Latest items for IRP-PRACTICE-1
Feb. 20, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"'Having a prostitute’s caution and/or a criminal record for a prostitution offence brands sex workers as criminals, making us an easy target for the police and others in authority to discriminate and deny us our rights,' the report says" (para 16). "'We’re trapping people in the conditions that we stigmatise them and marginalise them for,' he added" (para 18). "'We want prostitute’s cautions and convictions for prostitution offences expunged from women’s records and we also want decriminalisation, so that women don’t have to face these injustices just for working to refuse the poverty that’s imposed on them'" (para 20).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"'Having a prostitute’s caution and/or a criminal record for a prostitution offence brands sex workers as criminals, making us an easy target for the police and others in authority to discriminate and deny us our rights,' the report says" (para 16). "'We’re trapping people in the conditions that we stigmatise them and marginalise them for,' he added" (para 18). "'We want prostitute’s cautions and convictions for prostitution offences expunged from women’s records and we also want decriminalisation, so that women don’t have to face these injustices just for working to refuse the poverty that’s imposed on them'" (para 20).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:06 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"'Strippers are workers, and they should be given the same rights and protections as any other labor force,' bill sponsor Sen. Rebecca Saldaña of Seattle, said in a news release. 'If they are employed at a legal establishment in Washington, they deserve the safeguards that every worker is entitled to, including protection from exploitation, trafficking, and abuse'" (par. 3). "Strippers Are Workers, a dancer-led organization in the state since 2018, advocated for the regulations - and alcohol sales" (par. 8).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"'Strippers are workers, and they should be given the same rights and protections as any other labor force,' bill sponsor Sen. Rebecca Saldaña of Seattle, said in a news release. 'If they are employed at a legal establishment in Washington, they deserve the safeguards that every worker is entitled to, including protection from exploitation, trafficking, and abuse'" (par. 3). "Strippers Are Workers, a dancer-led organization in the state since 2018, advocated for the regulations - and alcohol sales" (par. 8).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"For many National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants, a federal government decision means they can no longer access sexual services funding under the system, or they could risk financial pressure. Sydneysider Oliver Morton-Evans says this decision has been "deeply disappointing" for many who live with a disability, including himself. "Now, only those who are financially well-off in the disability community can afford this service by paying out of pocket," he said. One of the most common stereotypes that Mr Morton-Evans comes up against is the assumption that people with a disability aren't sexual beings. What he knows firsthand though is that intimacy and sex can be integral to identity and...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"For many National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants, a federal government decision means they can no longer access sexual services funding under the system, or they could risk financial pressure. Sydneysider Oliver Morton-Evans says this decision has been "deeply disappointing" for many who live with a disability, including himself. "Now, only those who are financially well-off in the disability community can afford this service by paying out of pocket," he said. One of the most common stereotypes that Mr Morton-Evans comes up against is the assumption that people with a disability aren't sexual beings. What he knows firsthand though is that intimacy and sex can be integral to identity and...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Bhimappa was not yet ten years old when she became a 'devadasi' – girls coerced by their parents into an elaborate wedding ritual with a Hindu deity, many of whom are then forced into illegal prostitution" (para 2). "It now serves as a means for poverty-stricken families from the bottom of India's rigid caste hierarchy to relieve themselves of responsibility for their daughters" (para 14). "The stigma around their pasts means women who leave their devadasi order often endure lives as outcasts or objects of ridicule, and few ever marry. Many find themselves destitute or struggling to survive on poorly paid manual labour and farming work. Jodatti now heads a...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Bhimappa was not yet ten years old when she became a 'devadasi' – girls coerced by their parents into an elaborate wedding ritual with a Hindu deity, many of whom are then forced into illegal prostitution" (para 2). "It now serves as a means for poverty-stricken families from the bottom of India's rigid caste hierarchy to relieve themselves of responsibility for their daughters" (para 14). "The stigma around their pasts means women who leave their devadasi order often endure lives as outcasts or objects of ridicule, and few ever marry. Many find themselves destitute or struggling to survive on poorly paid manual labour and farming work. Jodatti now heads a...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 8:03 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"It was with great concern we noted the Government of Denmark’s initiative to establish an inter-ministerial working group to clarify the legal framework for prostitution and normalising prostitution as an ordinary occupation" (3).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"It was with great concern we noted the Government of Denmark’s initiative to establish an inter-ministerial working group to clarify the legal framework for prostitution and normalising prostitution as an ordinary occupation" (3).
