Today charges were withdrawn against two women (named here as Ms O and Ms R) who were facing conviction for “a tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel” (S35 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956). Laura Watson, English Collective of Prostitutes, which has supported the women throughout and who attended court today commented: […]
The remit of the WEC inquiry focused on the “inequalities and harms that sex workers experience at work and the harms associated with prostitution as a whole”. The ECP mobilized its network to submit evidence and ensure that the research didn’t interpret the question of “harm” in a way that reinforces the view that prostitution is inherently […]
08/01 UPDATE: VICTORY! Charges withdrawn against both women! ————————- Two women arrested for working together for safety are being charged as tenants with “permitting premises to be used for prostitution”. Two women (Ms O and Ms R) are due to appear at North Surrey Magistrates Court on 8 January 2020 charged with “a tenant permitting premises […]
Find a transcript of this episode here, or listen to Tea with Mama Cash on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Mama Cash funds groups of women, girls, trans and intersex people – and some of them are sex workers’ rights activists. Yet even within feminist circles, the regulation of sex work is a contested topic. So for this International Day to End Violence […]
ECONOMIC REALITY OF PROSTITUTIONThe feminist writer Julie Bindel describes prostitution as “harmful and abusive” and salaciously misrepresents the sex-worker-led movement to decriminalise it as the “happy hooker crew” (News Review, last week). In fact, it consists of women determined not to starve and see our children go without.Bindel condemns Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the […]
Jane Wharton ‘Draconian laws’ and increasing poverty have exposed sex workers to soaring rates of rape and assault, according to a leading pressure group. The English Collective of Prostitutes says two thirds had experienced violence within the last month alone. It has also highlighted that poverty sparked by benefit cuts have led to a surge […]
In response to the 2016 Home Affairs Committee recommendation that sex workers on the street and working together in premises be decriminalised, the University of Bristol Centre for Gender and Violence Research was commissioned by the government to investigate. The ECP mobilised its network to give evidence to ensure sex workers voices were heard. The […]
Over the past year, the movement to decriminalise prostitution in the UK has gained unprecedented traction. Led by the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), which describes itself as “a self-help organisation of sex workers”, the #MakeAllWomenSafe campaign expresses an urgent need for legal reform with regard to the current state of criminalisation, particularly in cases […]
How do you have good sex and why do we have so much bad sex? Join Bibi Lynch and Miranda Kane, a Professional Prude and ex-Sex Worker, in conversation with sexperts, sex-haters and sexy muthers. Think good cop bad cop… But with more handcuff action. A podcast from Metro.co.uk. CLICK HERE and scroll down to […]
A harrowing watch, but an important one, says Jane FaeBY JANE FAEThere must be cheerier ways to pass a Saturday night than at a play about the real life events surrounding a long ago rape trial. Catching the latest Ken Loach, perhaps. Or listening to the collected speeches of Nigel Farage.But if you can stand […]
