Initial response by the English Collective of Prostitutes to European Women’s Lobby recommendations. 4 December 2012 1. At a time of economic crisis when poverty among women and children is rising throughout Europe (see EWL own research [1) and more women, particularly mothers, are working in the sex industry to survive, the European Women’s Lobby […]
CHARLOTTE PHILBY With unemployment levels soaring across Britain, job prospects for graduates have never looked so bleak. But one sector proving resilient, and lucrative, for young people struggling to meet the inflated costs of higher education is the sex industry.The number of students using their bodies to pay their fees has doubled in the past year, […]
In 2012 Rhoda Grant MSP put forward a proposal to criminalise the purchase of sex. The ECP response provides evidence that criminalising clients neither stops prostitution nor prevents sex workers from being criminalised. Fact and testimony are provided to counter the myths and misleading research put forward by Ms Grant. The ECP submission concludes with […]
Students and single mothers are increasingly turning to prostitution as government cuts impact on women who are struggling to make ends meet. A new study from Kingston University claims roughly 6 per cent of students, from a sample taken across the UK, are currently working in the sex industry, which includes erotic dancing, stripping and escort […]
Over 2000 people, mainly women, sallied down Piccadilly for the second London Slutwalk on 22 September. Home-made placards ruled from ‘Sluts & Plebs Unite’ to ‘Compensate Rape Survivors, not Banks’. Many reflected fury at police, prosecutors and courts which ensure that ‘97% of all rapists won’t spend a day behind bars’.At the rally in Trafalgar […]
Serkan OzturkA convention held in Sydney earlier this month looking at the gains made in NSW since decriminalisation of sex work was introduced in 1995 saw unanimous agreement by delegates present that the NSW Government is wrong to consider re-introducing a stringent licensing system with strict penalties to govern the sex work industry.Hosted by the […]
By SHANE CROUCHERIf politicians and the public can put aside long-held prejudices, then they may be able to solve some of the tough economic questions Britain has to answer by unleashing the financial power of two untapped markets: drugs and prostitution.These multi-billion pound industries lurk in the shadows of Britain, operating at every moment of […]
In a Northern Ireland media first, escorts working in County Antrim speak to County Antrim Post reporter Andrew Coffman Smith about proposed changes to prostitution laws, the media’s portrayal of them and the real story behind human- trafficking. Sex sells but if NI peer Lord Morrow has his way, it will be illegal to buy […]
NSW sex work laws an example to the worldSEX workers from around the world have called on the NSW government to persevere with the state’s pioneering decriminalisation of sex work.Experts from 11 countries have converged on Sydney this week to examine how the sex profession has benefited since it was decriminalised in NSW in 1995.However, […]
