Activists have been fighting for sex work to be decriminalised for decades, but what would that actually look like? Writer Brit Dawson investigatesThis article is part of our Future of Sex season – a series of features investigating the future of sex, relationships, dating, sex work and sex worker rights; tech; taboos; and the next socio-political sexual frontiers.When I ask London-based sex worker Rosa to […]
Taking the trafficking out of sex work Freedom United host a special panel event discussing the decriminalization of sex work with our expert panel as an alternative to the Nordic Model and how the decriminalization of sex work can help build resilience to trafficking.
It’s 50 years since the Wages for Housework campaign was launched. Angela Cobbinah asks how far it has comeBy Angela CobbinahWomen’s Centre premises in King’s Cross in the 1970sIT is some time in the mid-1970s and a pensioner is stopped in a London street by a BBC camera crew and asked whether women should get paid […]
The English Collective of Prostitutes wants more women to know about the potential dangers of doing sex work through sites like OnlyFansPrices for everyday goods like food and fuel are the highest they’ve been for 40 years. We know that things are likely to only get worse, and that women are being disproportionately affected by the cost-of-living crisis.As […]
With prices rising at their highest rate in 40 years, many people have taken up a second or third job to make ends meet.But it’s also led to a rise in young people posting sexual content for money on sites like OnlyFans, alongside their day job.That’s according to the English Collective of Prostitutes, who told […]
by Rachel West, US PROStitutes CollectiveThere is a wave of change in the US on the rights of sex workers and it is growing. A slew of laws challenging the criminalization of sex work are being put forward around the country and New York, Seattle and now California have repealed legislation which made loitering for […]
Call to decriminalise sex work and support women in need rather than labelling them ‘unfit’ because of their work Lauren Crosby Medlicott Every Wednesday, picketers meet outside the Central Family Court in London to protest against the unjust separation of mothers and other primary carers from their children. Among those who faithfully show […]
Thank you for writing to your MPs to call for the removal of Clause 16 (Schedule 7 – Priority Offences) of the Online Safety Bill. This clause is a dangerous attempt to criminalise sex workers’ online advertising. Our full briefing is here.Hundreds of letters have been sent, reaching 311 MPs – thank you to those […]
In November 2020, the English Collective of Prostitutes organised a ground-breaking event, Sex Workers: Access to Justice, which brought together sex workers, violence against women organisers, academics, and human rights groups to examine the extent of violence faced by sex workers, what exacerbates the risks of violence, and the obstacles experienced by sex workers when […]
In case you missed this recent in-person event, check out video recording below of ‘The Global Women’s Strike Experience’ featuring Charlotte Lee from the English Collective of Prostitutes, Liz Hilton, from Empower, the sex workers’ collective in Thailand, and other fantastic speakers.Panelists who have been with the Wages For Housework Campaign for years, while others […]
