17 December IDEVASW Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/17-december-idevasw/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:02:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png 17 December IDEVASW Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/17-december-idevasw/ 32 32 Tryst.link: D17 Reflections On The Yorkshire Ripper & The English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tryst-link-d17-reflections-on-the-yorkshire-ripper-the-english-collective-of-prostitutes/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:02:18 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20100 “Some were prostitutes but perhaps the saddest part of the case is that some were not. The last six attacks were on totally respectable women.” – Sir Michael Havers, Attorney General.On 13 November 2020, Peter Sutcliffe, also known as the Yorkshire Ripper, died in prison. If you didn’t know who he was, you could get an […]

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]]> Nation: UK sex workers want soldier in Wanjiru murder case extradited https://prostitutescollective.net/nation-uk-sex-workers-want-soldier-in-wanjiru-murder-case-extradited/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:32:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16158 What you need to know:Three sex worker’s organisations and a women’s lobby group — Women Against Rape — held demonstrations outside the Ministry of Defence headquarters in London on December 17.Donned in red scarves and masks and carrying banners, they asked for the arraignment of the military officer, who has since confessed to the murder.Sex workers […]

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]]> The Star Kenya: UK sex workers stage protests over Agnes Wanjiru’s murder https://prostitutescollective.net/the-star-kenya-uk-sex-workers-stage-protests-over-agnes-wanjirus-murder/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:00:37 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16156 The sex workers groups assembled outside the Ministry of Defence office to call for justice for Wanjiru. In Summary   • ECP said sex workers have been speaking about police violence for decades. • The group also protested racism and other discrimination which mean that women of colour, migrants, trans women are the vast majority […]

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]]> KahawaTungu: Protests In London As Sex Workers Push For Justice In Agnes Wanjiru Murder https://prostitutescollective.net/kahawatungu-protests-in-london-as-sex-workers-push-for-justice-in-agnes-wanjiru-murder/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 11:55:32 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16152 British sex workers have called for expedited probe into the killing of Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru by a British soldier. Wanjiru, a 21-year-old mother, was brutally murdered as she partied with British soldiers and her body dumped in a septic tank in Nanyuki, Kenya, in 2012. The sex workers staged protests in London on Friday, […]

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]]> Citizen Digital: Sex Workers Stage Protest In London Over Agnes Wanjiru Murder https://prostitutescollective.net/citizen-digital-sex-workers-stage-protest-in-london-over-agnes-wanjiru-murder/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 11:38:32 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16150 Sex workers at the Justice for Agnes Wanjiru demonstration in London on December 17, 2021. PHOTO: SWARMDrawn from three sex worker organizations; Sex Workers Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM), ECP (English Collective of Prostitutes) and the AAWG (All African Women’s Group, the cocottes camped outside the United Kingdom’s ​​Ministry of Defence headquarters on Friday in […]

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]]> Red Pepper: How we end violence against sex workers https://prostitutescollective.net/red-pepper-how-we-end-violence-against-sex-workers/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 20:30:40 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16110 Criminalisation, poverty and the hostile environment are roots of violence against sex workers. It’s time to end them all, say Niki Adams and Laura Connelly Since 2003, those of us involved in the movement for sex workers’ rights have commemorated 17 December as the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. It is a day of mourning, […]

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]]> Press Release: Justice for Agnes Wanjiru – sex workers & allies protest outside the Ministry of Defence to end violence against sex workers https://prostitutescollective.net/press-release-justice-for-agnes-wanjiru-sex-workers-allies-protest-outside-the-ministry-of-defence-to-end-violence-against-sex-workers/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:21:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16147 Today (December 17, 2021) sex workers and allies gathered outside the Ministry of Defence in London to protest the murder of Agnes Wanjiru, a Kenyan sex worker, who was killed by a British Army soldier in March 2012. Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (IDEVASW), a day in which we honour […]

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]]> Independent: Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by British soldier has been denied justice ‘because she was a sex worker’ https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-kenyan-woman-allegedly-murdered-by-british-soldier-has-been-denied-justice-because-she-was-a-sex-worker/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:53:46 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16104 ‘We are entitled to the same rights which all human beings get,’ says Agnes Wanjiru’s neighbourMaya OppenheimA Kenyan sex worker allegedly murdered by a British soldier has been denied justice because sex workers are routinely unjustly refused rights, a neighbour of the dead woman has warned.Agnes Wanjiru, a 21-year-old Kenyan sex worker, is alleged to have been killed by a British Army soldier […]

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]]> Event: Justice for Agnes Wanjiru demonstration, December 17 https://prostitutescollective.net/demo17dec/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:32:58 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16063 Photos / video copyright Juno Mac / SWARM

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]]> Event: No Bad Women, Just Bad Laws – 17 Dec https://prostitutescollective.net/dec17/ Sat, 05 Dec 2020 01:49:54 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14817   No Bad Women, Just Bad Laws. International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers17 December 2020, 5pm GMT Women from Hull and Mayfair on their similar struggles against poverty, violence and criminalisation.   An Untold Story - Voices, a collective of women with experience of street sex work speaking on their determined struggle to […]

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