Ireland Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/ireland/ 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 Ireland Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/ireland/ 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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]]> 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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]]> Independent: Ireland’s prostitution laws ‘facilitating’ violent attacks against sex workers, Amnesty says https://prostitutescollective.net/irelands-prostitution-laws-facilitating-violent-attacks-against-sex-workers-amnesty-says/ Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:29:25 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16166 Sex workers say they see police ‘as a threat rather than a shield’Maya OppenheimWomen’s CorrespondentIreland’s decision to criminalise prostitution is “facilitating” harassment of sex workers and violent attacks against them, a scathing new report has found.Research carried out by Amnesty International warned legislation implemented in 2017 was driving sex workers to put their lives at risk in a desperate bid […]

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]]> Irish review of the Operation of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2020) https://prostitutescollective.net/irish-review-of-the-operation-of-part-4-of-the-criminal-law-sexual-offences-act-2017-2020/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:05:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15551 The Irish government criminalised the purchase of sexual services under The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. In 2020 it reviewed the law, specifically its ability to protect sex workers from harm and to identify victims of human trafficking. The ECP provided evidence that it did not achieve either of the above aims and recommended […]

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]]> Independent: Jailing of migrant sex workers in Ireland decried as ‘completely unjust’ https://prostitutescollective.net/the-independent-jailing-of-migrant-sex-workers-in-ireland-decried-as-completely-unjust/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:49:50 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7714 ‘Convictions for sex work further limit people’s ability to exit the industry and find alternative means of employment,’ says sex worker Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim The jailing of two migrant sex workers in Ireland has been condemned by others in the industry as “horrible” and “completely unjust”. Adrina Podaru, 25, and Ana Tomascu, 20, were living in Newbridge, Kildare, […]

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]]> The Guardian: A change in Irish law was meant to help sex workers. So why are they being jailed? https://prostitutescollective.net/the-guardian-a-change-in-irish-law-was-meant-to-help-sex-workers-so-why-are-they-being-jailed/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:50:30 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7712 Lobbyists say making payment for sex illegal targets punters. But in fact it makes workers’ bodies into crime scenes @frankiemullin   Paying for sex has been illegal in Ireland for two years. At the time of the law’s introduction, proponents insisted that the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, a version of “end demand” or “Nordic […]

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]]> Statement: Rest in Power, Laura Lee https://prostitutescollective.net/rest-power-laura-lee/ Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:36:10 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=6995 SWARM and ECP are devastated by the death of Laura Lee. Laura was a major figure in the sex worker rights movement; a fearless campaigner, a loyal comrade and, to many of us, a dear friend. Our thoughts are with Laura’s family and, in particular, her daughter Cat. Laura’s loss is unspeakably sad. A sex worker […]

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]]> VICE: The Disturbing Trend of Vigilante Attacks on Sex Workers https://prostitutescollective.net/vice-the-disturbing-trend-of-vigilante-attacks-on-sex-workers/ Mon, 15 Aug 2016 22:30:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19595 By Frankie Miren“Dirty whores.” “You should be put on fire.” So shouted the 100-strong mob as it surrounded the house of a group of women, thought to be sex workers, in Belfast on Friday 29th July. Vigilante attacks of this type aren’t new but this one was filmed and, if you have the stomach, you […]

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]]> Hotpress: Prostitution – Whose life is it anyway? https://prostitutescollective.net/3624/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:28:48 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=3624 Niki Adams cautions against ‘the Swedish Model’ and raises concerns about the role of the religiously-motivated, State-funded Irish pressure group ‘Ruhama’. Olaf Tyaransen “To the moralist, prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.” – EMMA GOLDMAN, Anarchism And Other Essays […]

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]]> Irish Times: Sex workers’ reality is no toy for religious or other moralising https://prostitutescollective.net/good-article-in-irish-times-re-criminalising-clients/ Sat, 28 Dec 2013 09:34:48 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=3507 Fionola MeredithFeminists and religious fundamentalists shouldn’t mix. If they do find common cause, it’s often a sign that one-dimensional moral or ideological fanaticism – rigid adherence, fuelled by heightened emotion, to absolutist messages and beliefs – has become more important than what happens to real people in the real world.Take the planned introduction of new […]

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