In 1999 Sweden criminalised men who buy sex, who on conviction face six months in jail. In 2003 the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Police Affairs launched a Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Women and Children. One of the measures in the plan was the appointment of a working group to collect experiences for […]
The Charlie Spice Show is a weekly talk show on internet Radio/TV. During the show, the host engages guests and the audience in live, interactive discussion on controversial issues, news, reviews and information about the Sex and Adult Entertainment Industry. Find out more at charliespice.comHost: Charlie Spice – Talk Show Host, Engagement Speaker, Sex Industry […]
Dopo le tende per contenere gli ubriachi e toglierli così dalla vista dei turisti che affolleranno Londra per le Olimpiadi (dando l’idea di una città sana e pulita), ora in Inghilterra hanno optato per un giro di vite contro la prostituzione. E così sono partite le retate per togliere le lavoratrici del sesso dalle strade dei cinque quartieri a […]
A crackdown on prostitution in the Olympic boroughs is putting the lives of sex workers at risk, it has been claimed.New figures show that arrests of prostitutes in the areas surrounding the Olympic site in Newham have increased dramatically in the run-up to the Games.In Tower Hamlets, the number of arrests made in the first […]
As arrests, raids and prosecutions of sex workers increase in Olympic boroughs and throughout the UK, calls for the decriminalisation of prostitution highlight the need to protect sex workers from rape and violence. Cari Mitchell, English Collective of Prostitutes commented: “Police crackdowns are putting sex workers’ lives at risk. Security systems among women on the street are […]
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 […]
Abolition of the prostitution laws would:End the criminalization of prostitute women – we are being punished for refusing poverty and/or financial dependence on individual men. Black and other low-income women who, because of racism and other discrimination have fewer financial alternatives, bear the brunt of criminalization.End legal, economic and civil discrimination against prostitute women and […]
Dear Friends, Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA and the US PROStitutes Collective are asking for your help in opposing provisions in House Bill HR 3887 passed in the US House of Representatives on December 4, 2007 and now before the US Senate. HR 3887 is part of a campaign to use justifiable concern about trafficking to […]
Dear Friends, We just heard that Marie B is in court tomorrow. Ms B is a 72 year old woman charged with brothel keeping and money laundering. Her case is tomorrow, 21 March, Court 5, Luton Crown Court at 10am. Ms B worked as a receptionist at a flat which was raided on 21 January 2011. […]
Debt is increasingly limiting students’ options post-graduation, especially as the recession dries up funding for expensive law, medical and graduate degrees and youth unemployment reaches staggering levels around the world. And it seems to be driving some students to desperate measures. British medical student Jodi Dixon, who is studying at the University of Birmingham, says that the rising costs […]
