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PEOPLE’S PARLIAMENT MEETING, HOUSE OF COMMONS. Stop the criminalisation of sex work – safety first! 26 March 2014 Video: http://ynuk.tv/?p=27332
Video and photo of Sex Workers in Parliament meeting
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Opinion poll finds public opposes criminalisation of prostitution
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Opinion poll finds public opposes criminalisation of prostitution A poll conducted by GfK (February 28th to 2nd March) for Professor Colin Francome, director of the Campaign for Radical Sociology, shows that over half the population of the UK is opposed … Continue reading
Channel 4 News: ECP & Melissa Gira Grant on sex workers’ safety & against criminalisation
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See video here. TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 UK Prostitution: should the laws be reformed? As sex workers from across Europe gather at the House of Commons to argue against proposals to criminalise their clients, Channel 4 News asks one woman what effect … Continue reading
Objections from the ECP to the methodology & content of the report from the APPG on Prostitution.
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This APPG Inquiry is not independent and was deeply biased from the start. Its remit was to: “develop proposals for government action with a focus on tackling demand for the sex trade.” Unsurprisingly therefore that the Inquiry’s conclusion is to … Continue reading
Know Your Rights
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Printable version here. Looking for help to defend your rights? Need to know about: police and immigration raids; soliciting and “prostitute cautions”; ASBOs; Engagement and Support Orders; closure orders? Working with other women and worried about being charged with “brothel-keeping” and/or “controlling”? … Continue reading
Briefing: Anti-trafficking – an excuse for a moralistic crusade against sex workers
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1. Claims that “80% of women in prostitution are controlled by traffickers”[1] have been thoroughly discredited, most recently in the Guardian’s extensive investigation ‘Prostitution and trafficking – the anatomy of a moral panic,’ 20 Oct 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/20/trafficking-numbers-women-exaggerated Even the widely used claim that of 4,000 women … Continue reading
Recommendations for changes in law and policy
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By the English Collective of Prostitutes which co-ordinates the Safety First Coalition In 2003, New Zealand decriminalized prostitution stating that “while not endorsing or morally sanctioning prostitution or its use” it aimed “to create a framework that: (a) safeguards the human rights … Continue reading
What we campaign for
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All sex workers must be decriminalised whether they work on the street or in premises. Scrap the prostitution laws: they criminalize sex workers, divide us from our families and friends, make us vulnerable to violence, and set us apart from … Continue reading
Read the account of the occupation by Selma James
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Photo of Caroline and Tony Benn at the English Collective of Prostitutes church Occupation, London 1982
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Caroline Benn (front row second from left) and Tony Benn, Member of Parliament, visited Saturday night. Photo courtesy of Crossroads AV Collective
Sex workers & The Soho Hobo protest in Piccadilly yesterday
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Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work, Melissa Gira Grant, Niki Adams, Selma James
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VERSO 40 years of radical publishing Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work Discussion: Melissa Gira Grant & Niki Adams, English Collective of Prostitutes Chair: Selma James March 31, 2014 6.00pm – 8.00pm University of London Union Malet Suite – 2nd floor, Malet Street, London WC1E … Continue reading
Press release: Sex Workers Response, Stop the Criminalisation of Sex Work – Safety First!
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Press release:Sex Workers Response, Stop the Criminalisation of Sex Work – Safety First! Sex workers from a number of European countries including Sweden will be speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday 26 March 2014. Where: Committee Room 12 When: … Continue reading
26 March in Parliament, Stop the criminalisation of sex work
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Tickets available for meeting here. The People’s Parliament check how many tickets are booked in case a bigger room is needed. But it isn’t essential to have a ticket, you can just turn up. Please allow 20 minutes to get … Continue reading
Decriminalisation means more safety for sex workers, Cary Gee
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See article here.