#MakeAllWomenSafe Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/makeallwomensafe/ 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 21:00:49 +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 #MakeAllWomenSafe Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/makeallwomensafe/ 32 32 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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]]> 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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]]> Restless Magazine: Will the UK Decriminalise Prostitution? https://prostitutescollective.net/restless-magazine-will-the-uk-decriminalise-prostitution/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:33:16 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=10927 Over the past year, the movement to decriminalise prostitution in the UK has gained unprecedented traction. Led by the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), which describes itself as “a self-help organisation of sex workers”, the #MakeAllWomenSafe campaign expresses an urgent need for legal reform with regard to the current state of criminalisation, particularly in cases […]

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]]> RightsInfo: ‘I’m Not Ashamed Of Doing Sex Work For A Living’ https://prostitutescollective.net/rightsinfo-im-not-ashamed-of-doing-sex-work-for-a-living/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:19:58 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9046 I’m two hours into my nine hour shift and it’s a quiet day. We are all feeling anxious because yesterday was quiet too, like every other day this month. I feel a mounting sense of doom at how I am going to cover my bills. I tell Mary, our receptionist, I’m writing an article about my […]

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]]> Equal Times: #Makeallwomensafe – a campaign changing the terrain for sex workers https://prostitutescollective.net/equal-times-makeallwomensafe-a-campaign-changing-the-terrain-for-sex-workers/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:51:21 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7663 By Laura WatsonIn 1980, the English Collective of Prostitutes wrote to Len Murray, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress in the UK, asking to affiliate as a union. Since we were founded in 1975, we had been defending women against criminalisation, workplace violence and exploitation, and providing other support – the kind of work […]

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]]> #MakeAllWomenSafe Campaign Press Coverage https://prostitutescollective.net/makeallwomensafe-press-coverage/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 16:46:14 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7641   Press The Guardian: Decriminalise Sex Work to Protect us From Crime, Prostitutes Say. “The English Collective of Prostitutes is calling for the removal of laws relating to consensual adult sexual behaviour, arguing that the legislation forces sex workers to operate alone, leaving them vulnerable to crime and reluctant to report violence to the police […]

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]]> Vice: Why British Sex Workers Will Keep Pushing for Full Decriminalisation https://prostitutescollective.net/vice-why-british-sex-workers-will-keep-pushing-for-full-decriminalisation/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:42:06 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7586 We spoke to The English Collective of Prostitutes about their new 'Make All Women Safe’ campaign, which takes aim at legislation that coerces women into working alone. "Nobody should ever be promoting the criminalisation of sex work without first acknowledging the danger it puts us in." These are the words of Niki Adams, a spokeswoman […]

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]]> The F Word: Let women work together https://prostitutescollective.net/the-f-word-let-women-work-together/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:19:21 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7572 Niki Adams  English Collective of Prostitutes spokeswoman Niki Adams writes in support of a new campaign to make sex workers safer Three women are discussing their jobs. They moan about their boss and the stresses and strains of their work and laugh about the characters they encounter and the comic moments. One says that the […]

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]]> Dazed: Sex workers now have a feminist movement on their side https://prostitutescollective.net/dazed-sex-workers-now-have-a-feminist-movement-on-their-side/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 22:11:45 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7568 After years of being seen as victims, is feminist activism finally centring one of the most marginalised groups? Stacey Clare International Women’s Day is growing more powerful each year, as women take to the streets all over the world to decry oppression and demand safety and respect. However, the feminist movement has a chequered history when […]

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]]> RightsInfo: International Women’s Day March: ‘Brexit Takes Away From The Crisis Facing Women’ https://prostitutescollective.net/rightsinfo-international-womens-day-march-brexit-takes-away-from-the-crisis-facing-women/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:40:32 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7564 By Adam Bloodworth Freelance News EditorCampaign groups for women across the United Kingdom have united outside what they nicknamed ‘The Royal Courts of Injustice’ to campaign for women’s rights this International Women’s Day.Women assembled from a multitude of support groups and campaign bodies as spokeswomen gave short speeches on pressure-point topics, while nearby buses and taxes […]

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