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'Don't have to fight for pennies': New Zealand safety net helps sex workers in lockdown

Sex workers have spent decades working with the government. This has proved life-saving during the Covid-19 crisis

The week before New Zealand went into full lockdown on 26 March, Lana*, 28, had taken a break from work at the high-end Wellington brothel where, since September, she had made around NZ$2,200 a month seeing two or three clients a week.

On 23 March, her university announced courses would move online. The following day she decided to stay with her parents in Auckland, and applied for New Zealand’s emergency wage subsidy for all workers whose earnings have fallen by at least 30% due to coronavirus.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2zuklJ8

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