Sex Workers
Sex workers face disproportionate health inequalities and harms related to alcohol and drug use, and sometimes HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), Hepatitis C and B. Sex workers can encounter high rates of physical, verbal and sexual violence and frequently have poor mental health with increased rates of anxiety, depression, loneliness, self-harm and suicide.
There can be severe, complex social needs underlying these health issues, including homelessness or insecure housing, unemployment, adverse childhood experiences, gender and racial inequality and/or poverty.
Useful Resources
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View resourceInclusion Health Groups in Frimley ICS: An overview of available data and published evidence (OHID)
This data pack is intended to provide a one-off summary of available data and evidence for the inclusion of health groups in the South East at an ICB level. The aim of this resource is to understand what data exists at a local level. For each group, the key messages for systems are presented, followed by an overview of health issues and available data.
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View resourceVisual Violence: Sex Worker Experiences of Imaged-Based Abuses (NUM)
It’s a visual violence project report highlighting to work with sex workers in exploring how to improve safety, regulate adult services websites, secure rights, and options for earning the money needed to live, while addressing poverty, economic insecurity, and structural inequity.
Research and Reports -
View resourceSex Workers Too – a report to the Home Office Violence Against Women and Girls Consultation February 2021 (NUM)
In this document they report sex workers’ insights and recommendations for policy and social change that will prevent existing and emerging forms of violence, provide them equitable access to the public services that they pay for (police, health, income support), reduce susceptibility to predatory and situational violence, and ultimately save their lives.
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View resourcePayment Rejected: Financial discrimination against sex workers in the UK (UNSEEN)
This report summarises research on the discriminatory behaviour of UK-based banks and other financial institutions against sex workers. This includes various forms of exclusion, refusal, or unfair treatment from different organisations that provide financial services to individuals and small businesses.
Research and Reports -
View resourceHow to prevent modern slavery (UNSEEN)
This report is to identify trends, patterns and correlations to understand how individuals from diverse nationalities were recruited, unearth any correlations between the recruitment tactics and the methods of control used by exploiters and identify the barriers faced when trying to leave exploitative situations. The project will support stakeholders to make strategic decisions.
Research and Reports
Currently no resources for this region
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View resourceVisual Violence: Sex Worker Experiences of Imaged-Based Abuses (NUM)
It’s a visual violence project report highlighting to work with sex workers in exploring how to improve safety, regulate adult services websites, secure rights, and options for earning the money needed to live, while addressing poverty, economic insecurity, and structural inequity.
Research and Reports -
View resourceSex Workers Too – a report to the Home Office Violence Against Women and Girls Consultation February 2021 (NUM)
In this document they report sex workers’ insights and recommendations for policy and social change that will prevent existing and emerging forms of violence, provide them equitable access to the public services that they pay for (police, health, income support), reduce susceptibility to predatory and situational violence, and ultimately save their lives.
Research and Reports -
View resourcePayment Rejected: Financial discrimination against sex workers in the UK (UNSEEN)
This report summarises research on the discriminatory behaviour of UK-based banks and other financial institutions against sex workers. This includes various forms of exclusion, refusal, or unfair treatment from different organisations that provide financial services to individuals and small businesses.
Research and Reports -
View resourceHow to prevent modern slavery (UNSEEN)
This report is to identify trends, patterns and correlations to understand how individuals from diverse nationalities were recruited, unearth any correlations between the recruitment tactics and the methods of control used by exploiters and identify the barriers faced when trying to leave exploitative situations. The project will support stakeholders to make strategic decisions.
Research and Reports
Currently no resources for this region
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View resourceInclusion Health Groups in Frimley ICS: An overview of available data and published evidence (OHID)
This data pack is intended to provide a one-off summary of available data and evidence for the inclusion of health groups in the South East at an ICB level. The aim of this resource is to understand what data exists at a local level. For each group, the key messages for systems are presented, followed by an overview of health issues and available data.
Data and Analysis
Currently no resources for this region
Currently no resources for this region
Currently no resources for this region
Currently no resources for this region
