Hookers Against Hardship Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/hookers-against-hardship/ 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. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:20:52 +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 Hookers Against Hardship Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/hookers-against-hardship/ 32 32 AFP: UK sex workers take more risks due to cost-of-living crunch https://prostitutescollective.net/afp-uk-sex-workers-take-more-risks-due-to-cost-of-living-crunch/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:24:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17672 Emeline BURCKEL Britain’s cost-of-living crisis is pushing more of its sex workers into taking potentially dangerous risks in order to make ends meet.Rocketing UK inflation — which remains above 10 percent — has forced even more vulnerable Britons into such work to pay spiralling bills, advocates for the sector say.The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), which […]

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]]> Metro: ‘We have to offer more for less, because we don’t have any other options’ https://prostitutescollective.net/metro-we-have-to-offer-more-for-less-because-we-dont-have-any-other-options/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 21:45:54 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17631 By Lauren Crosby Medlicott, JournalistAfter a long working day at a London-based office job in the charity sector, there’s nothing Alex* would love more than to go out with friends or sit and binge on boxsets. Instead, Alex opens their ‘sex work’ phone en route to the gym and quickly replies to messages from clients who they’ll be seeing […]

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]]> Metro: Sex workers in the UK struggling since the pandemic say ‘I’d stop if I could’ https://prostitutescollective.net/metro-sex-workers-in-the-uk-struggling-since-the-pandemic-say-id-stop-if-i-could/ Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:08:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17628 Tanyel MustafaIt recently hit headlines that certain MPs were using sex workers abroad while on parliamentary trips.Other reports include police officers using robbed money on sex workers, and detectives arresting sex workers, only to have sex with them at the police station.While this activity happens, sex workers in the UK are being dealt an increasingly rough hand.Earlier this year, […]

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]]> ITV News: Spiralling living costs are making life ‘more dangerous’ for sex workers https://prostitutescollective.net/itv-news-spiralling-living-costs-are-making-life-more-dangerous-for-sex-workers/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:57:01 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17625 WATCH HERE By ITV News' Dani Sinha Often referred to as the world's oldest profession, sex work is happening all around us - whether it's online, on the streets or indoors. But spiralling living costs mean many sex workers are having to accept more potentially dangerous clients and work longer hours. It's seen some women […]

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]]> Mashable: How the cost of living crisis is affecting sex workers’ safety https://prostitutescollective.net/mashable-how-the-cost-of-living-crisis-is-affecting-sex-workers-safety/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:40:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17623 "More people, especially women, will be pushed into sex work; and current sex workers will be facing worse financial hardship." By Beth Ashley  on December 21, 2022 When the cost of living crisis struck the UK in full swing, 28-year-old porn performer Dana, decided it was time to get a "traditional job," as she puts it. "I have some marketing training so I […]

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]]> Independent: Change brothel laws to keep sex workers safe, top police officer urges government https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-change-brothel-laws-to-keep-sex-workers-safe-top-police-officer-urges-government/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:19:59 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17618 Exclusive: Campaigner says changing law ‘could be the difference between life and death for women’Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent The government must review prostitution laws to ensure sex workers can work together on the same premises to remain safe, a senior police officer has said.Dan Vajzovic, the National Police Chief Council’s lead for prostitution and sex work, told The Independent he is working alongside government officials to reassess brothel keeping legislation.Politicians […]

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]]> Independent: Do we really need more proof that sex work should be decriminalised? https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-do-we-really-need-more-proof-that-sex-work-should-be-decriminalised/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:38:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17613 In the cost of living crisis, women are not being pushed into prostitution by abusers, traffickers or pimps, but by the wilful neglect of the state. The time to act is now Nadia Whittome, Lydia Caradonna   As food banks fail to keep up with demand, and families cannot afford to put money on the […]

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]]> Channel 4 News: Forced into sex work by cost of living crisis https://prostitutescollective.net/channel-4-news-forced-into-sex-work-by-cost-of-living-crisis/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 22:18:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17571 Minnie Stephenson News CorrespondentThe cost of living crisis is causing a significant rise in the number of women returning to sex work, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes.And the organisation says women are putting themselves in much more dangerous situations as they struggle to pay their energy bills and feed their families.The numbers asking […]

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]]> Channel 4 News: Increase in benefits can help protect women from sex work says Labour MP https://prostitutescollective.net/channel-4-news-increase-in-benefits-can-help-protect-women-from-sex-work-says-labour-mp/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 22:14:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17566 Cathy Newham, PresenterA ban on strip clubs has been announced by Edinburgh Council, which says the venues disempower women.But today the United Sex Workers union began a legal challenge of the decision.The union says it would force over 100 women out of work and potentially into more dangerous situations.We spoke to Labour MP Nadia Whittome, […]

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]]> Video: Hookers Against Hardship event – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women https://prostitutescollective.net/video-hookers-against-hardship-event/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:46:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17611   Recording of our HAH campaign event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25th November 2022 at Crossroads Women's Centre, London. Speakers: Iris, English Collective of Prostitutes Elizabeth, National Ugly Mugs Mary Atkinson, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants Hodo, Women Against Rape Vee, SWARM (Sex Workers […]

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