ECP History Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/ecp-history/ 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 ECP History Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/ecp-history/ 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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]]> Tryst.link: D17 Reflections On The Yorkshire Ripper & The English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tryst-link-d17-reflections-on-the-yorkshire-ripper-the-english-collective-of-prostitutes/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:02:18 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20100 “Some were prostitutes but perhaps the saddest part of the case is that some were not. The last six attacks were on totally respectable women.” – Sir Michael Havers, Attorney General.On 13 November 2020, Peter Sutcliffe, also known as the Yorkshire Ripper, died in prison. If you didn’t know who he was, you could get an […]

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]]> OpenDemocracy: How Wages for Housework sparked an international solidarity movement https://prostitutescollective.net/opendemocracy-how-wages-for-housework-sparked-an-international-solidarity-movement/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:48:37 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20036 The 1970s movement paved the way for queer, Black, trans and sex working feminist organising across the world todayJake HallThe first thing to know about the international Wages for Housework campaign that began in the 1970s is that you shouldn’t take the name at face value. This wasn't some single-issue movement committed to putting pennies […]

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]]> Tribune: Sex Workers Unite and Take Over https://prostitutescollective.net/tribune-sex-workers-unite-and-take-over/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:38:57 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20028 By Brit DawsonThe English Collective of Prostitutes was founded fifty years ago to protect sex workers. Despite the progress they have made in the years since, the industry remains criminalised — and exploitative and unsafe as a result.(Credit: Crossroads AV Collective.)On November 17, 1982, fifteen masked women walked, in groups of twos and threes, into […]

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]]> Event: Hookers, dykes and women of colour celebrate 50 years of making trouble & history – 22 October https://prostitutescollective.net/event-hookers-dykes-and-women-of-colour-celebrate-50-years-of-making-trouble-history-22-october/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:12:42 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19614 When: Wednesday 22 October 18:30 - 20:30Where: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4QH(Full wheelchair access. Bar & refreshments)Price: £15 / £11(Please get in touch with womenofcolour@globalwomenstrike.net which is dealing with this for all three organisations if you want to come but can’t afford it)

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]]> Visit WFH & ECP in major exhibition ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ https://prostitutescollective.net/visit-wfh-ecp-in-major-exhibition-hard-graft-work-health-and-rights/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:30:16 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18139 As part of International Women’s Week celebrations, we’re planning a group visit to see ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ at the Wellcome Collection (183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE) on Sunday 9 March at 1pm.  If you would like to join us, please just turn up! The Home section of the exhibition includes magazines, flyers, press releases, […]

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]]> Audio: A Church Occupation by the English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/audio-a-church-occupation-by-the-english-collective-of-prostitutes/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:32:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19408 Part I. Reflecting on the significance of the occupation of the Church of the Holy Cross (1982) in London to protest “police illegality and racism” against sex workers. Guest: Selma James is founder of the International Wages for Housework Campaign and author of Hookers in the House of the Lord and The Power of Women […]

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]]> Wages for Housework: The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise https://prostitutescollective.net/wages-for-housework-the-story-of-a-movement-an-idea-a-promise/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:04 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18127 "The Wages for Housework campaign asked a provocative question. More than 50 years later, it is still relevant" (The Guardian⁣)⁣A fascinating new book by Emily Callaci about the history of the International Wages for Housework Campaign is being launched in the UK next week. ⁣Wages for Housework The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a […]

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]]> London News Online: Hard Graft – An unsparing showcase of work from production lines to protest https://prostitutescollective.net/london-news-online-hard-graft-an-unsparing-showcase-of-work-from-production-lines-to-protest/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:18:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17944 The world of work is often neglected in art of the 21st century, despite the toil to earn a living consuming an average 35 hours a week in Britain. In September, Wellcome Collection in Euston Road, Euston, opened Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights. This free major exhibition offers an unsparing showcase of artworks that […]

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]]> ‘Money for prostitutes is money for Black women’: sex work, race and the English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/money-for-prostitutes-is-money-for-black-women-sex-work-race-and-the-english-collective-of-prostitutes/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:48:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17899 Lucy Cann, March 6th 2024 Figure 1: Engish Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) activists at their occupation of Holy Cross Church in November 1982 Introduction Formed in 1975 as an autonomous organisation within the Wages for Housework (WFH) movement, the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) emerged at a time when prostitution resurfaced in feminist debate. They […]

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