A sex worker who has been assaulted and stalked by clients says Ireland’s brothel-keeping laws are putting people at risk.
“Sex work ticked all the boxes and I think that’s something that rescue organisations or anti-sex work organisations don’t take account of, people who make their own decision to do sex work are doing it to manage their own circumstances as best they’re able.” “She had a client who came back to the flat demanding money from her for five days, he would turn up every day, staring in the windows.
“This is a prime example where workers are left vulnerable, and can’t contact the Gardai liasion officer, despite the fact he was breaking the law threatening to kill us, we were just waiting to see how credible his threats were.”“I prefer working at home, I feel safer, going to someone’s private home or a hotel is so dangerous but that’s the situation sex workers find themselves in,” she said.
Supporters of the amendment argued that the law would keep women safe from coercion and trafficking, punishing those who exploit women into sex work, rather than the women themselves. Section 27 of the Criminal Law Act 2017 provides that within three years of the law being enacted the Minister for Justice will review the new provisions.
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