International Women's Strike Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/international-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. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:53:53 +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 International Women's Strike Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/international-womens-strike/ 32 32 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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]]> Pink News: Campaign calling for sex work to be decriminalised goes viral after being plastered over London tube https://prostitutescollective.net/pink-news-campaign-calling-for-sex-work-to-be-decriminalised-goes-viral-after-being-plastered-over-london-tube/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:50:04 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=11091 The posters appeared on London's underground over the weekend, which saw a sex workers strike on International Women's Day. (Twitter/pastachips)An adhacking campaign advocating sex work decriminalisation has appeared on the London Undergound – to viral results.The new posters, which appeared during the London-wide sex worker’s strike on International Women’s Day, call for sex work to be […]

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]]> VICE: ‘People’s Lives Are at Stake’: Sex Workers Went on Strike This Weekend https://prostitutescollective.net/vice-peoples-lives-are-at-stake-sex-workers-went-on-strike-this-weekend/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:41:12 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=10978 On International Women's Day 2020, sex workers and allies gathered in Soho to protest for decriminalisation. By Jake Hall; photos by Zeinab Batchelor   In today’s world of corporate feminism and #girlboss tees, it’s easy to lose sight of what International Women’s Day actually represents. That was not the case in Soho on Sunday, where the streets were filled […]

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]]> Dazed: Posters advocating sex work decriminalisation appear on the London tube https://prostitutescollective.net/dazed-posters-advocating-sex-work-decriminalisation-appear-on-the-london-tube/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 23:25:47 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=10974 The adhacking campaign precedes a protest to call for the normalisation of sex work and point out the dangers of criminalising it New posters on the London Underground are calling for the decriminalisation of sex work, as part of an adhacking campaign that comes simultaneous with a sex worker strike for International Women’s Day. “Why is using […]

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]]> I News: Why sex workers are going on strike https://prostitutescollective.net/i-news-why-sex-workers-are-going-on-strike/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:42:30 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=12307 The strike highlights the call by sex worker-led organisations across Europe for full decriminalisation of the industry By Frankie Miren This International Women’s Day, the International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE) is launching a campaign calling for all feminists to support sex workers. The campaign focuses on sex workers’ grassroots activism across Europe – […]

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]]> Event: International Women’s Day – 8 March 2020 https://prostitutescollective.net/8march/ Sat, 29 Feb 2020 14:43:30 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=10948 Dear friends, please join us for these two events on Sunday 8 March, International Women’s Day: 12-5pm Open Day with Global Women’s Strike and other organisations at the Crossroads Women’s Centre. Workshops, films, exhibition, music, refreshments… Find out about campaigns and volunteering for survival and caring, against poverty, rape, racism and every violence and discrimination, detention […]

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]]> West End Extra: Protest calling for decriminalisation of sex workers ‘shuts down Soho’ https://prostitutescollective.net/west-end-extra-protest-calling-for-decriminalisation-of-sex-workers-shuts-down-soho/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 23:30:22 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7646 Demands for legislative changes to ‘make all women safe’By Tom FootWOMEN sex workers shut down Leicester Square in a protest calling for full decriminalisation.The strike on Friday night was part of the International Women’s Day protests and backed by the feminist movement and women’s groups across the country.Student sex workers also joined the protest, which […]

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