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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Shadow Report: Removal of Recommendation to Criminalise clients (2018)

The Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) draft shadow report to CEDAW initially included the recommendation to criminalise sex workers’ clients through adopting a “sex-buyer law” in England and Wales. The ECP alerted its network and coordinated complaints en masse from sex workers who argued they had been ignored. While the recommendation for the criminalisation of […]

30th May 2018

West End Extra: Pop-up brothel inquiry findings ‘shoddy’, say prostitutes group

All Party Group recommends criminalising paying for sexBy Tom FootFINDINGS from an inquiry investigating pop-up brothels have been blasted as “shoddy”, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes.The All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution has said it is “vital” that paying for sex is criminalised to “end demand from buyers”.But ECP spokeswoman Cari Mitchell said […]

22nd May 2018

Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (2018)

In 2018, the Government commissioned an independent review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The ECP submitted evidence of how despite millions of pounds of funding, victims of trafficking get little or no help from the authorities. Instead, anti-trafficking is used as a justification for police raids and arrests. This isolates sex workers and makes […]

21st May 2018

Metro: Why the Parliamentary Group on Prostitution is wrong to suggest criminalising the buying of sex

Miranda KaneAnother day, another flurry of media and morality where the world is convinced sex trafficking is around every corner. This time it’s courtesy of a group of self appointed MPs who make up the ‘All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade’. Spoilers – none of them are, or ever have […]

20th May 2018

Press Release: Another sham Inquiry from the self-appointed partisan All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution

Breaking news: a self-appointed group of MPs, that got together for the sole purpose of lobbying for the criminalisation of sex workers’ clients, conduct Inquiry and recommend the criminalisation of clients! No surprise there then. Cari Mitchell, spokeswoman for the English Collective of Prostitutes, commented: “Criminalisation, whether of sex workers or clients, drives prostitution further […]

14th May 2018

Sex Work is Work: IWW supports full decriminalisation!

At its 2018 Annual Conference, IWW Branch delegates from across Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England were asked to consider a motion presented by our members to publicly state its commitment to the full decriminalisation of sex work and a full pardon for any sex workers convicted under existing legislation. […]

11th May 2018

Action Alert: Women’s Resource Centre draft shadow report to CEDAW includes recommendations to criminalise clients

UPDATE: Good news, WRC took out the criminalisation of clients from the CEDAW shadow report but new wording is still problematic: “We recommend that the government recognise prostitution as a form of violence against women and girls, rather than legitimising the purchase of access to women’s bodies as a form of commerce.” Please respond with your […]

8th May 2018

Action Alert: Tell Brighton & Hove City Council to stop promoting police crackdowns against sex workers

UPDATE: Survey deadline has been extended to Thursday 31 May. If you live, work or travel to Brighton & Hove, please urgently respond to this action alert and share with your networks.: Note: Many of the consultation survey questions are multiple choice, but please raise the points below where possible. Information not submitted through […]