Women Against Rape Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/women-against-rape/ 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. Sun, 10 Aug 2025 09:31:38 +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 Women Against Rape Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/women-against-rape/ 32 32 Video: ECP at the sentencing hearing of ex-Met police officer David Carrick https://prostitutescollective.net/video-ecp-at-the-sentencing-hearing-of-ex-met-police-officer-david-carrick/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:40:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19027 ECP's Niki Adams speaking at the protest called by Women Against Rape and Women of Colour Global Women’s Strike on 6 February 2023 outside the sentencing hearing of David Carrick, a former police officer who committed numerous offences of rape and other torture against women. For more info see: The David Carrick Trial - Women Against Rape 

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]]> Video: ECP and Empower Thailand – The Global Women’s Strike Experience https://prostitutescollective.net/video-ecp-and-empower-thailand-the-global-womens-strike-experience/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:28:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19519 In case you missed this recent in-person event, check out video recording below of ‘The Global Women’s Strike Experience’ featuring Charlotte Lee from the English Collective of Prostitutes, Liz Hilton, from Empower, the sex workers' collective in Thailand, and other fantastic speakers.Panelists who have been with the Wages For Housework Campaign for years, while others […]

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]]> Camden New Journal: Why women oppose the Police Bill https://prostitutescollective.net/camden-new-journal-why-women-oppose-the-police-bill/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 23:11:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15572 WOMEN from Camden joined in a lively protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill as it was debated in the Lords last week, spotlighting women’s case against this repressive legislation.Despite bucketing rain, a diverse crowd spoke about how the bill would impact our lives, and our loved ones (pictured above). Protesters welcomed Natalie […]

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]]> Ham & High: Police Bill -5 years for rape, 10 for damaging a slaver statue https://prostitutescollective.net/ham-high-police-bill-5-years-for-rape-10-for-damaging-a-slaver-statue/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 08:53:14 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15174 Lisa Longstaff, Women Against Rape The strength of feeling provoked by Sarah Everard’s murder and the police response to women paying their respects remind us of the fury at the police killing of George Floyd.  It has shed new light onto the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and succeeded in delaying it. The bill would end […]

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]]> Verso: Are Sex Workers the Original Feminists? A brief history of UK sex worker activism https://prostitutescollective.net/verso-are-sex-workers-the-original-feministsa-brief-history-of-uk-sex-worker-activism/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:25:25 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=11128 Ray Filar   ‘Sex workers are the original feminists’, say Juno Mac and Molly Smith in Revolting Prostitutes. It’s an incendiary claim–not least because tracking ‘firsts’ is a fraught pursuit–but it might well be true. Mac and Smith point toward the medieval brothel workers who formed guilds and went on strike; the 15th century Bavarian […]

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]]> Podcast: Good Sex Bad Sex – Rape on Trial https://prostitutescollective.net/podcast-good-sex-bad-sex-rape-on-trial/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:56:44 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9134 How do you have good sex and why do we have so much bad sex? Join Bibi Lynch and Miranda Kane, a Professional Prude and ex-Sex Worker, in conversation with sexperts, sex-haters and sexy muthers. Think good cop bad cop… But with more handcuff action. A podcast from Metro.co.uk. CLICK HERE and scroll down to […]

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]]> DIVA: Theatre review – No Bad Women https://prostitutescollective.net/diva-theatre-review-no-bad-women/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:15:57 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9129 A harrowing watch, but an important one, says Jane FaeBY JANE FAEThere must be cheerier ways to pass a Saturday night than at a play about the real life events surrounding a long ago rape trial. Catching the latest Ken Loach, perhaps. Or listening to the collected speeches of Nigel Farage.But if you can stand […]

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]]> Ham & High: Landmark rape case brought by Kentish Town campaigners is turned into a play https://prostitutescollective.net/ham-high-landmark-rape-case-brought-by-kentish-town-campaigners-is-turned-into-a-play/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:10:04 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9123   Lisa Longstaff of Women Against Rape and Niki Adams of the English Collective of Prostitutes outside Crossroads Women's Centre in Kentish Town where they are based In 1995 Women Against Rape and the English Collective of Prostitutes joined forces to bring England's first private prosecution for the assaults on two sex workers, now a […]

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]]> Thomson Reuters Foundation: Sex workers denied justice over rapes, says UK prostitutes’ collective https://prostitutescollective.net/thomson-reuters-foundation-sex-workers-denied-justice-over-rapes-says-uk-prostitutes-collective/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 22:06:24 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9118 by Sonia Elks | @SoniaElks | Thomson Reuters Foundation   It's estimated that about two-thirds of sex workers have suffered some kind of violence   LONDON, Nov 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Police and prosecutors are becoming less willing to take action over rapes reported by sex workers, the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) said as a play highlighted […]

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]]> VICE: The Legal System Failed Two Sex Workers – So They Took Their Rapist to Court https://prostitutescollective.net/vice-the-legal-system-failed-two-sex-workers-so-they-took-their-rapist-to-court/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:21:43 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9111 A new play called "No Bad Women" tells the true story of a landmark trial that opened up a new avenue to justice for survivors. By Emma Garland In the 1990s, serial rapist Christopher Davies assaulted two separate women at knifepoint when they visited his house in the south of England. The first – a tattooed […]

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