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 […]
STOP CRIMINALISATION: SAFETY FIRST – PROTEST AGAINST RAIDS, EVICTIONS AND CRIMINALISATION. Walkers Court, Soho.Wednesday 26 February, 11am-12pm. On 3 March, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution reports and is likely to recommend criminalisation of clients. Criminalising clients will not stop prostitution, nor will it stop the criminalisation of women. But it will make it […]
Police operation condemned with claims that it will ‘push sex workers back on to the streets’ Mark Townsend A parish priest in Soho’s red-light district in London has claimed that the behaviour of police during raids on local brothels was “unacceptable and at times unlawful”. The Rev Simon Buckley, of St Anne’s rectory in Soho, has sent a […]
