Poverty Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/poverty/ 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. Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:28:07 +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 Poverty Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/poverty/ 32 32 Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco – Final Results https://prostitutescollective.net/guaranteed-care-income-san-francisco-final-results/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:27:57 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20178 The research findings of the Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot were made public November 12, 2025 on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. The event had a strong turnout, including lots of press (see below). There was Spanish interpretation for the event and it opened with a rousing song from local […]

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]]> Statement: The Impact of Operation Pisces and the police operation, Clear, Hold, Build, on Women’s Health and Safety in Enfield https://prostitutescollective.net/statement-the-impact-of-operation-pisces-and-the-police-operation-clear-hold-build-on-womens-health-and-safety-in-enfield/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:21:06 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20153 Since October 2024, the Metropolitan Police Service has been running what it calls “Operation Pisces” in Enfield, alongside a Clear, Hold, Build policing approach. While presented as a response to serious crime and antisocial behaviour, women in the long-established red light area tell a very different story.We are basing what we say here directly on […]

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]]> Independent: Why are more women turning to sex work this year? https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-why-are-more-women-turning-to-sex-work-this-year/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:12:13 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20131 Sex work helplines have seen calls increase by a third in recent months, as more women seek to start – or restart – sex work. Radhika Sanghani speaks to sex workers and support workers to find out whyWhen Victoria was 18, she was earning minimum wage in McDonald’s, financially supporting her father who’d lost his job. […]

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]]> San Francisco Guaranteed Care Income Pilot – Report https://prostitutescollective.net/san-francisco-guaranteed-care-income-pilot-report/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:03:47 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20067 From our sister organisation US PROStitutes Collective Download full report here. Press coverage here. What is the Guaranteed Care Income Pilot?  The Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco (GCISF) pilot was a one-year program (June 2024–June 2025) that provided 10 low-income single mothers in San Francisco with $2,000 a month in unconditional cash payments. Crucially, it […]

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]]> The San Francisco Standard: $2,000 monthly stipends helped these SF moms leave sex work behind https://prostitutescollective.net/the-san-francisco-standard-2000-monthly-stipends-helped-these-sf-moms-leave-sex-work-behind/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:59:14 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20045 Now that the no-strings-attached payments have stopped, some are unsure how they’ll get by. Shantanae was desperate. Homeless after fleeing a violent ex and selling her body for a controlling pimp on a notorious block of the Mission, the young mother of two often didn’t know where she’d sleep each night. Often, she’d stay at […]

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]]> OpenDemocracy: Outdated laws and benefit cuts – Why women can’t leave sex work https://prostitutescollective.net/opendemocracy-outdated-laws-and-benefit-cuts-why-women-cant-leave-sex-work/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:30:24 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19952 Poverty and cautions trap women in sex work – good policies could resolve this. But politicians don't want to know Niki Adams There are a few dates in the calendar that sex workers mark. The day to end violence on 17 December is often a sombre affair, when we honour the sex workers who were […]

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]]> Open Letter: To Home Secretary – Abolish “Prostitute’s Cautions” https://prostitutescollective.net/open-letter-to-home-secretary-abolish-prostitutes-cautions/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:03:15 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=18195 SIGN ONLINE HERE Or email ecp@prostitutescollective.net to be added. Dear Home Secretary, We are writing to ask that you take action to abolish ‘prostitute’s cautions’ which trap women in sex work, prevent them from leaving abusive and violent relationships, and push them further into poverty. ‘Prostitute’s cautions’ are cautions that the police can give to […]

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]]> Video: ITV Cymru Wales – Selling Sex to Survive https://prostitutescollective.net/video-itv-cymru-wales-selling-sex-to-survive/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:08:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17905 Wales This Week has found that the number of women selling sex in Wales has almost doubled in the last 18 months. In the grip of a cost of living crisis, the programme investigates why more women are turning to sex work to make ends meet, and hears calls for a change in the laws, to […]

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]]> ITV Cymru Wales: Growing number of women turning to sex work amid “colossal” rise in living costs https://prostitutescollective.net/itv-cymru-wales-growing-number-of-women-turning-to-sex-work-amid-colossal-rise-in-living-costs/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:54:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17903 An increasing number of women are turning to sex work "to make ends meet".The number of active accounts registered to women in Wales on the website AdultWork.com has risen from 260 at the beginning of 2023 to 461. The website describes itself as an "online directory for adult service providers".Laura Watson, a spokesperson for the […]

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]]> Action Alert: Ask your candidates to support the decriminalisation of sex work and take action against the cost-of-living crisis https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-ask-your-candidates-to-support-the-decriminalisation-of-sex-work-and-take-action-against-the-cost-of-living-crisis/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 11:33:23 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17866 The post Action Alert: Ask your candidates to support the decriminalisation of sex work and take action against the cost-of-living crisis appeared first on English Collective of Prostitutes.

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