Women and Equalities Committee Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/women-and-equalities-committee/ 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, 19 Aug 2025 18:49:55 +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 and Equalities Committee Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/women-and-equalities-committee/ 32 32 Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) inquiry – Impact of the rising cost of living on women (2023) https://prostitutescollective.net/women-and-equalities-committee-wec-inquiry-impact-of-the-rising-cost-of-living-on-women/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:13:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17781 The Women and Equalities Parliamentary Committee launched an inquiry into the impact of the rising cost of living on women. The ECP submission reports on the increase in women in crisis coming to us for information about starting work and going back into sex work – some who have left many years ago. Most are […]

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]]> Reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004 (2018-2020) https://prostitutescollective.net/reform-of-the-gender-recognition-act-gra-2004-2018-2020/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 21:43:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16057 In July 2018, the UK Government published its consultation on reform of the GRA in England and Wales. The ECP’s submission supported calls for reform that included the removal of the requirement for a medical diagnosis for achieving legal recognition as well as recognition of non-binary people and those under the age of 18. Read […]

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]]> Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) inquiry – Unequal impact: Covid-19 and the impact on people with protected characteristics (2020) https://prostitutescollective.net/women-and-equalities-committee-wec-inquiry-unequal-impact-covid-19-and-the-impact-on-people-with-protected-characteristics-2020/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:14:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15554 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 […]

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]]> Women and Equalities Select Committee (WEC) Inquiry into Prostitution: How can we tackle inequalities and harm? (2019) https://prostitutescollective.net/women-and-equalities-select-committee-wec-inquiry-into-prostitution-how-can-we-tackle-inequalities-and-harm-2019/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 18:01:11 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14399 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 […]

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]]> Action Alert: Please fill out Parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee survey. Deadline 22 October. https://prostitutescollective.net/urgent-please-fill-out-parliamentary-women-and-equalities-committee-survey-deadline-22-october/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:09:12 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9074 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 […]

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