Dear friends,On Wednesday 4 July, MPs debated a proposal from the discredited All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution (APPGP) to shut down online sites where sex workers advertise.Please see below some of the press coverage of the debate and a protest in Parliament Square called by the ECP, SWARM and X:Talk Project:Buzzfeed: MPs Want To […]
With FOSTA/SESTA already proving to be damaging in the US, why is the UK looking to push through similar legislation?Photoa via VICE UK”Decriminalise sex work, for safety’s sake.”This was one of many slogans being hurled at the House of Commons Wednesday afternoon, by a roughly 200-strong collection of sex workers and activists. They’ve come out […]
The MPs said they understood the sex workers’ views, but that their priority is to protect the most vulnerable. A group of MPs are pushing the government to do more to crack down on exploitation in sex work, and have said that online adverts for sex work should be banned. However, sex workers have said […]
A cross-party group of MPs says the owners of such sites “directly and knowingly” profit from sex-trafficking and wants the Home Office to intervene.The group adds that a small number of sites “dominate the marketplace” and have named two in particular: Vivastreet and Adultwork.But sex-worker-rights campaigners say the proposal would be “a disaster”.Three organisations – the […]
Neville Southall’s recent comments on sex work draw praise from Stella Brook of the English Collective of Prostitutes, while Labour MEP Mary Honeyball condemns Catherine Healy’s elevation in the Queen’s birthday honoursNeville Southall’s compassionate, commonsense support for sex workers (‘I’ve got a bit of flak because I stick up for sex workers’, 5 June) is much needed at […]
By Saemmool Lee Thanta Laovilwanyakul(middle) talks about her experience as a sex worker at the “Public Meeting with Empower.” Empower Foundation set a table that displayed T-shirts and books that represent their their idea at the public meeting On Monday evening, Thanta Laovilwanyakul, a sex worker from Thailand, sat in front of a stage at Omni […]
All Party Group recommends criminalising paying for sexBy Tom FootFINDINGS from an inquiry investigating pop-up brothels have been blasted as “shoddy”, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes.The All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution has said it is “vital” that paying for sex is criminalised to “end demand from buyers”.But ECP spokeswoman Cari Mitchell said […]
Miranda KaneAnother day, another flurry of media and morality where the world is convinced sex trafficking is around every corner. This time it’s courtesy of a group of self appointed MPs who make up the ‘All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade’. Spoilers – none of them are, or ever have […]
As is already happening in the US, vital websites for sex workers could be shut down by laws aimed at curbing trafficking.In the early 1990s, BT began cutting off the landlines of sex workers who advertised in telephone boxes. The cards, often put up by young people or pensioners for a fee, allowed women to […]
By Dulcie LeeThe reality behind a buzzword that is hindering the fight for women’s safetyHundreds of pop-up brothels are springing up across the country. Budget holiday homes, Airbnbs, and private lets are being turned into “sex clubs”. Crimestoppers have launched a campaign to try and stem their supposedly indomitable rise.Only last week the Sunday Times reported that […]