Soho Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/soho/ 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. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:02:05 +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 Soho Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/soho/ 32 32 Camden New Journal: Kick-bait – sex workers face social media trend threat https://prostitutescollective.net/camden-new-journal-kick-bait-sex-workers-face-social-media-trend-threat/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:58:07 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20162 The post Camden New Journal: Kick-bait – sex workers face social media trend threat appeared first on English Collective of Prostitutes.

]]> Metro: The social media trend leaving Soho sex workers fearing for their lives https://prostitutescollective.net/metro-the-social-media-trend-leaving-soho-sex-workers-fearing-for-their-lives/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:29:44 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20145 Lauren Crosby MedlicottDressed in a black puffa jacket and box fresh trainers, a teenager scurries towards a flat door and kicks it frantically, before changing position to give it a good boot from a different angle.The flurry of frenzied blows only last for a few seconds – but it’s all been caught on camera. Not to capture […]

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]]> Westminster Extra: Sex workers’ call for Met help https://prostitutescollective.net/westminster-extra-sex-workers-call-for-met-help/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:34:05 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20149 Security and safety fears in Soho after spate of men storming walk-upsBy Tom FootTHE police are failing to protect Soho sex workers from a disturbing social media trend, according to campaigners who are urging politicians to make legislative reforms to better protect women.The English Collective of Prostitutes has written to Westminster’s borough commander after crowds of […]

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]]> Metro: London sex workers ‘targeted by teens barging their way into premises’ https://prostitutescollective.net/metro-london-sex-workers-targeted-by-teens-barging-their-way-into-premises/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:24:50 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20139 The post Metro: London sex workers ‘targeted by teens barging their way into premises’ appeared first on English Collective of Prostitutes.

]]> The Times: London sex workers ‘live in fear’ of teenage harassers with cameras https://prostitutescollective.net/the-times-london-sex-workers-live-in-fear-of-teenage-harassers-with-cameras/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:20:34 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20135 Groups are filming themselves charging into premises in the West End and posting the videos onlineAndy Silvester, London EditorSex workers in London’s West End are “living in fear” after being harassed by large groups of teenagers, who film themselves “charging” into their premises.In recent weeks dozens of incidents have occurred in which groups numbering as […]

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]]> Video: Soho Sex Work Strike – International Women’s Day 2024 https://prostitutescollective.net/video-soho-sex-work-strike-international-womens-day-2024/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:09:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17877 The post Video: Soho Sex Work Strike – International Women’s Day 2024 appeared first on English Collective of Prostitutes.

]]> Dazed: Why sex workers went on strike this week https://prostitutescollective.net/dazed-why-sex-workers-went-on-strike-this-week/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:04:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16288 Text Emma Garland ‘Your job isn’t empowering either’ Last night, the Women’s Strike took place on the streets of the UK for the first time in two years. Hundreds gathered in London’s Leicester Square – protestors, activists and members of trade unions like United Voices of the World (representing low-paid, migrant and precarious workers) and IWGB (founded by Latin American cleaners, […]

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]]> Sex Workers Striking Against Violence – Interview with Cari Mitchell, ECP https://prostitutescollective.net/sex-workers-striking-against-violence/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 14:36:46 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16283 Interview byCOMITÉ AUTONOME DU TRAVAIL DU SEXE // SEX WORK AUTONOMOUS COMMITTEECari Mitchell is a former sex worker and a member of the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), a network of sex workers in the United Kingdom working both outdoors and indoors campaigning for decriminalisation and safety. 1 In 2000, the ECP organized a sex workers’ strike […]

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]]> Instagram Live – Soho tour! 10 December https://prostitutescollective.net/instagram-live-soho-tour/ Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:38:08 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16076 **** IF YOU COULDN'T JOIN LIVE, YOU CAN STILL WATCH THIS ON OUR IG PAGE HERE. Sex workers have been in Soho, central London, for at least 200 years! Want to know more about the area and the campaigns led by women in our network to resist raids, evictions and landgrabs? Join us on Friday […]

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]]> The Guardian: Letter – Soho sex workers’ protest did bring about change https://prostitutescollective.net/the-guardian-letter-soho-sex-workers-protest-did-bring-about-change/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:50:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15161 Cari Mitchell on the campaign to increase safety for women working in flats in London’s Soho district Your review of Hot Stew, a novel set amid the brothels of Soho (10 March) condemns as “disastrous” the forms of protest attempted by the prostitutes. But in real life, a sex worker-led campaign of meetings and marches, pickets and protests […]

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