CHRC Inquiry 2018 Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/chrc-inquiry-2018/ 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, 18 Jun 2025 20:33:40 +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 CHRC Inquiry 2018 Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/chrc-inquiry-2018/ 32 32 Conservative Party Human Rights Commission Inquiry into the Reform of Prostitution Law (2018) https://prostitutescollective.net/conservative-party-human-rights-commission-inquiry-into-the-reform-of-prostitution-law-2018/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:58:32 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14397 The ECP’s written and oral evidence focused on the intolerable poverty and increase in prostitution faced by women as a direct result of Conservative austerity cuts, as well as highlighting how destitution and criminalisation makes women and young people more vulnerable to exploitation and violence. In 2019, the CHRC published its report ‘The Limits of Consent’ recommending […]

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]]> The Guardian: How can the Tories’ moralising report on prostitution completely ignore austerity? https://prostitutescollective.net/the-guardian-how-can-the-tories-moralising-report-on-prostitution-completely-ignore-austerity/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:42:26 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9039 Poverty and crumbling social care have driven vulnerable people into sex work. You wouldn’t know it from this inquiry When Conservative MP Fiona Bruce chairs an inquiry into sex work, you don’t hold your breath for a triumph of progressiveness. This is a politician who is anti-abortion and has repeatedly voted against equal marriage. And yet […]

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]]> RightsInfo: Conservative Commission’s Sex Work Proposals Are ‘Dangerous’ – Tory Politician https://prostitutescollective.net/rightsinfo-conservative-commissions-sex-work-proposals-are-dangerous-tory-politician/ Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:29:49 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9026 By Aaron Walawalkar News and Digital Editor A Tory politician has called a report by his fellow Conservative party members, which calls for sex workers’ clients to be prosecuted, “dangerous” and “flawed”.   The Conservative Party Human Rights Commission on Thursday (25 July) released the report calling for prostitution to be decriminalised but for buying sex to be made […]

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]]> STRASS (France) – Conservative Party Human Rights Commission Inquiry into the Reform of Prostitution Law https://prostitutescollective.net/strass-submission-to-the-conservative-party-human-rights-commission-inquiry-into-the-reform-of-prostitution-law/ Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:39:51 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7363 STRASS – Syndicat du Travail Sexuel (France)c/o Act Up-Paris, 8 rue des Dunes, 75019 PARIScontact@strass-syndicat.orgwww.strass-syndicat.orgWednesday, May the 16th, 2018To the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission,Dear Madam,STRASS is France sex workers’ trade union with more than 500 sex workers members all over France from all backgrounds. We are also in contact with thousands of colleagues through […]

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