International Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/category/international/ 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. Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:28:07 +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 International Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/category/international/ 32 32 Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco – Final Results https://prostitutescollective.net/guaranteed-care-income-san-francisco-final-results/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:27:57 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20178 The research findings of the Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot were made public November 12, 2025 on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. The event had a strong turnout, including lots of press (see below). There was Spanish interpretation for the event and it opened with a rousing song from local […]

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]]> San Francisco Guaranteed Care Income Pilot – Report https://prostitutescollective.net/san-francisco-guaranteed-care-income-pilot-report/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:03:47 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20067 From our sister organisation US PROStitutes Collective Download full report here. Press coverage here. What is the Guaranteed Care Income Pilot?  The Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot was a one-year program (June 2024–June 2025) that provided 10 low-income single mothers in San Francisco with $2,000 a month in unconditional cash payments. Crucially, it […]

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]]> The San Francisco Standard: $2,000 monthly stipends helped these SF moms leave sex work behind https://prostitutescollective.net/the-san-francisco-standard-2000-monthly-stipends-helped-these-sf-moms-leave-sex-work-behind/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:59:14 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20045 Now that the no-strings-attached payments have stopped, some are unsure how they’ll get by. Shantanae was desperate. Homeless after fleeing a violent ex and selling her body for a controlling pimp on a notorious block of the Mission, the young mother of two often didn’t know where she’d sleep each night. Often, she’d stay at […]

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]]> Press Release: European Court of Human Rights judgement on case brought by 261 sex workers in France https://prostitutescollective.net/press-release-european-court-of-human-rights-judgement-on-case-brought-by-261-sex-workers-in-france/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:12:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19475 PRESS CONFERENCE: On Thursday 25th July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will issue its judgement on a case brought by 261 sex workers in France against the French Prostitution Law that criminalises the purchase of sex.Thursday 25 July, 11am UK timeCLICK HERE to join on Zoom or tune in on social media @sexworkeurope In 2019, […]

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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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]]> SF Standard: 40 Years After Sex Workers Took Over an English Church, the Fight for Justice Picks Up in San Francisco https://prostitutescollective.net/san-francisco-standard-40-years-after-sex-workers-took-over-an-english-church-the-fight-for-justice-picks-up-in-san-franc/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 22:38:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17585 Written by Ida Mojadad In 1917, hundreds of San Francisco sex workers confronted a Tenderloin church pastor for trying to chase them out of town with his sermons, effectively giving him a crash course on their inability to survive economically. That direct action laid the groundwork for sex workers in France, Canada and England to occupy churches, putting […]

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]]> SF Bay View: California repeals discriminatory loitering for prostitution law https://prostitutescollective.net/sf-bay-view-california-repeals-discriminatory-loitering-for-prostitution-law%ef%bf%bc/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:22:33 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17082 by Rachel West, US PROStitutes CollectiveThere is a wave of change in the US on the rights of sex workers and it is growing. A slew of laws challenging the criminalization of sex work are being put forward around the country and New York, Seattle and now California have repealed legislation which made loitering for […]

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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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]]> Sex Workers: Access to Justice webinar – 19 Nov https://prostitutescollective.net/accesstojustice/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 23:54:51 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14628 For a list of speakers and resources that were asked for during the webinar please see here. 

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]]> POLITICO: Out in the cold – Sex workers brace for second coronavirus lockdown https://prostitutescollective.net/politico-out-in-the-cold-sex-workers-brace-for-second-coronavirus-lockdown/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 18:24:05 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14740 Sex workers in Europe, already in a uniquely vulnerable position, battle to access health services. BY ASHLEIGH FURLONG It’s going to be a bleak winter for Europe. But for sex workers, a group that feels it’s been forgotten during the pandemic, the return of lockdowns doesn't just mean being out of work, it could also mean […]

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