CEDAW Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/cedaw/ 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, 06 Aug 2025 20:45:47 +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 CEDAW Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/cedaw/ 32 32 CEDAW General Recommendation on Trafficking of Women and Girls in the Context of Global Migration (TWGCGM) (2019-2020) https://prostitutescollective.net/cedaw-general-recommendation-on-trafficking-of-women-and-girls-in-the-context-of-global-migration-twgcgm-2019-2020/ Wed, 20 May 2020 10:25:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16377 In 2019, CEDAW (Committee on The Elimination of Discrimination Against Women)  called for contributions to its draft general recommendations on TWGCGM. The ECP’s written submission outlined the context of trafficking and sex work in the UK, including the impact of Brexit, the Government’s policy of austerity cuts and a hostile environment for migrants which forces […]

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]]> Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Shadow Report: Removal of Recommendation to Criminalise clients (2018) https://prostitutescollective.net/committee-on-the-elimination-of-discrimination-against-women-cedaw-shadow-report-removal-of-recommendation-to-criminalise-clients-2018/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 20:10:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16054 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 […]

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]]> Action Alert: Women’s Resource Centre draft shadow report to CEDAW includes recommendations to criminalise clients https://prostitutescollective.net/womens-resource-centre-wrc-draft-shadow-report-to-cedaw-includes-recommendations-to-criminalise-clients/ Fri, 11 May 2018 12:32:34 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7274 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 […]

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]]> Event: Film & discussion with The Association of Hungarian Sex Workers https://prostitutescollective.net/mon-24-feb-film-discussion-with-the-association-of-hungarian-sex-workers/ Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:15:56 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=3585 The English Collective of Prostitutes invites you to a film & discussion with The Association of Hungarian Sex Workers Where: Crossroads Women’s Centre,25 Wolsey Mews,Kentish Town,London, NW5 2DXWhen: Monday 24th February 2014, 7-9pm Film: WHERE IS THE JUSTICE? - Sex Work in Hungary (40 minutes).Discussion with: Boglárka FedorkóActivist and project manager with five years experience in the civil […]

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