Briefings Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/category/briefings/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:46:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Briefings Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/category/briefings/ 32 32 Briefing: Oppose Clauses on Prostitution in the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 https://prostitutescollective.net/briefing-oppose-clauses-on-prostitution-in-the-crime-and-policing-bill-2025/ Tue, 06 May 2025 10:01:49 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18164 See our Action Alert with template letter to email your MP here. BRIEFING: Oppose Clauses on Prostitution in the CRIME AND POLICING BILL 2025 By the English Collective of Prostitutes, April 2025. Listen to what sex workers say would make our work safer & support us in our efforts to organise against exploitation and violence. […]

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]]> Briefing: Online Safety Bill – Criminalising sex workers’ online adverts will undermine safety https://prostitutescollective.net/briefing-online-safety-bill/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:30:31 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16248 Please click here to use our quick online tool and template letter to ask your MP to call for the removal of Clause 16 (Section 7 – Priority Offences) of the Online Safety Bill and urge them to speak out against this dangerous attempt to criminalise sex workers’ online advertising. Online Safety Bill: Criminalising sex […]

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]]> Briefing for MPs against Ten-Minute Rule Motion “Sexual Exploitation” put forward by Diana Johnson MP https://prostitutescollective.net/briefing-for-mps-against-ten-minute-rule-motion/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:56:13 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14875 Issued by The Safety First Coalition (SFC) The SFC which campaigns to decriminalise sex work and prioritise women’s safety is coordinated by the English Collective of Prostitutes and was launched in 2006 following the murders of five young women in Ipswich. The coalition includes anti-poverty campaigners, church people & residents from Ipswich and elsewhere, members […]

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]]> Briefing: Oppose a ban on sex workers advertising online https://prostitutescollective.net/briefing-oppose-a-ban-on-sex-workers-advertising-online/ Sun, 01 Jul 2018 15:21:06 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7366 Stop attacking sex workers. Listen to what sex workers say would make our work safer & support us in our efforts to organise against exploitation and violence.On Wednesday 4 July, MPs are due to debate a proposal from the discredited All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution (APPGP) to close down online sites where sex workers […]

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]]> Briefing on Unison Motion to Decriminalise Sex Work – Answering Nordic Model Now Misinformation https://prostitutescollective.net/briefing-on-unison-motion-to-decriminalise-sex-work-answering-nordic-model-now-misinformation/ Sun, 17 Jun 2018 21:27:59 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7353 The post Briefing on Unison Motion to Decriminalise Sex Work – Answering Nordic Model Now Misinformation appeared first on English Collective of Prostitutes.

]]> NUS: Student Sex Worker Briefing https://prostitutescollective.net/nus-student-sex-worker-briefing/ Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:12:04 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7459 To mark International Sex Worker Rights Day on 3rd March NUS LGBT+ Campaign has joined forces with sex worker-led organisations to create a briefing for students’ unions on how they can better support student sex workers.Read our briefing on how students’ unions can better support student sex workers.In 2016 NUS LGBT+ and Women’s Campaigns undertook a […]

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]]> Briefing: Policing and Crime Bill second reading https://prostitutescollective.net/briefing-on-the-policing-and-crime-bill-2009-4/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:37:30 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=396 By the English Collective of Prostitutes. Co-ordinators of the SAFETY FIRST COALITION House of Lords, second reading Wednesday 3 June. Using flawed trafficking statistics as justification, the measures target anyone involved in prostitution whether or not there is force or coercion.  They would drive prostitution further underground and sex workers into even more danger.  In […]

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]]> Briefing: Policing and Crime Bill third reading https://prostitutescollective.net/briefing-on-the-policing-and-crime-bill-2009-2-2/ Tue, 19 May 2009 14:04:11 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=427 By the English Collective of Prostitutes. Co-ordinators of the SAFETY FIRST COALITION  Third Reading Tuesday 19 May. Using flawed trafficking statistics as justification, the measures target anyone involved in prostitution whether or not there is force or coercion.  They would drive prostitution further underground and sex workers into even more danger.  In the present recession, and combined […]

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]]> Briefing on the Policing and Crime Bill https://prostitutescollective.net/briefing-on-the-policing-and-crime-bill-2009-3-2/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:00:04 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=641 We urge you to oppose Clauses 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, & 25. The measures target anyone involved in prostitution whether or not there is force or coercion.  They would drive prostitution further underground and sex workers into even more danger. CLAUSE 13:  “Paying for sexual services of a prostitute controlled for gain.” 1. Any sex worker who […]

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