Sexual Exploitation Research Programme (SERP) in UCD. It found hundreds of women advertising their services online.More than 650 women were seen advertising sex workers on Escort Ireland with about a third of them in rural areas.The study authors, Dr Monica O’Connor and Ruth Breslin, also found over 1,300 buyer reviews on the website between April and July 2020 – in the midst of the pandemic.
In April this year, the Guardian reported that there were 800 sex workers “available to book” on one Thursday on one website in the UK.
Many sex workers said they had to work through the pandemic or risk having nothing to eat.Some attempted to claim Universal Credit, but were not able to get the first payment in time and so had to risk their health to.
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