Decriminalisation Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/decriminalisation/ 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. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +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 Decriminalisation Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/decriminalisation/ 32 32 2025 – Our Work This Year https://prostitutescollective.net/2025-our-work-this-year/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:59:55 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20117 Hookers, dykes and women of colour celebrate 50 years of making trouble, making historyThe year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the ECP. Along with Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike and Queer Strike, which are also celebrating their 50th anniversary, we held a sold-out event at the Bishopsgate Institute. All three organisations […]

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]]> Protest: International Sex Workers’ Day – 2 June https://prostitutescollective.net/protest-2-june-international-sex-workers-day/ Tue, 20 May 2025 10:06:55 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18187 As part of a series of actions to mark the 50th anniversary of International Sex Workers’ Day/International Whores Day, we are organising a protest and photo op at Downing Street to hand in our Open Letter to the Home Secretary demanding the abolition of “prostitute’s cautions”. WHEN: Monday 2 June 2025, 11am-12pm WHERE: Downing Street, […]

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]]> Big Issue: Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told https://prostitutescollective.net/big-issue-conflating-sex-work-and-sex-trafficking-is-harmful-and-needs-to-stop-labour-told/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 08:10:18 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18145 Further criminalisation of sex work could be more dangerous for both sex workers and survivors of sexual exploitation, activists and charities have warnedLauren Crosby Medlicott Emma had just turned 18 and thought having sheets on the window was ‘normal’ in a first flat. But she started questioning her situation when her boyfriend dumped her in London […]

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]]> Cosmopolitan: Most people in the UK think sex work should be decriminalised, new polling indicates https://prostitutescollective.net/cosmopolitan-most-people-in-the-uk-think-sex-work-should-be-decriminalised-new-polling-indicates/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:18:27 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18134 Over half of UK adults believe sex workers should be able to work in safe conditions, free from criminalisation — according to new data shared exclusively with Cosmopolitan UK By Brit Dawson Mina Karenina, Hookers Against Hardship Thanks to the rise of internet porn and, more recently, OnlyFans, conversations about sex work are now more […]

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]]> The Argus: Campaigners urge Brighton council to change prostitution laws https://prostitutescollective.net/the-argus-campaigners-urge-brighton-council-to-change-prostitution-laws/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:15:52 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18118 Campaigners are urging the council to end the criminalisation of prostitution laws.The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) has gathered more than 1,300 signatures from local residents demanding that Brighton and Hove City Council does “everything in its power to protect sex workers in the city and use whatever influence it has to push for decriminalisation of […]

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]]> Press Release: Sex workers urge Brighton and Hove City Council to support their demands to end the criminalisation of sex work https://prostitutescollective.net/press-release-sex-workers-urge-brighton-and-hove-city-council-to-support-their-demands-to-end-the-criminalisation-of-sex-work/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:37:44 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18115 PRESS RELEASE . . .  PRESS RELEASE . . .  PRESS RELEASE . . . Sex workers urge Brighton and Hove City Council to support their demands to end the criminalisation of sex work and provide resources to help people leave sex work if they choose. A petition to Brighton and Hove City Council issued by the English […]

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]]> Petition update & call to action: Brighton residents please join us outside Hove Town Hall – 19 December https://prostitutescollective.net/petition-update-call-to-action-brighton-residents-please-join-us-outside-hove-town-hall-19-december/ Sun, 15 Dec 2024 17:45:57 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18110 Dear friends,We are excited to announce that we have passed the 1,250 signature mark on our petition demanding that Brighton and Hove City Council decriminalise sex work and prioritise safety! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who supported us! This means that the petition will be presented and debated at the next Full Council meeting on December 19th […]

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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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]]> Novara Media: Protect or Punish? The Stakes of Sex Worker Activism https://prostitutescollective.net/novara-media-protect-or-punish-the-stakes-of-sex-worker-activism/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 23:49:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18000 Novara Media · Novara FM: Protect or Punish? The Stakes of Sex Worker Activism w/ Laura Watson   Imagine a person arrested for keeping a brothel. Who are they? An abusive pimp? Such people exist, no doubt, but the law isn’t set up just to catch abusers: it also targets sex workers working together to […]

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]]> BBC News: PCC calls for sex work security check exemption https://prostitutescollective.net/bbc-news-pcc-calls-for-sex-work-security-check-exemption/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:22:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17947 A Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is backing a group fighting for sex work convictions to be exempt from security checks. Cleveland's Labour PCC Matt Storey has come out in support of the English Collective of Prostitutes' (ECP) Proceed without Caution campaign which highlights the consequences of sex workers receiving criminal convictions. The charity says […]

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