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27th March 2020

Pink News: Sex work must be decriminalised to help women thrown into ‘hidden crisis’ by coronavirus, say English Collective of Prostitutes

An English Collective of Prostitutes banner at the sex workers strike on International Women’s Day 2020 calling for the full decriminalisation of sex work. (Ollie Millington/Getty Images) The coronavirus pandemic has thrown sex workers into a “hidden crisis” that means sex work must immediately be decriminalised, the English Collective of Prostitutes has said. Millions of […]

26th March 2020

Morning Star: Sex workers demand emergency funds to get through Covid-19 crisis

SEX WORKERS are demanding emergency funds from the government, warning that the loss of income caused by the coronavirus crisis could reduce many of them to destitution.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in north London, has made an urgent call for sex workers to be entitled to the same financial support as others hit by […]

26th March 2020

The Mirror: Sex workers demand government bailout as coronavirus pandemic hits their takings

The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in London, want the government to recognise thousands of sex workers across the country as employees affected by coronavirusSex workers are demanding a bailout from the government after seeing their income plummet because of the coronavirus crisis.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in Kentish Town, London, want the government to recognise […]

25th March 2020

Birmingham Live: Sex workers demand bailout from government after income plummets amid coronavirus crisis

The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in Kentish Town, in London, have demanded worker status for thousands of sex workers across the countrySex workers are demanding bailouts from the government after their income plunged amid the coronavirus crisis.The English Collective of Prostitutes, based in Kentish Town, in London, have demanded worker status for thousands of […]

21st March 2020

Statement: Coronavirus and sex workers’ demands

The coronavirus has thrown millions of people into crisis. For sex workers, forced by criminalisation, stigma and discrimination to live in the shadows, that crisis is more hidden. Much sex work involves personal contact – exactly what we are being warned against if the virus is to be contained. The virus comes on top of […]

11th March 2020

Pink News: Campaign calling for sex work to be decriminalised goes viral after being plastered over London tube

The posters appeared on London’s underground over the weekend, which saw a sex workers strike on International Women’s Day. (Twitter/pastachips)An adhacking campaign advocating sex work decriminalisation has appeared on the London Undergound – to viral results.The new posters, which appeared during the London-wide sex worker’s strike on International Women’s Day, call for sex work to be […]

11th March 2020

920Magazine: Sexit – Selling sex in Brexit Britain

By Anna Freeman Brexit is not only screwing the Great British pound and the price of Tesco’s Finest Prosecco – it’s screwing sex workers, too. A huge number of women selling sexual services in the UK hail from the EU-28 (43 percent of non-British sex workers in 2009 were EU nationals, according to a TAMPEP study). […]

9th March 2020

VICE: ‘People’s Lives Are at Stake’: Sex Workers Went on Strike This Weekend

On International Women’s Day 2020, sex workers and allies gathered in Soho to protest for decriminalisation. By Jake Hall; photos by Zeinab Batchelor In today’s world of corporate feminism and #girlboss tees, it’s easy to lose sight of what International Women’s Day actually represents. That was not the case in Soho on Sunday, where the streets were filled […]

8th March 2020

Dazed: Posters advocating sex work decriminalisation appear on the London tube

The adhacking campaign precedes a protest to call for the normalisation of sex work and point out the dangers of criminalising it New posters on the London Underground are calling for the decriminalisation of sex work, as part of an adhacking campaign that comes simultaneous with a sex worker strike for International Women’s Day. “Why is using […]

8th March 2020

I News: Why sex workers are going on strike

The strike highlights the call by sex worker-led organisations across Europe for full decriminalisation of the industry By Frankie Miren This International Women’s Day, the International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE) is launching a campaign calling for all feminists to support sex workers. The campaign focuses on sex workers’ grassroots activism across Europe – […]