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Independent: A quarter of women think sex work should be stigmatised, says poll

Exclusive: ‘Criminalisation and gender stereotypes are the main drivers of stigma against sex workers,’ says Amnesty International Gender Justice DirectorMaya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent More women think sex work should be stigmatised than men, according to new YouGov polling, while most Britons say they would not be friends with someone who appears in pornography.Research shared exclusively with The Independent found around one […]

4th February 2024

Independent: Sex workers could be pushed into illegal brothels and dangerous street work due to new laws, MPs warn

Exclusive: Sex worker says online safety bill has pushed her into working in a brothel where a pimp takes half her money, she has no rights and cannot check clients online to ensure they are safe Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent New laws designed to make the internet safer could put sex workers’ lives at risk […]

19th January 2024

Update on the campaign that defeated a banning order in Newham

In December 2022 Newham Council issued a consultation on its proposal to bring in a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in the Romford Road.The justification for the PSPO was that sex workers were:“. . . offering sexual services to passersby, engaging in sexual activities in public spaces” and that clients were kerb-crawling and that this […]

18th December 2023

Action Alert: Online consultation – Brighton and Hove City Council Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2023- 2026

Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) has issued an online consultation on its Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2023- 2026.The deadline for responses is 1 Jan 2024.It asks you to comment on four priorities and then gives you an opportunity to “suggest any other priorities or anything else you feel we should consider […]

22nd November 2023

Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) inquiry – Impact of the rising cost of living on women (2023)

The Women and Equalities Parliamentary Committee launched an inquiry into the impact of the rising cost of living on women. The ECP submission reports on the increase in women in crisis coming to us for information about starting work and going back into sex work – some who have left many years ago. Most are […]

21st November 2023

The Lead: Labelled Forever – The Policing Tool Ruining Sex Workers’ Lives

A ‘prostitute caution’ requires no evidence, merely suspicion – but stays on your record for a 100 years and blocks you from finding other work. Back in the 1980s, Amanda* worked as a sex worker in Blackpool, desperately trying to earn money for herself and her autistic son. Police were a constant menace. “Because I’m a Black […]

27th October 2023

Event: 6 Nov – Aotearoa New Zealand Sex Workers’ Collective in London!

On the 20th anniversary of the Prostitution Reform Act, which decriminalised sex work in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ), two key members of the ANZ Sex Workers’ Collective (ANZPC) are speaking in London. Dame Catherine Healy, founding member and national coordinator Annah Pickering, Auckland Regional manager Monday 6 November, 12.30-2pm Crossroads Women’s Centre, 25 Wolsey Mews, London, NW5 […]

16th October 2023

Proceed Without Caution – launch of new report

DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE On the 11th of October 2023, the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) launched their report “Proceed Without Caution: The Impact of Prostitute Cautions and Convictions on Sex Workers’ lives”. Twelve sex workers, four of whom are women of colour, were interviewed for the report and describe the lifelong and devastating impact of having a […]