The pandemic doubles the number of sex workers in CDMX

The pandemic doubles the number of sex workers in CDMX

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The number of independent sex workers in Mexico City doubled due to the covid-19 pandemic.

In a statement, the association Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer “Elisa Martínez” reported that before the coronavirus pandemic was declared there were 7,700 sex workers in the country’s capital. Currently the estimate is 15,200.
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Of this increase, 40 percent are women who had left sex work, but have had to return to the streets. Another 40 percent are women who started as a result of the crisis, and the remaining 20 percent represent those who are not at a specific point, that is, who walk on public roads looking for clients, without a fixed place.

In addition to being continuously forgotten, violated and stigmatized, sex workers have a greater chance of contagion or do not have government support or spaces to work such as hotels, said Arlen Palestina Pandal, legal representative of Brigada Callejera, in statements taken up by the EFE agency.

?? We have seen that there has been an expansion in the work zones of Tlalpan, Revolución, Xochimilco and Azcapotzalco ??, added Pandal.

?? What we urge is respect for sex work and the recognition under the protection won 112/2013, which allows the comrades to exercise their trade with respect and co-responsibility, since the COVID-19 pandemic, no Has there been a clear or honest response from the government for the compañeras ??, he denounced.

Elena Reynaga, executive secretary of RedTraSex (Network of Sex Workers of Latin America and the Caribbean) accused that in the entire region no government defined a policy for sex workers in the face of COVID, with defined strategies that deal with them as it is considered that the most are heads of household.

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The pandemic has made it more urgent to recognize sex work since otherwise, there will continue to be new mechanisms to blackmail and exploit them at work?

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The organization Weaving Pueblos, Amigos Remendando Oficios, since last year launched an initiative to support this population, giving them pantries and food, as well as condoms and face masks. This year she started a campaign to support cisgender and trans sex workers with a pantry to help them cope.

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