Event: Parliamentary launch – Proceed Without Caution, 12 November
Parliamentary launch of PROCEED WITHOUT CAUTION: The Impact of “Prostitute’s Cautions” and Convictions on Sex Workers’ Lives
Organised by the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP)
Hosted by Nadia Whittome MP
Tuesday 12th November, 18:00-20:00
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA (Committee Room 10)
Plus UK launch of: “Exposed from All Sides: The Role of Policing in Sex Workers’ Access to Justice”. Report by the European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance (ESWA) in collaboration with ECP
Speakers:
- Laura Watson (ECP) — findings from Proceed Without Caution, a report documenting the lifelong impact on sex workers of cautions and convictions.
- Luca Stevenson (International Planned Parenthood Federation, formerly ESWA) — policing and sex workers’ access to justice.
- Chiara Capraro (Amnesty International) — decriminalisation of sex work as a human rights issue.
- Becky Ryan (Street Workers Collective Ireland) — criminalisation of sex workers.
- Layla Omar (Women Against Rape) — safety of sex workers and opposing Islamophobia.
- Sam Hanks (Swansea University and Safety First Wales) — what Freedom of Information responses tell us about “prostitute’s cautions”.
- Testimony from sex workers.
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