Criminalisation of clients Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/criminalisation-of-clients/ 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. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:55:55 +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 Criminalisation of clients Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/criminalisation-of-clients/ 32 32 OpenDemocracy: Outdated laws and benefit cuts – Why women can’t leave sex work https://prostitutescollective.net/opendemocracy-outdated-laws-and-benefit-cuts-why-women-cant-leave-sex-work/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:30:24 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19952 Poverty and cautions trap women in sex work – good policies could resolve this. But politicians don't want to know Niki Adams There are a few dates in the calendar that sex workers mark. The day to end violence on 17 December is often a sombre affair, when we honour the sex workers who were […]

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]]> Novara Media: Sex Workers’ Friends and Family Could Be Criminalised, Campaigners Warn https://prostitutescollective.net/novara-media-sex-workers-friends-and-family-could-be-criminalised-campaigners-warn/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:50:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19170 ‘Disastrous.’by Maya Oppenheim. 17 June 2025Labour MPs are attempting to launch the most “draconian” clampdown on sex work devised in Britain in decades, campaigners have warned.Sex workers told Novara Media that the measures proposed by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi could unjustly criminalise their friends and family and put prostitutes’ safety at risk.Antoniazzi, the Labour MP […]

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]]> The Herald: Sex workers in bid to stop Ash Regan’s ‘dangerous’ bill https://prostitutescollective.net/the-herald-sex-workers-in-bid-to-stop-ash-regans-dangerous-bill/ Mon, 19 May 2025 15:16:37 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18178 Scottish sex workers have launched a bid to oppose a "dangerous" new law proposed by Alba MSP Ash Regan that would criminalise the purchase of sexual services in Scotland.The campaign has been set up to oppose the former SNP minister's Prostitution (Offences And Support) (Scotland) Bill, which is set to be presented to the Scottish […]

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]]> Action Alert: Ask your MP to oppose clauses NC2 and NC3 of the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-ask-your-mp-to-oppose-clauses-nc1-and-nc2-of-the-crime-and-policing-bill-2025%ef%bf%bc/ Mon, 12 May 2025 09:55:33 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18172 Two amendments have been proposed to the Crime and Policing Bill that would cause great harm to sex workers. So far they haven’t been debated or voted on but a number of MPs have signed up to support them and they may well be put forward again at the next stage (report stage) of the […]

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]]> Briefing: Oppose Clauses on Prostitution in the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 https://prostitutescollective.net/briefing-oppose-clauses-on-prostitution-in-the-crime-and-policing-bill-2025/ Tue, 06 May 2025 10:01:49 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18164 See our Action Alert with template letter to email your MP here. BRIEFING: Oppose Clauses on Prostitution in the CRIME AND POLICING BILL 2025 By the English Collective of Prostitutes, April 2025. Listen to what sex workers say would make our work safer & support us in our efforts to organise against exploitation and violence. […]

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]]> Byline Times: Sex Workers Fear ‘Disastrous’ Labour Government Plan ‘That Would Put Us Much More at Risk of Violence and Arrest’ https://prostitutescollective.net/byline-times-sex-workers-fear-disastrous-labour-government-plan-that-would-put-us-much-more-at-risk-of-violence-and-arrest/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:53:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18003 Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia   Sex workers in the UK speak out after Belgium grants people in the industry employment rights in historic first Under a new law in Belgium – the first of its kind in the world – sex workers have been given employment rights. They will be entitled to official employment […]

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]]> The Guardian: Letter – Decriminalise Prostitution https://prostitutescollective.net/the-guardian-letter-decriminalise-prostitution/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 10:08:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17894 Decriminalise prostitution Sonia Sodha is right that “male demand for prostitution is not innate. Governments shape it through legislation” (“Punish the men who pay for sex, rather than the women lured into that life”). But legislation also shapes women’s experiences of offering sex for money. Criminalising the buying of sex doesn’t stop men from buying […]

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]]> Press Release: European Court of Human Rights judgement on case brought by 261 sex workers in France https://prostitutescollective.net/press-release-european-court-of-human-rights-judgement-on-case-brought-by-261-sex-workers-in-france/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:12:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19475 PRESS CONFERENCE: On Thursday 25th July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will issue its judgement on a case brought by 261 sex workers in France against the French Prostitution Law that criminalises the purchase of sex.Thursday 25 July, 11am UK timeCLICK HERE to join on Zoom or tune in on social media @sexworkeurope In 2019, […]

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]]> MyLondon: Newham council scrap plans to fine punters who pay for sex over safety fears https://prostitutescollective.net/mylondon-newham-council-scrap-plans-to-fine-punters-who-pay-for-sex-over-safety-fears/ Thu, 04 May 2023 08:47:22 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17694 The original plans faced backlash from campaignersAn East London council has scrapped plans to fine punters who want to buy sexual services after it faced backlash from campaigners who warned it would "put sex workers in danger".Newham Council announced last Wednesday (April 27) that it would not be progressing with its Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) […]

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]]> Leanne Wood podcast – Episode 9: For Prostitutes, Against Prostitution https://prostitutescollective.net/leanne-wood-podcast-episode-9-for-prostitutes-against-prostitution/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:28:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16193 Niki Adams from the English Collective of Prostitutes tells me why the prostitution laws should be abolished, why the Scandinavian model is bad for sex workers, how mainstream feminist politicians are failing sex workers and what we can all do to offer support and be a good ally.Stream Episode 9 - for prostitutes, against prostitution […]

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