MariaMaria, 27, has been involved in the sex industry for eight years. She started as a lap dancer at university to make money and then moved into escorting. She was frequently asked by customers to have sex for cash while in the lap dancing club and was aware that a lot of the women did this to make more money.
UrsulaUrsula, 20, had been selling sex for six months in a brothel in Aberdeen and in different places across Scotland. She was from Romania where her family struggled to make ends meet.
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BellaBella, 30, has been selling sex on and off for ten years. When she was 18, she met an older man called Craig, and moved in with him shortly after meeting him.
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DonnaDonna, 40, has been selling sex on and off for ten years. She has taken breaks from time to time and worked in call centres. She was a hairdresser for years but an accident damaged her back and she couldn't continue, or work in jobs which needed her to be on her feet or lifting.
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CSE Aware is an initiative of the Women’s Support Project developed alongside other agencies and the Encompass Network. The work is funded by the Scottish Government through Delivering Equally Safe.
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