English Collective of Prostitutes, Author at English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/author/prostitutescollective/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:31:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png English Collective of Prostitutes, Author at English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/author/prostitutescollective/ 32 32 The Guardian: What the Simon Levy case tells us about the women the justice system keeps failing https://prostitutescollective.net/the-guardian-what-the-simon-levy-case-tells-us-about-the-women-the-justice-system-keeps-failing/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:16:40 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20259 In today’s newsletter: The women most at risk of violence are often the least likely to be heard – the murder of two sex workers shows why that must changeGood morning. Last week, Simon Levy, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to a rare whole life tariff for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl […]

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]]> Statement: Justice for the victims of Simon Levy means more than a conviction. It must mean change. https://prostitutescollective.net/statement-justice-for-the-victims-of-simon-levy-means-more-than-a-conviction-it-must-mean-change/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:07:56 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20245 Sheryl Wilkins was murdered by Simon Levy—a man who had previously attacked women, had been convicted of violence against women, had been investigated in connection with the murder of Carmen Valencia Trujillo, and was nevertheless released on bail. Just four months later, he murdered Ms Wilkins.Women in our network who worked in the same area […]

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]]> Video BBC News: How one of the most “dangerous and predatory” men was left free to kill https://prostitutescollective.net/video-bbc-news-how-one-of-the-most-dangerous-and-predatory-men-was-left-free-to-kill/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:22:29 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20252  Convicted sex offender Simon Levy, 40, from Tottenham, has been found guilty of murdering two women and violently raping a third surviving woman.Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 54, was found dead in the stairwell of a derelict building in Walworth, Southwark in March 2025 and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, was found dead in Tottenham, north London in August.Levy, who […]

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]]> BBC News: Police failings revealed as sex offender left free to murder and attack women https://prostitutescollective.net/bbc-news-police-failings-revealed-as-sex-offender-left-free-to-murder-and-attack-women/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:12:04 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20248 Daniel De Simone and Amy Johnston, BBC News Warning: Contains graphic details of sexual offencesA convicted sex offender murdered two women, raped a third, and sexually assaulted others on public transport, after police, prosecutors and courts made a series of disastrous decisions that left him free to roam the streets.A jury at the Old Bailey has now found Simon Levy […]

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]]> Video: ITV News – The full timeline: How double murderer Simon Levy was caught after years of crimes https://prostitutescollective.net/video-itv-news-the-full-timeline-how-double-murderer-simon-levy-was-caught-after-years-of-crimes/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:23:52 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20263 ECP's Niki Adams from 8:27Simon Levy has been found guilty of murdering two women and sexually assaulting a third, who escaped the violent attack with a broken collarbone.Levy, 40, was found guilty of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March last year, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, in August last year.He killed both of the vulnerable women […]

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]]> Empower, our sister organisation in Thailand launches bill to decriminalise sex work https://prostitutescollective.net/empower-our-sister-organisation-in-thailand-launches-bill-to-decriminalise-sex-work/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:14:07 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20237 On 28 May 2026, our sister organisation Empower Foundation submitted a bill to decriminalise sex work to representatives of the House of Representatives and the House Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights, at an event attended by MPs from the People's Party and Pheu Thai Party. The proposed Sex Service Provider Protection Act would […]

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]]> Podcast: Soho Bites – Episode 52 https://prostitutescollective.net/podcast-soho-bites-episode-52/ Thu, 28 May 2026 18:29:18 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20224 ECP's Laura Watson from 00:03:07 

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]]> Socialist Worker: Sex work—can it ever be liberating? https://prostitutescollective.net/socialist-worker-sex-work-can-it-ever-be-liberating/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:18:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20203 Socialists support decriminalisation of sex work—and fight for a society where women aren’t treated as objects and human relationships are free from the market, writes Judy Cox   Sex workers strike in Soho in London on International Women’s Day 2018 to protest poverty and criminalisation, and to draw attention to their campaign for full decriminalisation […]

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]]> Metro: How a Met Police crackdown left sex workers fearing for their lives https://prostitutescollective.net/metro-how-a-met-police-crackdown-left-sex-workers-fearing-for-their-lives/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:17:10 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20191 Lauren Crosby MedlicottMaria has been tirelessly working the streets of Enfield as a sex worker on and off for seven years after escaping Romania to try and make a better life for her family back home. ‘Many women like me do this work because we have no other way to survive,’ Maria, 27, tells Metro. ‘Some of us have children. Many of us […]

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]]> Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco – Final Results https://prostitutescollective.net/guaranteed-care-income-san-francisco-final-results/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:27:57 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20178 The research findings of the Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot were made public November 12, 2025 on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. The event had a strong turnout, including lots of press (see below). There was Spanish interpretation for the event and it opened with a rousing song from local […]

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