Jan. 23, 2025, 5:29 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Kenyan MP Esther Passaris told the BBC she was not surprised at the victim-blaming online because Kenya is a patriarchal society, and looks down on women. She says that as a woman in the public eye, she has been the target of derogatory language and is often called a 'prostitute'" (para 14-15).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Kenyan MP Esther Passaris told the BBC she was not surprised at the victim-blaming online because Kenya is a patriarchal society, and looks down on women. She says that as a woman in the public eye, she has been the target of derogatory language and is often called a 'prostitute'" (para 14-15).
Jan. 23, 2025, 4:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Sex workers in Canada are overwhelmingly women and LGBTI individuals and are among the most marginalized and stigmatized groups in society" (10). "Under the PCEPA, sex workers have become further marginalized and are exposed to substantially greater risk. Since the PCEPA’s enactment, sex workers have faced increased levels of targeted violence, stigmatization and discrimination" (10).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Sex workers in Canada are overwhelmingly women and LGBTI individuals and are among the most marginalized and stigmatized groups in society" (10). "Under the PCEPA, sex workers have become further marginalized and are exposed to substantially greater risk. Since the PCEPA’s enactment, sex workers have faced increased levels of targeted violence, stigmatization and discrimination" (10).
Jan. 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Faith Mutindi, the co-founder of Dial a pad, said: 'Women are already struggling to get this commodity. Now that the price has doubled, you can imagine what kind of struggles and vices, like transactional sex, it opens these girls up to'" (para 14).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Faith Mutindi, the co-founder of Dial a pad, said: 'Women are already struggling to get this commodity. Now that the price has doubled, you can imagine what kind of struggles and vices, like transactional sex, it opens these girls up to'" (para 14).
Jan. 15, 2025, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Hungary
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"In Hungary there are generations who have little choice but to follow their parents and become pimps or prostitutes themselves. Municipal workers in rural areas report frequently hearing this. It is an indication of the dynamics that perpetuate the system of prostitution and the supply of new pimps and prostitutes" (par. 6). "With the exception of procurement and brothel owning, prostitution is legal in Hungary if it takes place in so-called 'tolerance-zones'. Local municipalities can implement these zones where they see fit, taking into account the proximity of government institutions. However, there are few tolerance zones, because whenever the municipality introduces one, local residents almost always protest against it" (par....more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"In Hungary there are generations who have little choice but to follow their parents and become pimps or prostitutes themselves. Municipal workers in rural areas report frequently hearing this. It is an indication of the dynamics that perpetuate the system of prostitution and the supply of new pimps and prostitutes" (par. 6). "With the exception of procurement and brothel owning, prostitution is legal in Hungary if it takes place in so-called 'tolerance-zones'. Local municipalities can implement these zones where they see fit, taking into account the proximity of government institutions. However, there are few tolerance zones, because whenever the municipality introduces one, local residents almost always protest against it" (par....more
Jan. 10, 2025, 7 p.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"The sex trade and exploitation is so normalised in New Zealand that the media quite often minimises any abuse or violence reported by those in the sex trade, especially of children, by referring to them with terms like 'the victim’s boyfriend.' The media minimises this abuse instead of focusing on the grooming, coercion, trafficking, and exploitation they experience. This is most disappointing and frustrating, as just like sexual abuse, rape, and domestic violence were once taboo subjects that no one wanted to hear about, the violence, racism, and discrimination against women and children of colour in the sex trade is being swept under the carpet. Recently five men were arrested...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"The sex trade and exploitation is so normalised in New Zealand that the media quite often minimises any abuse or violence reported by those in the sex trade, especially of children, by referring to them with terms like 'the victim’s boyfriend.' The media minimises this abuse instead of focusing on the grooming, coercion, trafficking, and exploitation they experience. This is most disappointing and frustrating, as just like sexual abuse, rape, and domestic violence were once taboo subjects that no one wanted to hear about, the violence, racism, and discrimination against women and children of colour in the sex trade is being swept under the carpet. Recently five men were arrested...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:51 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"The UAE follows Islamic law, yet prostitution and sex trafficking are open secrets. Business cards with photos and WhatsApp numbers for brothels disguised as massage parlors litter many areas of Dubai. Spas, dance clubs and bars are filled with sex workers. A hierarchy based on skin tone plays an important role in the UAE’s sex industry, according to interviews with trafficked women and visits to spots where prostitutes congregate in the UAE. Lighter-skinned women from Europe are generally trafficked into higher-end venues serving wealthier customers. Darker-skinned women are often steered to alleys and street corners, providing sex to low-income migrant workers from South Asia and Africa" (para 26-27). "The UAE's...