If you cannot attend the event, but still want to take action to support sex workers you can:

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We need trade union members to take action with us, and support sex workers in accessing the same labour rights and protections as other workers.

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Some Labour MPs are pushing for further criminalisation of sex work. We know this will only increase poverty and violence against sex workers.

Sex workers need rights, not criminalisation.

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Under any form of criminalisation, sex workers are unable to access the same basic labour rights and protections afforded to all other workers.

This leaves us acutely vulnerable to exploitative labour practices, as we are unable to access the means to challenge them.

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If you can’t make it to the protest, you can still help by emailing your MSP using Scotland for Decrim’s template tool, to ask them to stand with sex workers and oppose Ash Regan’s bill. scotlandfordecrim.netlify.app

The Nordic model (client criminalisation) has led to more violence against sex workers in the countries, plus higher rates of poverty and poor health amongst sex workers - we can’t let this model be implemented in Scotland. We need everyone’s help to stop this bill.

There will be speakers including representatives from Scotland for Decrim, PCS Union, and our favourite Scottish Parliament ally @maggiechapman.bsky.social ❤️

If you want to support sex workers in demanding safety, as well as access to basic labour and civil rights, you can:

❤️‍🔥 Use our email template (linked in our bio) to demand your MP supports the full decriminalisation of sex work.

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Sex workers also wanted to tell the Government that in order to prevent more people from entering sex work, they needed to implement measures to tackle poverty.

You can read our recommendations to the Government, as well as the full research report, here: decrimnow.org.uk/2025/10/30/d...

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Instead, sex workers surveyed demanded full decriminalisation.

Full decriminalisation enables sex workers to utilise existing labour rights and protections to better their own working conditions, alongside the freedom to work without fear of arrest or police violence.

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In England, Scotland and Wales, sex work is currently partially criminalised. Whilst the transaction of selling sex is technically legal, many elements surrounding it are illegal.

Our research showed sex workers overwhelmingly wanted to tell the Government that criminalisation harms them.

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Successive recessions, a cost of living crisis, and austerity measures have created conditions where people feel sex work is their best option.

Yet, some politicians seek to implement further criminalisation in the form of the Nordic Model, which would push sex workers into further danger.

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Harsh benefit sanctions were also cited as a main driver of respondents entering sex work.

Some sex workers surveyed entered sex work specifically because their benefits had been cut or taken away.

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Recent cuts to disability benefits, low wages in full-time jobs, and welfare benefits that don't pay enough to survive on, were amongst the main reasons given as to why people chose to enter sex work.

55% of sex workers in receipt of Universal Credit felt it was not enough to live on.

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Unsurprisingly, our research found that 76% of sex workers entered due to poverty & financial need.

Whilst 77% of sex workers stated they have a disability, neurodivergence, or a long-term health issue, which made accessing traditional forms of employment difficult, or impossible.

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If you live in Scotland, please use Scotland for Decrim’s template tool to email your MSP and ask them to stand up for sex workers: scotlandfordecrim.netlify.app