Natalia, a migrant trans sex worker
Transcript from an online event Q&A with Natalia, a trans woman from Brazil in the ECP network.
Migrant sex workers
Podcast: Very Loose Women – English Collective of Prostitutes
Nicki and Leo speak to Nikki and Charlotte, campaigners from the English Collective of Prostitutes, a grassroots network of sex workers and supporters campaigning for decriminalisation and safety.
920Magazine: Sexit – Selling sex in Brexit Britain
By Anna Freeman Brexit is not only screwing the Great British pound and the price of Tesco’s Finest Prosecco – it’s screwing sex workers, too. A huge number of women selling sexual services in the UK hail from the EU-28 (43 percent of non-British sex workers in 2009 were EU nationals, according to a TAMPEP study). […]
Huffington Post: Victory For Sex Workers Taken To Court For Keeping Each Other Safe
All charges were eventually dropped against the migrant women, whose case was fought by the English Collective of Prostitutes. Due to current laws around brothel-keeping, some women are too fearful to work together at the same location and as a result often compromise their safety by working alone. Two sex workers who were dragged through the courts […]
Withdrawal of charges against two women prosecuted for brothel-keeping
In September 2019, two Brazilian women, Ms O and Ms R, were working together in a flat for safety when they were raided by the police. The police confiscated their phones, ID, and money totaling around £1000 (without leaving a receipt). They were initially charged with brothel-keeping. The ECP organised informal translation from a woman […]
Morning Star: Migrant women facing conviction for sex work have charges dropped
MIGRANT women who faced conviction for “using their premises as a brothel” have had charges against them under the Sexual Offences Act withdrawn.The women, known as Ms O and Ms R, said they were providing sex work in a flat together for safety to support their families.The English Collective of Prostitutes’ (ECP) Laura Watson said […]
Each Other: ‘Ridiculous’ Charges Dropped Against Migrant Sex Workers Who Shared Flat
By Aaron WalawalkarMembers of the English Collective Prostitute celebrate outside Staines Magistrates Court after the CPS dropped charges against two Brazilian migrants. Credit: Crossroads AV CollectiveThe Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its charges against two migrant women who faced conviction for letting each other use their shared flat to do sex work.Ms O and Ms R […]
Press Release: Charges withdrawn against women prosecuted for working together for safety
Today charges were withdrawn against two women (named here as Ms O and Ms R) who were facing conviction for “a tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel” (S35 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956). Laura Watson, English Collective of Prostitutes, which has supported the women throughout and who attended court today commented: […]
Action Alert: Drop the charges – safety first!
08/01 UPDATE: VICTORY! Charges withdrawn against both women! ————————- Two women arrested for working together for safety are being charged as tenants with “permitting premises to be used for prostitution”. Two women (Ms O and Ms R) are due to appear at North Surrey Magistrates Court on 8 January 2020 charged with “a tenant permitting premises […]
RightsInfo: ‘I Do Sex Work To Feed My Son. Why Should I Be Punished?’
“Hello, my name is Maria and I am from the English Collective of Prostitutes”. That certainly stops police in their tracks. It’s a line I use a lot nowadays. I started working in the streets in Birmingham about a year ago. At first the police left us alone.I lived in a house with three other women. At […]