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Independent: Austerity pushing women into sex work and criminalisation endangering them, major report finds
‘I was in a desperate financial situation, no parents to support me and about to become homeless. As I am disabled and was in full-time education, my opportunities for work were, and remain, limited,’ says woman Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim Austerity is pushing women into prostitution and the criminalisation of the industry is putting them in […]
Press Release: Government research proves sex workers feel unsafe under the current law
Government research proves sex workers feel unsafe under the current law; they want decriminalisation and so does the public. Government research published today provides evidence that the current prostitution laws increase the chance of harm and undermine sex workers’ safety. Laura Watson from the English Collective of Prostitutes which submitted evidence from its national network of sex […]
Action Alert Please fill out Parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee survey. Deadline 22 October.
The Women and Equalities Committee has launched an inquiry into prostitution. The survey can be filled out online here. The answers to the questions must be in a word document and must be completed by the 22nd October. Please send a copy of your answers to the ECP at ecp@prostitutescollective.net Note that the Committee is […]
Action Alert: Support our submission to the Labour Party Policy Forum
Dear Friends, The Labour Party is inviting people to submit proposals to the National Policy Forum which they say will shape policy. We have submitted a proposal for the decriminalisation of sex work to be included in the Labour Party manifesto. We also demand the reversal of austerity cuts which have increased destitution and consequently […]
Morning Star: Sex workers across the world are demanding decriminalisation
In 1975 sex workers in France and Switzerland surprised everyone by going on strike against repression — just like “real workers.” The strikes started with the occupation of a church in Lyon and a banner saying: “Our children don’t want their mothers in prison.” They complained bitterly about police arresting and fining them on the […]
Action Alert: Urgent – Please fill out government survey – deadline 16 July
Dear friends, Thousands of people responded to a call to action this week and lobbied their MP to speak against proposals to ban sex workers advertising online. Thanks to everyone who wrote. We write now to ask for your help with another urgent action. The government has commissioned research on prostitution and it would be […]
Tips for lobbying MPs on the decriminalisation of sex work.
Find your MP here. Type in your postcode and it will tell you which constituency you’re in, who the MP is, and how to contact them. Or call the House of Commons Information Office on 020 7219 4272 quoting your address and postcode. As you have to give your home address, and if you are […]