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Lola Dickinson, 3 November 2026 In December 2025, the sex worker rights organisation Decrim Now published a briefing making the case for the full decriminalisation of sex work as a matter of HIV prevention. The briefing argued that decriminalisation was essential if the government wanted to meet its target to end new HIV transmissions in England […]
Daniel De Simone, Investigations correspondent and Amy Johnston, LondonThe Met needs to move away from criminalising women involved in street sex work in the wake of the Simon Levy case, officers have told the BBC.Levy, a convicted sex offender, was left to kill two women and rape another – all of whom were vulnerable and sometimes engaged in street […]
Dear friends, following the horrific attacks on a number of women and the murder of Sheryl Wilkins and Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, please urgently write to your MP to support calls to prioritise sex workers’ safety and end the criminalisation of sex work.Find your MP and their email address here https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMPSend our model letter below, adding in […]
Sex workers fighting for their rights: against rape and other violence, sexism, racism and financial discrimination and for housing, benefits and access to justice The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) is a sex workers’ collective campaigning to end criminalisation and for the rights and safety of sex workers. We provide practical help and assistance to […]
In today’s newsletter: The women most at risk of violence are often the least likely to be heard – the murder of two sex workers shows why that must changeGood morning. Last week, Simon Levy, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to a rare whole life tariff for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl […]
Sheryl Wilkins was murdered by Simon Levy—a man who had previously attacked women, had been convicted of violence against women, had been investigated in connection with the murder of Carmen Valencia Trujillo, and was nevertheless released on bail. Just four months later, he murdered Ms Wilkins.Women in our network who worked in the same area […]