Global Women's Strike Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/global-womens-strike/ 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, 13 Mar 2026 18:28:07 +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 Global Women's Strike Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/global-womens-strike/ 32 32 Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco – Final Results https://prostitutescollective.net/guaranteed-care-income-san-francisco-final-results/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:27:57 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20178 The research findings of the Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot were made public November 12, 2025 on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. The event had a strong turnout, including lots of press (see below). There was Spanish interpretation for the event and it opened with a rousing song from local […]

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]]> San Francisco Guaranteed Care Income Pilot – Report https://prostitutescollective.net/san-francisco-guaranteed-care-income-pilot-report/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:03:47 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20067 From our sister organisation US PROStitutes Collective Download full report here. Press coverage here. What is the Guaranteed Care Income Pilot?  The Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot was a one-year program (June 2024–June 2025) that provided 10 low-income single mothers in San Francisco with $2,000 a month in unconditional cash payments. Crucially, it […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> Event: End Women’s Poverty – A Guaranteed Care Income for All Caregivers of People & Planet, 9-11 June https://prostitutescollective.net/event-end-womens-poverty/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:25:11 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17709 Dear friends, Please register for this international and community gathering! ECP’s Niki Adams will be speaking at the session on Saturday 10 June 1:30-4:30pm (EDT)  ‘End the Criminalization of Poverty and Protest’ All events are on Zoom as well as in personFor latest updates and speakers see the Global Women’s Strike website.

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]]> Camden New Journal: Waging War – 50 years of the Wages for Housework Campaign https://prostitutescollective.net/camden-new-journal-waging-war-50-years-of-the-wages-for-housework-campaign/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:02:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17104 It’s 50 years since the Wages for Housework campaign was launched. Angela Cobbinah asks how far it has comeBy Angela CobbinahWomen’s Centre premises in King’s Cross in the 1970sIT is some time in the mid-1970s and a pensioner is stopped in a London street by a BBC camera crew and asked whether women should get paid […]

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]]> Video: ECP and Empower Thailand – The Global Women’s Strike Experience https://prostitutescollective.net/video-ecp-and-empower-thailand-the-global-womens-strike-experience/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:28:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19519 In case you missed this recent in-person event, check out video recording below of ‘The Global Women’s Strike Experience’ featuring Charlotte Lee from the English Collective of Prostitutes, Liz Hilton, from Empower, the sex workers' collective in Thailand, and other fantastic speakers.Panelists who have been with the Wages For Housework Campaign for years, while others […]

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]]> Event: Wages for Housework, 50 years of campaigning – The Global Women’s Strike experience 28 May https://prostitutescollective.net/event-wages-for-housework-50-years-of-campaigning-the-global-womens-strike-experience-28-may/ Fri, 13 May 2022 19:29:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16966 Throughout 2022, the Wages for Housework Campaign is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of events, in person and online, and the launch of its community archives.  More info here. NEXT EVENT: The Global Women’s Strike Experience—Part 1 When: Saturday 28 May, 2-4pm, in person Where: Bishopsgate Institute, London EC2M 4QH Speakers: CRISSIE AMISS, […]

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