Northern Ireland Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/northern-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. Sun, 10 Aug 2025 22:36:56 +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 Northern Ireland Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/northern-ireland/ 32 32 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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]]> Mail Online: Challenging NI sex buyer law https://prostitutescollective.net/dominatrix-18-years-provides-girlfriend-experience-clients-reveals-challenging-new-northern-ireland-law-making-illegal-pay-sex/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:03:14 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4112 Laura Lee, 37, travels between Scotland and Ireland as a sex worker It means that from June 1, men who pay for sex could be arrested  The mother believes the legislation will put women's lives in danger  By FRANKIE MULLIN A dominatrix based in Scotland is challenging a new law in Northern Ireland that will make […]

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]]> Statement: Oppose Northern Ireland Bill to criminalise clients https://prostitutescollective.net/sex-workers-oppose-northern-ireland-bill-end-demand-campaign-criminalise-clients/ Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:03:59 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=3865 Pushing prostitution further underground will not abolish it nor help sex workers, It will endanger sex workers’ lives and livelihoods.  Consenting sex is not a crime. Criminalising clients will not stop prostitution; it will push it further underground, making it more dangerous and stigmatising for sex workers. Most sex workers are mothers, mostly single mothers […]

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]]> Action Alert: Stop criminalisation of sex work in Northern Ireland https://prostitutescollective.net/help-stop-criminalisation-sex-work-northern-ireland/ Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:47:34 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=3856 From Aisling Gallagher:The bill that could impose the Nordic model on sex workers working in Northern Ireland is going to be voted on sometime in the next 48 hours. LIST OF MLAS here - PLEASE GET TWEETING/EMAILING.Please email and tweet Sinn Fein & Alliance members in particular asking them NOT to back the bill (tweet suggestions below). Also worthwhile tweeting the […]

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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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]]> County Antrim Post: Escorts speak out on law change https://prostitutescollective.net/co-antrim-escorts-speak-out-on-law-change/ Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:35:45 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=2608 In a Northern Ireland media first, escorts working in County Antrim speak to County Antrim Post reporter Andrew Coffman Smith about proposed changes to prostitution laws, the media’s portrayal of them and the real story behind human- trafficking. Sex sells but if NI peer Lord Morrow has his way, it will be illegal to buy […]

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]]> Belfast Telegraph: The prostitution proposal needs kicking to the kerb https://prostitutescollective.net/the-prostitution-proposal-needs-kicked-to-the-kerb/ Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:08:23 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=2568 The Human Trafficking Bill - currently before the Assembly - is sponsored by a little-known Right-wing Christian pressure group, says Graham EllisonIn an article in the Belfast Telegraph earlier this month, Lord Morrow once again sought public support for his Human Trafficking and Exploitation Bill, currently under consultation in the Assembly.Lord Morrow's Bill seeks to […]

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