Shaping public
opinion
Our campaigning has had a great
impact. Most people now support prostitute women's right to protection
from violence and discrimination, regardless of what they think about
prostitution. A prestigious ad agency ran an advertising campaign for us
which got great media coverage.
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RAPE, RACE & PROSTITUTION Campaigning for justice in the 21st century, 10 March 07 See session on Prostitution Resolution from the City of San Francisco prioritizing protection over prosecution of sex workers
Part of our work for the Strike 2003 was to write, with others, an Open
letter to the Women’s Movement -
some
of those who claim to speak against violence against women picketed
a sex industry establishment
on International Women's Day,
when
most women, children and men are desperately trying to prevent the
war against Iraq.
Machismo begins with the military,
not with lap dancing. Sex
workers oppose Reclaim the Night March, November 2004
Letter to the
European Conference on Sex
Word, Human Rights, Labour and Migration
10 October 2005
Press Release
on the conference
Why
we withdrew from
the Capita Corporation's Conference
“Tackling Prostitution” 29 May 2006
Barbary Coast event and photos |
 US Pros media interview in San Francisco
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A majority of people now agree that sex workers should
not be criminalized, and a number of prominent organizations are
supporting our call for decriminalization.
Royal
College of Nursing
Extract of Demystifying Child Prostitution: A Street View
Liberal Democrats
| The media often comes to us for comments and information
about current affairs as well as popular TV series like "Band of
Gold". Right: Kay Mellor and Geraldine James
are flanked by Nina Lopez-Jones and Niki Adams, of the English
Collective of Prostitutes (Ham & High July 19 1996) |
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