Coronavirus: why French sex workers seeking support from government are unlikely to receive funding

Authors: St Denny, Emily

Source: The Conversation

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In France, where prostitution is partly criminalised, it is illegal to buy sexual services but legal for a woman or a man to sell sex. And anyone selling sex must pay taxes like everyone else. But many people in prostitution – some of whom consider themselves “sex workers” and therefore believe they should be entitled to workers’ rights and protection – are not currently eligible for state income support, despite seeing their income disappear as a result of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.

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St Denny, E. 2020, 'Coronavirus: why French sex workers seeking support from government are unlikely to receive funding', The Conversation, 17 April. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/31050

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