New report featuring survey of 200+ B.C. sex workers calls for decriminalization, support
For them, its been a way to afford medications and healthcare expenses. According to a new ground-breaking report released this week, Jasmine is one of 73 per cent of sex workers surveyed who live with a disability.
These reommendations, detailed in the ‘By Us, For Us’ research project released on Wednesday , include: increasing disability assistance rates to match the Canada Emergency Benefit implemented at the height of the pandemic, a follow-through to promises pledged for long-term funding for the justice of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls, funding for frontline workers providing support to sex workers and increased access to public washroom facilities.
The By Us, For Us report notes police reforms that participant supported most in the survey – more than 50 per cent each – were those of redirecting funds to community services from police and publicly calling out police harms. The report notes gender-diverse sex workers face unique needs and risks, and sometimes find themselves in sex work due to limited options for other employment. Meanwhile, those who are cisgender – or described as being perceived as cisgender – feel fears of stigma and losses of family connections and jobs if they were to share their experiences with friends and others.
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