By Frankie McCamley & Bethan Bell Violence has always stalked the streets where sex is bought and sold and sometimes just taken.Women employed in the “world’s oldest profession” face a very real danger. Jack the Ripper may have been consigned to history and folklore, but many other predatory men have stepped into his shadows.And the women […]
Minnie Stephenson News CorrespondentThe cost of living crisis is causing a significant rise in the number of women returning to sex work, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes.And the organisation says women are putting themselves in much more dangerous situations as they struggle to pay their energy bills and feed their families.The numbers asking […]
Cathy Newham, PresenterA ban on strip clubs has been announced by Edinburgh Council, which says the venues disempower women.But today the United Sex Workers union began a legal challenge of the decision.The union says it would force over 100 women out of work and potentially into more dangerous situations.We spoke to Labour MP Nadia Whittome, […]
Recording of our HAH campaign event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25th November 2022 at Crossroads Women’s Centre, London. Speakers: Iris, English Collective of Prostitutes Elizabeth, National Ugly Mugs Mary Atkinson, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants Hodo, Women Against Rape Vee, SWARM (Sex Workers […]
EXCLUSIVE: Desperate mums turning to sex work to feed their kids amid cost of living crisis One single working mother says she sees ‘no way out’ of webcam sex work due to ‘crippling’ childcare costs of up to £700 a month. Anna said the work made her feel dirty, violated and sick By Amy Sharpe […]
Exclusive: ‘I’m saying yes to people I would have ordinarily said no to. I’m saying yes to acts I wouldn’t normally,’ sex worker saysMaya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent Campaigners report ‘more boundary-pushing’ from clients(Crossroads Women AV Collective) Spiralling living costs are endangering sex workers’ safety by forcing them to accept potentially dangerous male clients whose inquiries they would have previously rejected, […]
Image via Instagram (@swarmhive)Hookers Against Hardship is calling on the government to protect sex workers as the cost of living crisis worsens – we spoke to the organisers behind the campaignThe cost of living crisis is wreaking havoc across the UK: inflation has reached its highest rate for 30 years, one in seven people are skipping meals, and almost […]
Photo: Juno MacNew sex worker-led campaign Hookers Against Hardship is calling for an end to stigmatisation and more government support in this crisis.Suyin HaynesThe cost of living crisis has hit millions of people hard, with latest reports indicating that 8 million in the UK are struggling to pay their bills, and food prices reaching the highest they’ve been in 40 years. […]
Media release date: Monday 24th October, 6pmImage credit: United Sex Workers 2022A coalition of major UK sex worker-led organisations has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the specific impact the cost of living crisis will have on sex workers’ lives and working conditions. The campaign, ‘Hookers Against Hardship’, demands specific action from the government […]
The English Collective of Prostitutes is part of the Hookers Against Hardship campaign along with other sex worker led organisations in the UK. The campaign builds on the ECP’s work over decades demanding that the government address the poverty, homelessness and debt that forces so many people, particularly mothers, into sex work. We also demand an […]