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"The UAE follows Islamic law, yet prostitution and sex trafficking are open secrets. Business cards with photos and WhatsApp numbers for brothels disguised as massage parlors litter many areas of Dubai. Spas, dance clubs and bars are filled with sex workers. A hierarchy based on skin tone plays an important role in the UAE’s sex industry, according to interviews with trafficked women and visits to spots where prostitutes congregate in the UAE. Lighter-skinned women from Europe are generally trafficked into higher-end venues serving wealthier customers. Darker-skinned women are often steered to alleys and street corners, providing sex to low-income migrant workers from South Asia and Africa" (para 26-27). "The UAE's...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:32 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"For three consecutive days in October 2018, Catherine (real name withheld) went to a fishing camp in Luwuchi community on the shores of Lake Malawi to buy fish known locally as usipa. On each occasion, the widowed mother of three returned empty-handed because the fishermen she approached all wanted sex in exchange, not money. 'I always refused but then life was becoming very hard for me and my children [and] I was in desperate need of making sales since the [fish-selling] business was my only source of income,' Catherine, now 44, told Al Jazeera. 'The next day, I went back to the beach and when the first fisherman demanded sex...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"For three consecutive days in October 2018, Catherine (real name withheld) went to a fishing camp in Luwuchi community on the shores of Lake Malawi to buy fish known locally as usipa. On each occasion, the widowed mother of three returned empty-handed because the fishermen she approached all wanted sex in exchange, not money. 'I always refused but then life was becoming very hard for me and my children [and] I was in desperate need of making sales since the [fish-selling] business was my only source of income,' Catherine, now 44, told Al Jazeera. 'The next day, I went back to the beach and when the first fisherman demanded sex...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"We recently heard from a young Iraqi woman, Dareen, who lives in Baghdad. She told us that she’d never believed that prostitution was simply a matter of a woman’s choice as most people in her country seem to accept" (para 1). "There are many factors in Iraq that make women end up in prostitution. For example, gender, racial, and class inequality, domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment by family members, and poverty, government corruption, war and human trafficking all play a part in leading many Iraqi women into prostitution – and the worst part is the stigma attached to the women" (para 4). "Along with an increase in violence against...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"We recently heard from a young Iraqi woman, Dareen, who lives in Baghdad. She told us that she’d never believed that prostitution was simply a matter of a woman’s choice as most people in her country seem to accept" (para 1). "There are many factors in Iraq that make women end up in prostitution. For example, gender, racial, and class inequality, domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment by family members, and poverty, government corruption, war and human trafficking all play a part in leading many Iraqi women into prostitution – and the worst part is the stigma attached to the women" (para 4). "Along with an increase in violence against...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he government carried out a big investigation. They talked to porn club owners, clients at porn clubs, sex buyers, women who sold sex, porn actors, everyone, and they concluded that prostitution is an extreme version of our patriarchal society. I know that many people will say differently. Many people – probably the people outside [people protesting, saying that the Nordic model made it more dangerous for women to be prostitutes]– say that women in prostitution in Sweden don’t want the Nordic Model, but that’s not true" (para 12-13). "I’ve been speaking in Sweden for three or four years now and I have met only a handful of women in prostitution...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he government carried out a big investigation. They talked to porn club owners, clients at porn clubs, sex buyers, women who sold sex, porn actors, everyone, and they concluded that prostitution is an extreme version of our patriarchal society. I know that many people will say differently. Many people – probably the people outside [people protesting, saying that the Nordic model made it more dangerous for women to be prostitutes]– say that women in prostitution in Sweden don’t want the Nordic Model, but that’s not true" (para 12-13). "I’ve been speaking in Sweden for three or four years now and I have met only a handful of women in prostitution...more
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Vocational schools in Tajikistan hold weekly training sessions on domestic culture, domestic violence, discrimination against women, suicide prevention for young women and girls, prostitution and its consequences, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS and how to prevent it" (p. 21).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Vocational schools in Tajikistan hold weekly training sessions on domestic culture, domestic violence, discrimination against women, suicide prevention for young women and girls, prostitution and its consequences, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS and how to prevent it" (p. 21).
