Events Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/category/events/ 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, 12 Aug 2025 18:12:46 +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 Events Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/category/events/ 32 32 Event: Hookers, dykes and women of colour celebrate 50 years of making trouble & history – 22 October https://prostitutescollective.net/event-hookers-dykes-and-women-of-colour-celebrate-50-years-of-making-trouble-history-22-october/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:12:42 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19614 When: Wednesday 22 October 18:30 - 20:30Where: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4QH(Full wheelchair access. Bar & refreshments)Price: £15 / £11(Please get in touch with womenofcolour@globalwomenstrike.net which is dealing with this for all three organisations if you want to come but can’t afford it)

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]]> Protest: International Sex Workers’ Day – 2 June https://prostitutescollective.net/protest-2-june-international-sex-workers-day/ Tue, 20 May 2025 10:06:55 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18187 As part of a series of actions to mark the 50th anniversary of International Sex Workers’ Day/International Whores Day, we are organising a protest and photo op at Downing Street to hand in our Open Letter to the Home Secretary demanding the abolition of “prostitute’s cautions”. WHEN: Monday 2 June 2025, 11am-12pm WHERE: Downing Street, […]

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]]> Visit WFH & ECP in major exhibition ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ https://prostitutescollective.net/visit-wfh-ecp-in-major-exhibition-hard-graft-work-health-and-rights/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:30:16 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18139 As part of International Women’s Week celebrations, we’re planning a group visit to see ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ at the Wellcome Collection (183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE) on Sunday 9 March at 1pm.  If you would like to join us, please just turn up! The Home section of the exhibition includes magazines, flyers, press releases, […]

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]]> Event: Parliamentary launch – Proceed Without Caution, 12 November https://prostitutescollective.net/event-parliamentary-launch-proceed-without-caution/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:38:24 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17812 Parliamentary launch of PROCEED WITHOUT CAUTION: The Impact of “Prostitute's Cautions” and Convictions on Sex Workers’ Lives Organised by the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) Hosted by Nadia Whittome MP Tuesday 12th November, 18:00-20:00 House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA (Committee Room 10)  Plus UK launch of: “Exposed from All Sides: The Role of Policing […]

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]]> Event: 6 Nov – Aotearoa New Zealand Sex Workers’ Collective in London! https://prostitutescollective.net/event-6-nov-20th-anniversary-of-the-nz-prostitution-reform-act%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:48:33 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17741 On the 20th anniversary of the Prostitution Reform Act, which decriminalised sex work in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ), two key members of the ANZ Sex Workers' Collective (ANZPC) are speaking in London. Dame Catherine Healy, founding member and national coordinator Annah Pickering, Auckland Regional manager Monday 6 November, 12.30-2pm Crossroads Women’s Centre, 25 Wolsey Mews, London, NW5 […]

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]]> Proceed Without Caution – launch of new report https://prostitutescollective.net/proceed-without-caution-launch-of-new-report/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:04:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17758 Download the report and read more about the campaign here. On the 11th of October 2023, the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) launched their report “Proceed Without Caution: The Impact of Prostitute Cautions and Convictions on Sex Workers’ lives”. Twelve sex workers, four of whom are women of colour, were interviewed for the report and describe the […]

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]]> Event: End Women’s Poverty – A Guaranteed Care Income for All Caregivers of People & Planet, 9-11 June https://prostitutescollective.net/event-end-womens-poverty/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:25:11 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17709 Dear friends, Please register for this international and community gathering! ECP’s Niki Adams will be speaking at the session on Saturday 10 June 1:30-4:30pm (EDT)  ‘End the Criminalization of Poverty and Protest’ All events are on Zoom as well as in personFor latest updates and speakers see the Global Women’s Strike website.

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]]> Video: Hookers Against Hardship event – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women https://prostitutescollective.net/video-hookers-against-hardship-event/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:46:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17611   Recording of our HAH campaign event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25th November 2022 at Crossroads Women's Centre, London. Speakers: Iris, English Collective of Prostitutes Elizabeth, National Ugly Mugs Mary Atkinson, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants Hodo, Women Against Rape Vee, SWARM (Sex Workers […]

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]]> Event: Hookers in the House of the Lord ‘The Reunion’ – 21 Oct https://prostitutescollective.net/event-the-reunion-hookers-in-the-house-of-the-lord-21-oct%ef%bf%bc/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:35:31 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17125   This autumn marks 40 years since the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) occupied the Church of the Holy Cross in the red-light area of King’s Cross, London, for 12 days to protest “police illegality and racism” against sex workers. The occupation took inspiration from sex workers who in 1975 occupied churches across France following […]

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]]> Video: ECP and Empower Thailand – The Global Women’s Strike Experience https://prostitutescollective.net/video-ecp-and-empower-thailand-the-global-womens-strike-experience/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:28:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19519 In case you missed this recent in-person event, check out video recording below of ‘The Global Women’s Strike Experience’ featuring Charlotte Lee from the English Collective of Prostitutes, Liz Hilton, from Empower, the sex workers' collective in Thailand, and other fantastic speakers.Panelists who have been with the Wages For Housework Campaign for years, while others […]

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