Join us at SlutWalk on Saturday 22 Sept 12.30. We’ll be gathering at the top of Piccadilly (Hyde Park end) to join the march to Trafalgar Square and the rally. Look out for our bright pink banner! SlutWalk supports sex workers’ right to safety. Speakers include rape survivors fighting for justice, the ECP and Sheila Farmer […]
See the report of the launch event here Crossroads Women’s Centre 25 Wolsey Mews, Kentish Town, NW5 2DX. 7pm – 9pm Exhibition opens 6pm and will run for two weeks. “Looking in, Looking Out” Photo exhibition by Vera Rodriquez. Using colour, light and perspective to stunning effect this exhibition showcases journalist and photographer, Vera Rodriguez’s images […]
Monday 19 December, 6pmKEY SPEAKER: TIM BARNETTNew Zealand MP who introduced decriminalisationHe is in London only for one day. Don’t miss him!Tent City University, Occupy London Stock Exchange, St Paul’s, EC4M 8ADTim Barnett sponsored the 2003 Prostitution Reform Act which decriminalised prostitution in New Zealand, making it the first country to do so. This is the model law based […]
Mama Quilla shows that theatre still has the capacity to address public issues. —The GuardianOn 17 October 2009, Mama Quilla, funded by the Arts Council and Camden Council presented:”A Day of Debate and Performance. Should Prostitution Be Decriminalised?”As early as 2000, Westminster Council had made attempts to cleanse Soho of its sex workers by the compulsory […]
Clauses 14, 16, 17 & 21 of Policing and Crime BillForget the propaganda and hear the evidence on rape, trafficking and prostitution6-7pm Monday 2 NovemberCommittee Room 3AHouse of LordsEnter through St Stephen’s entranceThe day before the final debate on the prostitution clauses in the PCB, please join us in a discussion of the evidence. Whatever your […]
Tuesday 3 February 6pmCommittee Room 6 House of Commons While government feminists and religious fundamentalists equate prostitution with rape and claim most sex workers have been trafficked, rapists continue to get away with it – the conviction rate for reported rape in England and Wales is a shocking 6%. But a growing international movement […]
English Collective of Prostitutes & International Prostitutes Collective International Conference on prostitution – A response to the government’s review of the prostitution laws, the first in 50 years No Bad Women, No Bad Children, Just Bad Laws Saturday 4 December 9.30 – 6 pm St Mary’s Church, Somers Town, Eversholt St, (cnr Aldenham St) London NW1 […]
Stop new laws vs consenting sex! Public meeting. Hosted by John McDonnell MP Tuesday 25 November 2008 6-8pm Committee Room 16, House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1 Fully wheelchair accessible All welcome. Allow 15 minutes to get in Speakers to be announced The government is expected to announce more laws to criminalise sex workers and clients […]
Thursday, October 30, 7pm -9pm First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin Street, San FranciscoInfo:415-626-4114, sf@crossroadswomen.net http://www.YesonPropK.org, https://www.prostitutescollective.net For the last century, year after year, sex workers in SF have been hounded, arrested and jailed, evicted, raped and even murdered, their children taken away. Those of us who have least – often women of color – […]
Experts from New Zealand and Sweden With the debate on prostitution raging in the press, and given the opportunity to hear experts from New Zealand and Sweden, it was no surprise that the meeting in Committee Room 10 of the House of Commons was packed to the rafters. 200 people were joined by 10 Peers […]