Press briefing:

Read our press briefing Prostitution: What You Need to Know which includes facts on sex work, the impact of current law and policy and other issues facing sex workers in the UK today.

The ECP regularly provides comment to the media on a range of issues, including:

• UK prostitution laws
• Impact of current law and policy
• Policy proposals that impact sex workers, for example, benefit reforms or anti-social behaviour legislation
• Raids, arrests and prosecutions of sex workers
• Poverty and the impact of austerity on sex work

Contact

Email: ecp@prostitutescollective.net
Telephone: 020 7482 2496
Instagram: @ecp_org / Twitter: @ProstitutesColl

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Press releases and statements

Recent examples:

• Statement: Statement: ECP on the History of Prostitution Expunged (HOPE) Campaign Launch 28 September 2021
• Statement: Remembering 13 women, victims of terrorism, on the death of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper
• Statement: Sex workers respond to feminist MP proposal to further criminalise prostitution
• Press Release: Justice for Agnes Wanjiru 
• Press Release: Sex workers win support in their opposition to MP’s proposal to criminalise their clients
• Press Release: Charges withdrawn against women prosecuted for working together for safety
• Press Release: Sex workers document Brexit-inspired discrimination that is depriving them of the right to remain in the UK
• Bulletins: Raids, Arrests and Prosecutions

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Print and online media

Members of our network are frequently interviewed by national newspapers and broadcast media. Examples:

• The Independent: Sex worker beaten by her clients shares deportation fears as police crack down on prostitution
• Dazed: Why sex workers went on strike this week
• The Big Issue: Sex workers reveal the shocking things police say when they report violence and harassment
• The Guardian: UK sex workers face rising violence and hardship during pandemic
• Metro: The dark and dangerous reality of racism in sex work
• BBC News: Sex workers ‘should have access to support fund’
• OpenDemocracy: The False Feminism of Criminalising Sex Workers’ Clients
• Huffington Post: Victory for Sex Workers Taken to Court for Keeping Each Other Safe
• Sky News: ‘Selling sex for £5 is the only way I can survive after Universal Credit chaos’
• I News: How sex workers who are sexually assaulted are being failed by the justice system
• Red Pepper: Criminalising sex work won’t help victims of trafficking

For more media coverage see here

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Television, Radio & Podcasts

Media Storm: Sex Workers – Ignored and Under Threat

BBC Woman’s Hour: Sex work in lockdown

ITV: What is the Future of Sex Work in the UK?

Podcast: The Guilty Feminist: Sex Worker Rights

Podcast: Sex Power Money with Sara Pascoe

BBC 2 The Victoria Derbyshire Show – Sex Buyers Law

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Reports

Sex Workers are Getting Screwed by Brexit

What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Job Like This? Comparing sex work with other jobs traditionally done by women.

EU Migrant Sex Work in the UK Post-Referendum

Decriminalisation of Prostitution: the Evidence

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For more information on prostitution:

Briefing: No Nordic Model
Facts About Sex Work
Fact and Fiction: Debunking Common Myths on Prostitution
Trafficking Briefing
Know Your Rights: A Guide for Sex Workers