English Collective of Prostitutes

English Collective of Prostitutes
Formation1975
Founded atLondon, England
HeadquartersLondon, England
WebsiteOfficial website

The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) is a campaigning group which supports the decriminalisation of prostitution, sex workers' right to recognition and safety, and the provision of financial alternatives to prostitution so that no one is forced into prostitution by poverty. The group works against the social stigma that is associated with prostitution, and the poverty that is sometimes its cause.[1] It provides information, help, and support to individual prostitute women and others who are concerned with sex workers' rights, civil, legal, and economic rights. The organisation was founded in 1975, and its first spokeswoman was Selma James.[2]

  1. ^ Brents, Barbara G.; Morris, Gayle; Licausi, Lisa (2013). "Prostitution". In Carreon, Sonia; Cassedy, Amy; Borman, Kathryn; Dubeck, Paula J. (eds.). Women and Work: A Handbook. Garland Reference Library of Social Science. Vol. 679. Routledge. p. 223. ISBN 9781135818937.
  2. ^ "Profile of our first spokeswoman, Selma James". English Collective of Prostitutes. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2012.