A woman who tried to save a man’s life at a brothel has been found guilty of helping to run the establishment.Christy Norman, 70, from Poole, Dorset, told a court she dialled 999 and performed CPR while everyone else fled.The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), which supported her, said she was only a cleaner working […]
The “vulnerable” pensioner insists she has nothing to do with the running of the massage parlour where she worked as a cleaner.Rachel RobertsThe conviction of an elderly cleaner for brothel-keeping after she tried to save the life of a customer has been condemned as a “terrible injustice”. The “vulnerable” 70-year-old, identified only as Ms C […]
By Katie GrantAn elderly cleaner is facing trial for brothel-keeping after rushing to the aid of a man who collapsed at the massage parlour where she worked and attempting to save his life.The “vulnerable” pensioner, who insists she had nothing to do with the running of the premises, has been “persecuted” by police following her […]
Is Feminism Failing Sex Workers?Niki Adams | Spokeswoman for the English Collective of Prostitutes, Adams campaigns for the decriminalisation of sex work and for sex workers’ safety. Does money make good women bad? If a woman in the street asks a man “Will you sleep with me?”, that is perfectly legal. But if he says yes […]
Emma Grinfeld and Leonore Schick discuss young women’s issues. This week VLW are joined by members of the English Collective of Prostitutes who campaign for the decriminalisation of prostitution as well as for sex workers’ rights and safety. We’ll be talking about the real effects that the current laws in the UK have on sex […]
The ‘pimp lobby’ slur thrown at those who argue for full decriminalization discredits the sex work labour movement. Frankie Mullin reports on the Amnesty UK Annual General Meeting. Frankie Mullin is a freelance journalist covering social issues with a special interest in the politics of sex work. “The English Collection of Pimps.” That was the slur […]
The residents, sex workers and activists I spoke to told me it’s only going to force everything into a new area. Last week, Hull City Council won a landmark ruling to create Britain’s first “prostitution-free zone”. The new orders mean that any sex workers or curb crawlers caught around the impoverished Hessle Road area – where […]
The Scottish Nationalists’ conference in Aberdeen backs a motion condemning the sale of sex as ‘a form of violence against women’The Scottish National Party has backed changes to prostitution laws to criminalise those paying for sex, but not those who sell it.Delegates at the party’s conference in Aberdeen voted in favour of a motion proposing a “Scottish model” […]
Frankie Mullin “Pop-up brothels” full of trafficked women are sweeping the country, according to a spate of recent reports. In Newquay, police say they’ve located 14 since July (reported by the Guardian, BBC, Daily Mail, Mirror); in Swindon there are said to be 30 opening a week (Telegraph, BBC, Metro). The Sun recapped the stories […]
Women’s Right to Refuse Why women in the United States will strike on March 8th. By Melissa Gira Grant The call went out just weeks ago for a women’s strike in the United States. March 8th, International Women’s Day, would be marked by “striking, marching, blocking roads, bridges, and squares, abstaining from domestic, care and sex […]