Feminist Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/feminist/ 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. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:56:01 +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 Feminist Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/feminist/ 32 32 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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]]> Morning Star: Women in Britain join International Women’s Strike to demand systemic changes https://prostitutescollective.net/morning-star-women-in-britain-join-international-womens-strike-to-demand-systemic-changes/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:01:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17941 HUNDREDS of women and allies in Britain joined the International Women’s Strike today to demand systemic changes that “prioritise the survival and well-being over profit.” The strike, led by Global Women’s Stike (GWS) and the Women Rising coalition began yesterday and will see a range of actions take place until October 30. It commemorated the […]

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]]> Video: Soho Sex Work Strike – International Women’s Day 2024 https://prostitutescollective.net/video-soho-sex-work-strike-international-womens-day-2024/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:09:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17877 The post Video: Soho Sex Work Strike – International Women’s Day 2024 appeared first on English Collective of Prostitutes.

]]> Dazed: Why sex workers went on strike this week https://prostitutescollective.net/dazed-why-sex-workers-went-on-strike-this-week/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:04:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16288 Text Emma Garland ‘Your job isn’t empowering either’ Last night, the Women’s Strike took place on the streets of the UK for the first time in two years. Hundreds gathered in London’s Leicester Square – protestors, activists and members of trade unions like United Voices of the World (representing low-paid, migrant and precarious workers) and IWGB (founded by Latin American cleaners, […]

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]]> Sex Workers Striking Against Violence – Interview with Cari Mitchell, ECP https://prostitutescollective.net/sex-workers-striking-against-violence/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 14:36:46 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16283 Interview byCOMITÉ AUTONOME DU TRAVAIL DU SEXE // SEX WORK AUTONOMOUS COMMITTEECari Mitchell is a former sex worker and a member of the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), a network of sex workers in the United Kingdom working both outdoors and indoors campaigning for decriminalisation and safety. 1 In 2000, the ECP organized a sex workers’ strike […]

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]]> Screenshot: Why aren’t more feminists fighting to decriminalise sex work? https://prostitutescollective.net/screenshot-why-arent-more-feminists-fighting-to-decriminalise-sex-work/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:14:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16251 Sex work is a profession that is consistently under threat—workers are judged, shamed, harassed and criminalised. However, sex workers have had a particularly rough time of it during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike others who were able to continue to work remotely or granted furlough when the former was not a possibility, sex workers received no governmental support. […]

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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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]]> Yes! Magazine: 60 Years of Intersectional Feminism: An Interview with Selma James https://prostitutescollective.net/yes-magazine-60-years-of-intersectional-feminism-an-interview-with-selma-james/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:20:10 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16161 Selma James PHOTO COURTESY OF CROSSROADS AV COLLECTIVE From anti-communist witch-hunts to independence movements to wages for housework and rights for sex workers, 91-year-old Selma James has been in the struggle for a lifetime. BY LEILA HAWKINS When I arrive at Crossroads Women’s Centre in North London to interview Selma James, she is in a meeting […]

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]]> National SEV Coalition: Nothing about us without us – the real impact of anti-strip club ‘feminist’ campaigns https://prostitutescollective.net/nothing-about-us-without-us-the-real-impact-of-anti-strip-club-feminist-campaigns/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:59:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15816 Placards from the 'Save our Strip Clubs' march, Sheffield, June 2019 It was October 2018 and I was 23 years old. I had just started my Master's course at the University of Sheffield, quickly learning that the loans available to postgraduate students are barely a fraction of what I was used to as an undergrad. […]

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]]> The Flock: I’m a feminist… but I don’t know where I stand on prostitution https://prostitutescollective.net/the-flock-im-a-feminist-but-i-dont-know-where-i-stand-on-prostitution/ Sun, 18 Jul 2021 23:20:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15503 Whether to outlaw or decriminalise prostitution remains one of feminism’s most enduring, and divisive, questions. Now, as the UK once again considers calls to adopt the Nordic model, Lauren Crosby Medlicott takes a look at both sides of the debate… As a feminist, what do I think about sex work? The answer to that question […]

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