VAWG Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/vawg/ 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. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:12:59 +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 VAWG Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/vawg/ 32 32 Action Alert: Online consultation – Brighton and Hove City Council Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2023- 2026 https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-online-consultation-brighton-and-hove-city-council-violence-against-women-and-girls-strategy-2023-2026/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:46:32 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17787 Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) has issued an online consultation on its Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2023- 2026.The deadline for responses is 1 Jan 2024.It asks you to comment on four priorities and then gives you an opportunity to “suggest any other priorities or anything else you feel we should consider […]

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]]> Action Alert: Brighton VAWG survey – deadline 20 Feb https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-brighton-vawg-survey/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:31:12 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16217 Brighton & Hove City Council is doing a survey to inform the city’s forthcoming Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy.  The previous policy was very problematic. It labelled prostitution as a form of violence and exploitation, promoted the closure of premises where sex workers are working together, as well as the criminalisation of clients. See background […]

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]]> Home Office Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2021-2024 call for evidence (2021) https://prostitutescollective.net/home-office-violence-against-women-and-girls-vawg-strategy-2021-2024-call-for-evidence-2021/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:39:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16382 The Home Office launched a VAWG Consultation to gather input into its 2020-2024 National Strategy. Prostitution wasn’t mentioned specifically, but some local authority VAWG strategies list prostitution as a form of violence against women on an equal par with rape, domestic abuse, stalking, harassment, etc. ECP collaborated with National Ugly Mugs and Umbrella Lane on a […]

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]]> Action Alert: Please respond to survey re Violence Against Women and Girls https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-please-respond-to-survey-re-violence-against-women-and-girls/ Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:10:07 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15169 Dear friends & supporters,  The government has reopened its Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) consultation. Please submit your views and experiences here. Deadline 26 March. In our previous Action Alert we outlined the dangers of prostitution and pornography being listed as a form of violence against women on an equal par with rape, domestic […]

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]]> Action Alert: Please respond to the Home Office consultation on Violence Against Women and Girls https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-please-respond-to-these-surveys-on-violence-against-women-and-girls/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:26:25 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15070 Dear friends, The Home Office is doing a consultation on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Thank you to everyone who responded to the survey we did with National Ugly Mugs and Umbrella Lane to gather sex workers' experience of violence to feed into the Home Office consultation. Our survey has now closed BUT… if […]

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]]> Action Alert: Tell Brighton & Hove City Council to stop promoting police crackdowns against sex workers https://prostitutescollective.net/action-alert-tell-brighton-hove-city-council-to-stop-promoting-brothel-closures/ Tue, 08 May 2018 17:27:44 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7260 UPDATE: Survey deadline has been extended to Thursday 31 May. If you live, work or travel to Brighton & Hove, please urgently respond to this action alert and share with your networks.:   Note: Many of the consultation survey questions are multiple choice, but please raise the points below where possible. Information not submitted through […]

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