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27th November 2020

Independent: Men interested in paying for sex duped into listening to harrowing true stories about trafficking

‘This publicity campaign exploits women’s experience of violence and trauma to promote the criminalisation of prostitution which in reality is making it more dangerous and difficult for women to work,’ says campaignerMaya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim Men interested in paying for sex will be duped into listening to harrowing real life stories about sex trafficking when they ring a fake call […]

26th November 2020

KOS Magazine: Sex work during COVID-19

In our new normal, staying at least a metre away from other people is mandatory pretty much everywhere you go. But for the UK’s 70,000 sex workers, following these rules could mean going hungry or homeless. Sex workers in the UK have largely been shut out from government schemes to protect those unable to work due […]

25th November 2020

Action Alert: Stand up for sex workers’ safety in Scotland – Deadline 10 December

Dear friends, The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on ‘challenging men’s demand for prostitution’. Outrageously, they have presented this as part of its Equally Safe strategy. Please see the below tools from our colleagues at Scot-Pep who are encouraging as many organisations and individuals as possible to respond to the survey. Their helpful guidance highlights the dangers of […]

17th November 2020

BBC News: Covid: Second lockdown ‘will deepen sex work crisis’

The second national lockdown is going to push sex workers “even deeper into crisis”, according to a campaign group.The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) has called for state support for workers in the coronavirus pandemic.It said people were having to choose between risking their health by working or seeing their family go hungry.Cari – not […]

13th November 2020

Independent: Families of Yorkshire Ripper victims receive police apology for language used during investigation

‘It was only when some so-called respectable women got killed that they began to pay attention,’ says campaigner Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim West Yorkshire Police has apologised to the families of Peter Sutcliffe’s victims for the “language, tone and terminology” used by senior officers during their investigation into the killings. John Robins, the force’s chief constable, […]

13th November 2020

Statement: Remembering 13 women, victims of terrorism, on the death of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper.

We heard the news of the Yorkshire Ripper dying and our first thoughts were with the families, with the survivors. Probably, they must be feeling relief that they don’t have to face any chance of Sutcliffe getting out of prison, as there was some talk of that not long ago.The ECP was very involved at […]

5th November 2020

Sex Workers: Access to Justice webinar – 19 Nov

For a list of speakers and resources that were asked for during the webinar please see here.

2nd November 2020

POLITICO: Out in the cold – Sex workers brace for second coronavirus lockdown

Sex workers in Europe, already in a uniquely vulnerable position, battle to access health services.BY ASHLEIGH FURLONGIt’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 being once […]