Sex/Work Strike

{{short description|Advocacy effort for decriminalisation of sex work}}

The Sex/Work Strike began in 2018 as part of the International Women's Strike on International Women's Day with the aim of the full decriminalisation of sex work.{{cite web |last1=Blake |first1=Matt |title=Why British Sex Workers Are Striking This Friday |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-british-sex-workers-are-striking-this-friday/ |website=VICE |date=6 March 2019}} Participants included the writer Molly Smith, author of Revolting Prostitutes.{{cite web |last1=Ava |first1=Caradonna |title=On International Women's Day, sex workers are going on strike |url=https://www.redpepper.org.uk/on-international-womens-day-sex-workers-are-going-on-strike |website=Red Pepper|date=6 March 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306152349/https://www.redpepper.org.uk/on-international-womens-day-sex-workers-are-going-on-strike/|archive-date=6 March 2019}} In 2019 it was supported by many groups including the English Collective of Prostitutes, x:talk, United Voices of the World (USW), East London Strippers Collective, Sisters Uncut Edinburgh, London, Class War and Young Greens.{{cite web |title=Sex/Work Strike |url=https://womenstrike.org.uk/sex-work-strike/ |website=Women's Strike|date=20 February 2019 }}