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Sex workers could not face financial discrimination

By Hicbd
Wed Dec 14 2022 8:54 am

"We see a lot of discrimination, specifically from banks and financial institutions, where sex workers are not able to open business accounts even though their escort business is a business, but it’s not seen as such,” she says. She has also heard of both personal and business accounts being shut down, money being seized, and sex workers being refused loans and overdrafts."

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/16/sex-discrimination-why-banks-shun-workers-in-adult-entertainment
https://sea.mashable.com/life/21265/how-sex-workers-bank-their-money-since-mastercard-abandoned-them
https://nationaluglymugs.org/2022/01/31/payment-rejected-financial-discrimination-against-sex-workers-in-the-uk/
https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/how-mastercards-new-policy-violates-sex-workers-rights

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Global Poverty Banks / Financial Institutions Global Human Rights Discrimination / Racism / Prejudice Human / Sex Trafficking Sex Work Mastercard (company)

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