Yesterday was the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, and the London demo had last year’s excessive police raids on Soho’s working flats at the front of its mind. By Frankie Mullin Last night, I joined a march through Soho in support of sex workers. It’s an area of London that – despite what […]
Posted by Joana Ramiro SEX workers held a candle-lit march through London yesterday to remember fellow workers who have been victims of violence. Members of the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) held commemorations in Soho to mark the International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers. And they were joined by screen […]
Sex workers in Mayfair have been part of the ECP’s network since 2009 when police raided flats without warrants, bullying and threatening prosecution. In the same year, Westminster Council threatened women with closure of the flats under planning law on the grounds that they were residential properties being used for a business. Then a few […]
In the lead-up to the general election, we have the chance to move the debate forwards, towards the full decriminalisation of sex work. BY MARGARET CORVID When I became a sex worker, I thought I was entering a marginal, grey area, as far away from politics as any occupation can be. Instead, I found myself part […]
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 […]
In 2012 Labour MP Fiona Mactaggart proposed an amendment to the Modern Slavery Bill to make the purchase of sex illegal. Initially she had cross party support but after a campaign spearheaded by the ECP which saw thousands of sex workers lobby their MP, she was forced to withdraw the proposal. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP […]
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 […]
By Frankie Miren “Last year, my friend was attacked by a client and was nervous to keep working alone, so I let her work from my place along with me, for safety,” says Toni of the Sex Worker Open University. “Unfortunately, we encountered another aggressive client who really frightened us. I threatened to ring the […]
If progress is to be made now an amendment to the modern slavery bill has been defeated, MPs must invite us into the discussion Niki Adams theguardian.com ‘Swedish sex workers have said that since clients have been criminalised, they have been treated worse by the authorities.’ This week, the tide turned against attempts to attack sex […]
This branch calls on the Labour Party to support sex workers’ demands for decriminalisation of sex work. Ending criminalisation would increase safety as sex workers could work together and report violence without fear of arrest.This branch calls on the Labour Party to oppose proposals to criminalise clients as they would drive sex workers further underground […]