Hookers, dykes and women of colour celebrate 50 years of making trouble, making historyThe year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the ECP. Along with Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike and Queer Strike, which are also celebrating their 50th anniversary, we held a sold-out event at the Bishopsgate Institute. All three organisations […]
“Some were prostitutes but perhaps the saddest part of the case is that some were not. The last six attacks were on totally respectable women.” – Sir Michael Havers, Attorney General.On 13 November 2020, Peter Sutcliffe, also known as the Yorkshire Ripper, died in prison. If you didn’t know who he was, you could get an […]
By the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP)More than 45 queer and sex worker accounts have been removed across the UK, the Netherlands, and other countries in a coordinated wave of digital erasure. Meta is shutting down sex worker accounts, and the interconnected networks we belong to including queer collectives, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights […]
Joint letter to the Home Secretary, issued by After Exploitation, in response to immigration plans announced by the government that would make life much worse for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking seeking asylum in the UK. Read the full briefing on the changes here. —————- After Exploitation + signatories info@afterexploitation.org 24th November […]
From our sister organisation US PROStitutes Collective Download full report here. Press coverage here. What is the Guaranteed Care Income Pilot? The Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot was a one-year program (June 2024–June 2025) that provided 10 low-income single mothers in San Francisco with $2,000 a month in unconditional cash payments. Crucially, it […]
Now that the no-strings-attached payments have stopped, some are unsure how they’ll get by. Shantanae was desperate. Homeless after fleeing a violent ex and selling her body for a controlling pimp on a notorious block of the Mission, the young mother of two often didn’t know where she’d sleep each night. Often, she’d stay at […]
The 1970s movement paved the way for queer, Black, trans and sex working feminist organising across the world todayJake HallThe first thing to know about the international Wages for Housework campaign that began in the 1970s is that you shouldn’t take the name at face value. This wasn’t some single-issue movement committed to putting pennies […]
By Brit DawsonThe English Collective of Prostitutes was founded fifty years ago to protect sex workers. Despite the progress they have made in the years since, the industry remains criminalised — and exploitative and unsafe as a result.(Credit: Crossroads AV Collective.)On November 17, 1982, fifteen masked women walked, in groups of twos and threes, into […]
Poverty and cautions trap women in sex work – good policies could resolve this. But politicians don’t want to know Niki Adams There are a few dates in the calendar that sex workers mark. The day to end violence on 17 December is often a sombre affair, when we honour the sex workers who were […]
When: Wednesday 22 October 18:30 – 20:30Where: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4QH(Full wheelchair access. Bar & refreshments)Price: £15 / £11(Please get in touch with womenofcolour@globalwomenstrike.net which is dealing with this for all three organisations if you want to come but can’t afford it)
