The work and pensions committee holds a parliamentary hearing on evidence that welfare reforms are linked to “survival sex”.By Lucia Binding, news reporterWomen are being “forced into selling sex” because they have few other options and live in fear of the state, an MP has warned.Steve McCabe’s comments come after the work and pensions committee […]
Benefits reform forcing women to sell sex for cash, food or shelter, MPs’ committee toldWomen are increasingly forced to take up sex work to get money for food and rent after becoming desperate over financial hardship caused by universal credit, an MPs’ committee has heard.A series of witnesses from specialist charities that work with women involved […]
Prostitution should be decriminalised to protect the health and welfare of sex workers, nurses say.The Royal College of Nursing is to start lobbying government to change the law after members voted in favour of the move at their annual conference.Nurses said the current law put sex workers at risk and deterred them from seeking help […]
English Collective of Prostitutes to give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry on Survival Sex, 22 May 2019 The ECP is a self-help organisation of sex workers, working both on the street and in premises, with a national network throughout the UK. Since 1975, we have campaigned for the decriminalisation of prostitution, for […]
Royal College of Nursing to support decriminalisation of prostitution The Royal College of Nursing (RNC) has voted yesterday in favour of the motion that “this meeting of Congress calls upon the RCN Council to lobby governments across the UK to decriminalise prostitution.” Nurse Lou Cahill, who spoke to the motion commented: “I am proud that […]
A sexual health specialist who helped trigger the Royal College Nursing’s lobbying efforts to decriminalise prostitution is urging against the adoption of the ‘Nordic Model’ – a policy which purports to only punish clients. The Royal College of Nursing last night (May 20) voted in favour of lobbying the government to decriminalise prostitution in order to protect the […]
Nurses are calling for prostitution to be decriminalised, saying it is a matter of “fundamental human rights”.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is to start actively lobbying the Government to change the law following a vote at the union’s conference in Liverpool.Members said it would help protect women and give them more rights, saying prohibition only […]
Royal College of Nurses to lobby UK government in move to protect sex workers’ healthThe union representing Britain’s nurses will start lobbying governments across the UK to decriminalise prostitution in order to safeguard sex workers and improve their health.The Royal College of Nursing voted by an overwhelming majority at its annual conference to ask ministers in London, […]
The Royal College of Nursing today voted in favour of the motion: “that this meeting of Congress calls upon the RCN Council to lobby governments across the UK to decriminalise prostitution.” The motion was proposed by the RCN Greater Bristol Branch. Nurse Lou Cahill, who spoke to the motion commented: “I am proud that nurses […]
Raids – or “welfare visits” – carried out by police are supposedly conducted for safety, but they’re harming sex workers and failing to identify genuine victims. Anti-trafficking raids are often framed as vital rescue missions undertaken to save victims of modern slavery. However, according to Niki Adams – an English Collective of Prostitutes [ECP] spokesperson […]
