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 […]
Rape and Prostitution – A Question of ConsentTuesday 3 February 6pmCommittee Room 6House 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%. […]
English Collective of Prostitutes& International Prostitutes CollectivePress Release . . . Press Release . . . Press Release . . . Press ReleaseInternational Conference on prostitution – A response to the government’s review of the prostitution laws, the first in 50 yearsNo Bad Women, No Bad Children, Just Bad LawsSaturday 4 December 9.30 – 6 pmSt […]
Who benefits from criminalising sex workers & clients?Stop new laws vs consenting sex!Public meeting. Hosted by John McDonnell MPTuesday 25 November 2008 6-8pmCommittee Room 16, House of CommonsWestminster, London SW1Fully wheelchair accessible All welcomeAllow 15 minutes to get inSpeakers to be announcedThe government is expected to announce more laws to criminalise sex workers and clients in the Queen’s […]
Thursday, October 30, 7pm -9pmFirst Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin Street, San FranciscoInfo:415-626-4114, sf@crossroadswomen.nethttp://www.YesonPropK.org, https://www.prostitutescollective.netFor 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 – have received the […]
Packed meeting in Parliament backs New Zealand’s decriminalisation
CONFERENCE: RAPE, RACE & PROSTITUTION Campaigning for justice in the 21st century Saturday 10 March 9.30-5pm Trinity Reformed Church, Buck Street, London NW1 (Kentish Town Road end, behind Sainsbury’s, Camden Town tube)Entrance: £20 funded organisations and professionals; £10 waged; £5 low waged; £3 unwaged; asylum seekers freeNo one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible (toilets nearby) All Welcome […]
You are invited to the launch of a new book by the International Prostitutes CollectiveSome Mother’s Daughter – The hidden movement of prostitute women against violence “I wish Some Mother’s Daughter had been around when I was researching for Band of Gold, it would’ve made life a lot easier and a hell of a lot safer […]