scores of workers from the nearby Soho district gathered at the Eros statue in the heart of the capital, stopping traffic to highlight their opposition to the government’s Policin [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-03-31 « Tlönista http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/sex-worker-rally-in-london-against-policing-and-crime-bill#comment-643 links for 2009-03-31 « Tlönista Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:30:43 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=2749#comment-643 [...] Sex worker rally in London against Policing and Crime Bill | Border Thinking on Migration, Trafficki... Via Laura Agustín: As the British government continues to pass legislation criminalizing sex work, the workers themselves (as well as their trade unions and collectives) are out protesting in force. Mentions the English Collective of Prostitutes and X:talk. (tags: sex labour uk politics feminism) [...] [...] Sex worker rally in London against Policing and Crime Bill | Border Thinking on Migration, Trafficki… Via Laura Agustín: As the British government continues to pass legislation criminalizing sex work, the workers themselves (as well as their trade unions and collectives) are out protesting in force. Mentions the English Collective of Prostitutes and X:talk. (tags: sex labour uk politics feminism) [...]

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