Women and Equalities Committee Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes

30th April 2020

Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) inquiry – Unequal impact: Covid-19 and the impact on people with protected characteristics (2020)

In April 2020, the WEC launched an inquiry into the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on people with protected characteristics (that is people who are discriminated against on the grounds of “age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity”). The ECP’s submission demanded ‘emergency payments for […]

31st December 2019

Women and Equalities Select Committee (WEC) Inquiry into Prostitution: How can we tackle inequalities and harm? (2019)

The remit of the WEC inquiry focused on the “inequalities and harms that sex workers experience at work and the harms associated with prostitution as a whole”. The ECP mobilized its network to submit evidence and ensure that the research didn’t interpret the question of “harm” in a way that reinforces the view that prostitution is inherently […]

11th October 2019

Action Alert: Please fill out Parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee survey. Deadline 22 October.

The Women and Equalities Committee has launched an inquiry into prostitution. The survey can be filled out online here.The answers to the questions must be in a word document and must be completed by the 22nd October. Please send a copy of your answers to the ECP at ecp@prostitutescollective.netNote that the Committee is not accepting […]