Two experts debate whether cities should be able to have legalised prostitution zones Police in one British city are turning a blind eye to prostitutes after setting up a legalised red light district. And from today the controversial pilot scheme allowing kerb crawlers to look for sex between 7pm and 7am becomes a permanent fixture. […]
Newport prostitutes plan must ‘not turn city into Amsterdam’ A part of Newport which is being earmarked as a designated area for prostitutes should not become like Amsterdam, an MP has warned. Gwent Police is considering plans to have a non-residential area of Pill for prostitutes. A police spokeswoman said enforcement alone was “not an effective solution”. […]
The Suffolk Murders of 2006 have yet again highlighted the problem of how to deal with ‘the oldest profession’. The government’s Criminal Justice & Immigration Bill is again reviewing the law on prostitution, but some say it doesn’t go far enough.The Criminal Justice & Immigration Bill is passing through the Houses of Parliament and it […]
Women working in the sex industry around the world will debate proposed changes to the UK prostitution laws at a conference on Saturday. The event in London is in response to the government’s consultation paper on prostitution, published in July. It launched the UK’s first re-think in decades of how to deal with the issue. […]
In the past few years toleration zones have been put forward as a form of legalisation which can be introduced without changing the law. Although such a proposal may be a reflection of growing public concern for prostitute women’s legal and civil rights, toleration zones would do little to protect these rights.Where toleration zones exist, […]