This APPG Inquiry is not independent and was deeply biased from the start. Its remit was to: “develop proposals for government action with a focus on tackling demand for the sex trade.” Unsurprisingly therefore that the Inquiry’s conclusion is to recommend the blanket criminalisation of sex workers’ clients The Inquiry report contains fundamental inaccuracies. The […]
MPs and peers have this week been calling for reforms to Britain’s laws, which currently criminalise prostitution. An all-party parliamentary group on prostitution has urged Britain to follow the lead of countries such as Sweden and Norway, which make the purchase of sex illegal rather than targeting women who may have been coerced into selling their […]
Current laws prioritise ‘gratification of punters at expense of often vulnerable women and girls’, MP says British prostitution laws should be overhauled so that women selling sex are no longer criminalised but buying sex is against the law, a cross-party group of MPs said on Monday. In the first report of its kind for […]
CRIMINALISING CLIENTS UNDERMINES SEX WORKERS’ SAFETY & OTHER RIGHTS The English Collective of Prostitutes strongly oppose proposals being put forward today by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution to criminalise sex workers’ clients. Spokeswoman, Cari Mitchell, commented: “Criminalising clients will not stop prostitution, nor will it stop the criminalisation of women. But it will make […]
Independent escort Laura Lee and the English Collective of Prostitutes respond to RadFemUK’s piece on the European Parliament’s vote in favour of adopting the Nordic Model, which criminalises the purchase of sex. The English Collective of Prostitutes: Criminalising clients will not stop prostitution, nor will it stop the criminalisation of women. But it will make it […]
Mary Honeyball said: The English Collective of Prostitutes, one of the groups who have contested my report most fiercely, seem to agree with me that prostitution is a last resort. “Every time there’s a benefit cut, it forces women on to the game,” they admit. Yet in response they argue that, in the age of […]
Niki Adams cautions against ‘the Swedish Model’ and raises concerns about the role of the religiously-motivated, State-funded Irish pressure group ‘Ruhama’. Olaf Tyaransen “To the moralist, prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.” – EMMA GOLDMAN, Anarchism And Other Essays […]
Members of the English Collective of Prostitutes were joined by Soho residents on Wednesday in a noon protest against the raids. They also collected signatures in opposition to a move in the European Parliament to criminalise sex workers’ clients.by WILLIAM McLENNAN A VICAR has said public confidence in the police has been “severely undermined” by the […]
Dear friends, a motion by MEP Mary Honeyball to criminalise sex workers’ clients is being voted on in Europe tomorrow Wednesday 26 February.Lobby your MEP TODAY – Information from the International Committee for the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe here and model letter below:”Dear (insert name of MEP here)The 570 NGOs and civil society organisations […]
