Some facts you can add, when answering the survey:
- Violence against Sex Workers has increased by 92% since Section 7A of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 was brought in
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30985456.html.
- The law has driven Sex Workers further underground in Ireland, as it has done everywhere the Swedish model has been implemented, which makes Sex Workers far less likely to report any crimes to the Gardai to help stop the trafficking that does exist.
- All of the raids which have been carried out have had nothing to do with Human trafficking and have only been against Sex Workers working together for safety, so-called brothels.
Since the law was put in place, Ireland has gone from tier 1 on the US State Department's report on Human trafficking to the tier 1 watchlist, making us the worst in Western Europe.
https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-re...33626-Jun2020/
- Ruhama, which is funded by taxpayer money has no interest in acting in Sex Workers' best interests. They only acknowledge female Sex Workers, never talking about the Male, Trans and Non-Binary Workers that are every bit as important as their female counterparts. They will only work with Sex Workers who wish to leave Sex Work and even then do the bare minimum.
- To conflate Sex Work with Human trafficking is a terrible misguided idea. Yes some people are trafficked into Ireland against their will for sex, but many more are trafficked to work in farms, as cleaners, to work in textiles and more. The law is not fit for purpose.
Please fill out this survey, so we can get rid of this terrible law!