Updates

Ruth Jacobs – Panellist at Amnesty International HQ, London – Honest Lies Première Screening & Discussion – 14 Oct at 7PM

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If you can make this event, it would be great to see you there. Tickets can be purchased here.

The event on 14 October begins at 7PM, with the bar open from 6.30PM.

Amnesty International HQ
17 – 25 New Inn Yard
London
EC2A 3EA

The short film ‘Honest Lies’ is based on a story written by Anita James, a woman who was previously in prostitution. The film was 100% funded by Kickstarter pledges.

Following the screening will be a discussion of the challenges and barriers faced by women seeking to leave the sex trade, ways in which they can be empowered and supported, and a clear message of support for a change in UK law, calling for people who are in prostitution to be decriminalised.

Panellists:
Fiona Mactaggart MP (Slough)
Cheryl Stafford (Eaves for Women)
Ruth Jacobs (Author & Campaigner, who was formerly in prostitution)
Kat Banyard (Founder of UK Feminista & Author of “The Equality Illusion”)
Chair: Gabriella Apicella (Producer of “Honest Lies”)

Hope to see you there!

Best wishes

Ruth

Ruth Jacobs Speaks on Social Networks: The Good, The Bad and The Horrifying

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Published on The Social Network Station – 7 October 2013

What was your most astonishing experience on a social network?

The most horrific was discovering what was very obviously a large interconnected group of child sex abusers on Facebook. Being aware of Facebook’s inadequate policies and procedures, I reported this to law enforcement instead – the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in the UK… I don’t believe this will ever leave me, and I doubt I will ever know what happened to those children, if they were saved, if the abusers were jailed, or even if anything was done at all. I only know I did what I could to reach the relevant authority, then I had no further choice but to leave it in their hands. Read the full article on The Social Network Station here.

Niki Adams of the English Collective of Prostitutes discusses decriminalisation & the Merseyside model

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“Since 1975, the International Prostitutes Collective 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.

No woman, child or man should be forced by poverty or violence into sex with anyone. We provide information, help and support to individual prostitute women and others who are concerned with sex workers’ human, civil, legal and economic rights.”

More information about the vital work of the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) can be read on their website http://prostitutescollective.net.

“In the Booth with Ruth – Niki Adams, English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP)” Produced by Matthew Lynch (www.jlfilmandmedia.com)

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