The English Collective of Prostitutes and the Sex Worker Open University present, with Club des Femmes:UK Première of 1975 Documentary: Les prostituées de Lyon parlent – The prostitutes of Lyon speak(45 Minutes, French with English subtitles)Plus: Rare footage and interviews from the 1982 occupation of the Holy Cross Church in the red light area of King’s Cross, […]
The campaign for the decriminalisation of sex work in TaiwanSpeakers: Mimi Hsieh and Iyoko Shojima, Collective for Sex Workers and Supporters in Taipei, TaiwanWhere: Crossroads Women’s Centre 25 Wolsey Mews, Kentish Town, London, NW5 2DXWhen: Wednesday 4 November 2015, 6-8pmHosted by: English Collective of ProstitutesThe Collective COSWAS in Taipei was formed by sex workers and supporters […]
3 November 2015, Committee Room 11,House of Commons, SW1A 0AA, 11am-6pm Allow 20 minutes to get through airport like security. All welcome, no registration needed. The English Collective of Prostitutes invites you to an evidence-gathering symposium. The event will take place in the immediate aftermath of Amnesty International’s recent vote in support of decriminalisation, and […]
Wednesday 17 December 20147pm (assemble 6.45pm) candlelit march — from Soho Square to St Anne’s Church.7.30pm Soho Trot by Ana Aranha. Documentary featuring powerful interviews and true testimonies from sex workers working independently in Soho flats who fought police raids and evictions, St Anne’s Church 55 Dean St. 8pm Speak Out featuring actors Rupert Everett […]
FILM SHOWING: TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER Director: Nick Broomfield (Ghosts and Battle for Haditha) 6.30pm, Curzon, Soho, 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY Tales of the Grim Sleeper is an investigation into a notorious serial killer who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over 25 years, the women he targeted, and the efforts of the […]
Consenting sex is not a crime! 4.00pm – 5.00pmQueen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS. 2nd Floor, Room 2.41Gay sex has been decriminalised yet the criminalisation of sex work has increased. Why should two adults who want to have consensual sexual contact with each other in private not be able to do […]
Canadian sex worker activists speak out: Prostitution laws are ‘dangerous’ and infringe our constitutional rightsOrganising to win & retain the Supreme Court Ruling which struck down the prostitution laws because they infringed the constitutional right to work in safety22 September 2014 7pm -9pmCrossroads Women’s Centre, 25 Wolsey Mews, London NW5 2DXIn December 2013, Canada’s Supreme […]
From the UK to the Bay Area: Sex Workers Win Justice and the Right to Work Safely When: Friday, August 1 6:30pm Snacks, meet and greet Niki from London 7pm program starts Where: 518 Valencia Street, San Francisco (16th Mission BART) Guest speaker: Niki Adams, English Collective of Prostitutes. Also, Alexandra Berliner, Legal Services for […]
2.30-6pm, at St Peter’s Community Hall, 56 Warner Place, London, E2 7DA. Recent police raids against sex workers in Soho, London, have thrown scores of women out of the relative safety of their flats and arrests against street workers are rife. At the same time unemployment benefit cuts and sanctions, lowering wages, homelessness, and debt […]