Our sister organisation the US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS) is a multiracial network of women who work or have worked in different areas of the sex industry. Founded in 1982, US PROS campaigns for the decriminalization of prostitution and for justice, protection and resources so that no one is forced into prostitution through poverty or violence.
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Evidence shows that criminalization makes sex workers more vulnerable to violence. Prostitute women facing rape, sexual assault and murder are afraid to report for fear of arrest – especially if they have outstanding warrants – or deportation.In one case, a woman who wanted to press charges against a violent rapist was not allowed to do […]
Women working in the sex industry around the world will debate proposed changes to the UK prostitution laws at a conference on Saturday. The event in London is in response to the government’s consultation paper on prostitution, published in July. It launched the UK’s first re-think in decades of how to deal with the issue. […]
JACK BOKIN IS BEHIND bars, sentenced to 231 years to life in prison for his murderous attacks on prostitute women. We still need to know why so many women had to be hurt before this known predator was brought to justice. We are pressing for an inquiry into the actions of the police and district […]
By Peter HartlaubPolice, prosecutors say uphill battle to prevent victimizationActivists defending prostitutes took their concerns about violence to City Hall, hoping for changes that will make sex workers safer on the streets.Addressing members of the Finance and Labor Committee on Wednesday, more than a dozen supporters suggested less money should be spent fighting prostitution with more money […]
You are invited to the launch of a new book by the International Prostitutes CollectiveSome Mother’s Daughter – The hidden movement of prostitute women against violence “I wish Some Mother’s Daughter had been around when I was researching for Band of Gold, it would’ve made life a lot easier and a hell of a lot safer […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Prostitutes on Tuesday launched a petition drive urging city officials to decriminalize the sex industry, a move called for in a study that said it could save more than $7 million a year in law enforcement costs.Nedra Ruiz, a defense attorney who spoke at a morning news conference announcing the drive, […]
Los Angeles Conference 14 March 1997All sex workers must be decriminalised whether they work on the street or in premises.Scrap the prostitution laws: they criminalize sex workers, divide us from our families and friends, make us vulnerable to violence, and set us apart from the rest of the community — separate is never equal.An end to […]
Speech by a Black woman in the International Prostitutes Collective at the Forum “Sex Work, Sexual Violence and Sexual Choices”, on the 20th anniversary of the English Collective of Prostitutes, London, 29 June 1995. There’s discrimination against ail prostitute women, but Black prostitute women face an additional racism. Its often hidden, and increases your workload. Dealing […]
By Bettina Boxall Several community activists Tuesday complained to the Police Commission that the Los Angeles Police Department is mishandling and covering up an investigation o[ what appear to be serial killings of prostitutes In the South-Central area. Condemning police silence on the slayings of at least nine women in the last three years, spokesmen […]