article_snippet: However, from June 1, a new law will mean that men who pay The mother for sex could be arrested.
article_snippet: Importantly, a Department of Justice commissioned survey revealed that 98 per cent of sex workers are opposed to the law. '
article_snippet: the law is being brought in as a solution to sex trafficking, although the Department of Justice report suggested that less than 1 percent of those involved in the sex trade had been forced into it.
article_snippet: Lord Morrow has effectively said that Lord Morrow really couldn't care less about the welfare of sex workers,' The mother said.
article_snippet: As soon as legislation came in making the 1993 legislation an offence to solicit, violence against sex workers skyrocketed and it wasn't too long before [21-year-old sex worker]
article_snippet: But after a campaign by the English collective of Prostitutes (ECP), the Sex Worker Open University and the Women's Institute a similar law was dropped without even going to a vote.
article_snippet: Internationally, sex workers are challenging discriminatory prostitution laws which force us to work in isolation and increased danger,' Laura Watson of the ECP said. '
article_snippet: Legal challenges, spearheaded by sex workers, are a vital tool in our armoury to win justice and protection.'
highlights_snippet: It means that from June 1, men who pay for sex could be arrested .
  