Sex workers demonstrate and demand that their work be respected in Mexico City

Sex workers demonstrate and demand that their work be respected in Mexico City

Tens of Sex workers demonstrated in the center of Mexico City to demand that the authorities let them work and to demonstrate for the discrimination they have suffered during the pandemic.

“What we ask is that cases of violence against women by street vendors who are not letting these women work in the La Merced area be addressed., a neighborhood in the center of Mexico City, “Elisa Martínez” told Arlen Palestina, legal representative of Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer.

The defender claimed that some 15,200 sex workers have been harassed and attacked to leave the streets “Where they have the right to work.”

In addition to the fact that in the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office, in the capital, they have been discriminated against in the hotels in the area because they are denied the rent of rooms, they are given them at a higher cost, they are denied antibacterial gel and they sell them the condoms that the city distributes free of charge. Health Secretary.

He also denounced that the authorities closed several hotels in the downtown area on the grounds that they found cases of human trafficking, including minors.

“They are against those practices. They all work independently and voluntarily ”, he clarified.
Pandemic has aggravated situation

Palestine explained that the problem of sex workers has worsened especially with the Covid-19 pandemic, because as a result of the health crisis, the number of women working on the streets doubled.

“100% of sex work is in the streets which complicates the situation“, He pointed out.

Said Due to the pandemic, 40% of the women who had retired from sex work had to return and announced that if the situation is not resolved they will continue to carry out mobilizations.

“We believe that these women are experiencing strong acts of discrimination and non-recognition of their rights. We are going to continue taking to the streets and we will ask that the Government intervene in the conflict, because we all have the right to work on the street and to coexist ”, he concluded.

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