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Bulletin 8: November 2018 – October 2019
The English Collective of Prostitutes gathers reports from our nationwide network and the media, and regularly publishes them in the form of a bulletin. These reports show that police crackdowns on prostitution are widespread, that women are subjected to surveillance and raids, are convicted, fined, and even go to prison – all with devastating consequences.SummaryWe […]
Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into Universal Credit and Survival Sex (2019)
Written and oral evidence from the ECP to the Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into Universal Credit and Survival Sex focused on the impact of austerity on levels of prostitution in the UK. The Committee published its findings in November 2019 and recommended action against some of the worst injustices of the benefit system such as draconian […]
VICE: The Legal System Failed Two Sex Workers – So They Took Their Rapist to Court
A new play called “No Bad Women” tells the true story of a landmark trial that opened up a new avenue to justice for survivors. By Emma Garland In the 1990s, serial rapist Christopher Davies assaulted two separate women at knifepoint when they visited his house in the south of England. The first – a tattooed […]
Independent: Austerity pushing women into sex work and criminalisation endangering them, major report finds
‘I was in a desperate financial situation, no parents to support me and about to become homeless. As I am disabled and was in full-time education, my opportunities for work were, and remain, limited,’ says womanMaya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheimAusterity is pushing women into prostitution and the criminalisation of the industry is putting them in danger, according […]
Press Release: Government research proves sex workers feel unsafe under the current law
Government research proves sex workers feel unsafe under the current law; they want decriminalisation and so does the public.Government research published today provides evidence that the current prostitution laws increase the chance of harm and undermine sex workers’ safety.Laura Watson from the English Collective of Prostitutes which submitted evidence from its national network of sex workers working […]
Podcast: The Guilty Feminist: Sex Worker Rights
The Guilty FeministPresented by Deborah Frances-White and Alison SpittleEpisode 173: Sex Workers’ Rightswith special guests Miranda Kane and Niki Adams (ECP)Recorded 21 October 2019 at Kings Place in London.
Event: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers – 17 December 2019
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BBC News: Universal credit: MPs call for action on women driven to ‘survival sex’
Evidence that women are being driven to sex work because of problems with universal credit must lead to government action, MPs have said.A number of women told the work and pensions committee they turned to sex work because their benefits payments did not cover their basic needs.The committee said the government had previously been “dismissive” of […]
Sky News: ‘Selling sex for £5 is the only way I can survive after Universal Credit chaos’
As the government faces calls to axe the five-week wait for Universal Credit payments, one ex-claimant describes her experience.One woman told Sky News she had been forced to sell sex for £5 after Universal Credit struggles.Women are being driven to carry out “survival sex” work because of the five-week wait for Universal Credit payments, MPs […]