Jan. 2, 2025, 4:36 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"As Japan’s economy struggles under the weight of the weak yen, the depleted currency has in parallel attracted record numbers of overseas visitors, with Tokyo emerging as a globally recognized red-light destination — with some drawing comparisons to Thailand’s Pattaya, long associated with sex tourism" (par. 1). "Through social media, influencers have inadvertently popularized the seediest parts of Tokyo’s nightlife, often reinforcing harmful stereotypes of Japanese women as submissive, sexually permissive and exotic. These stereotypes, however, are not merely foreign misrepresentations: Japan’s own postwar legal framework and cultural conditions sustain and reinforce them" (par. 2). Beyond audiovisual content, adult entertainment businesses — fūzoku — have also flourished, taking up the...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"As Japan’s economy struggles under the weight of the weak yen, the depleted currency has in parallel attracted record numbers of overseas visitors, with Tokyo emerging as a globally recognized red-light destination — with some drawing comparisons to Thailand’s Pattaya, long associated with sex tourism" (par. 1). "Through social media, influencers have inadvertently popularized the seediest parts of Tokyo’s nightlife, often reinforcing harmful stereotypes of Japanese women as submissive, sexually permissive and exotic. These stereotypes, however, are not merely foreign misrepresentations: Japan’s own postwar legal framework and cultural conditions sustain and reinforce them" (par. 2). Beyond audiovisual content, adult entertainment businesses — fūzoku — have also flourished, taking up the...more
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"In February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, and the country’s economy, already hammered by the pandemic, started to buckle. Prices soared and May’s paycheck, the equivalent of $415 a month, evaporated even faster. With her father suffering from kidney disease, she grew more and more desperate. Then she met 'date girls,' who were making twice as much as her. The money was enticing — even if it involved sex with men. 'It’s difficult to accept that, despite all my years of study to become a doctor, I’m now doing this kind of work just to make ends meet,' said May, 26, who has been working as a...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"In February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, and the country’s economy, already hammered by the pandemic, started to buckle. Prices soared and May’s paycheck, the equivalent of $415 a month, evaporated even faster. With her father suffering from kidney disease, she grew more and more desperate. Then she met 'date girls,' who were making twice as much as her. The money was enticing — even if it involved sex with men. 'It’s difficult to accept that, despite all my years of study to become a doctor, I’m now doing this kind of work just to make ends meet,' said May, 26, who has been working as a...more
Dec. 26, 2024, 2:20 a.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“Sex workers are now less tolerant of poor working conditions and expect safe environments that will uphold their rights. They expect the justice system to safeguard these labour and human rights. Successful prosecutions have taken place against those who seek to harm sex workers, such as violent offenders or brothel operators who have sexually harassed sex worker” (para 11).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“Sex workers are now less tolerant of poor working conditions and expect safe environments that will uphold their rights. They expect the justice system to safeguard these labour and human rights. Successful prosecutions have taken place against those who seek to harm sex workers, such as violent offenders or brothel operators who have sexually harassed sex worker” (para 11).
Dec. 26, 2024, 2:17 a.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“A 2008 Review by the Ministry of Justice showed that decriminalisation has not stopped violence against women in [prostitution]. This is explained in a 2016 report from the Stop Demand Foundation, from which we include material in this submission” (para 8).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“A 2008 Review by the Ministry of Justice showed that decriminalisation has not stopped violence against women in [prostitution]. This is explained in a 2016 report from the Stop Demand Foundation, from which we include material in this submission” (para 8).
Dec. 26, 2024, 2:13 a.m.
Countries: Mauritius
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“Prostitutes have not only been stigmatised, but also treated as criminals and prosecuted” (para 1).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“Prostitutes have not only been stigmatised, but also treated as criminals and prosecuted” (para 1).
Dec. 26, 2024, 1:58 a.m.
Countries: Czech Republic
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“Sex workers very often become the target of insults, humiliation, as well as physical violence and unprotected sex. However, only a tiny minority, about 7%, of these cases are referred to the police. Prostitutes, who often use nicknames to protect their privacy, are often reluctant to contact law enforcement authorities, where they face strong negative stigma. Admitting to being the victim of violence remains a very big problem” (para 8).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“Sex workers very often become the target of insults, humiliation, as well as physical violence and unprotected sex. However, only a tiny minority, about 7%, of these cases are referred to the police. Prostitutes, who often use nicknames to protect their privacy, are often reluctant to contact law enforcement authorities, where they face strong negative stigma. Admitting to being the victim of violence remains a very big problem” (para 8).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:29 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Most sex purchases are made through Escort-Ireland, the country’s largest sexual services website, which provides virtual and in-person sessions, mainly with women, in towns across the country. The site contains explicit reviews of women selling sexual services and allows clients to rate them from one star to five. An investigation by this newspaper found that you can create an account on the site without providing identification to prove you are 18. You must provide ID to advertise yourself as an escort but you can still receive messages from users of the sites as well as promotional emails without doing so" (para 3-5). "Google searches for Escort-Ireland here have remained consistently...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Most sex purchases are made through Escort-Ireland, the country’s largest sexual services website, which provides virtual and in-person sessions, mainly with women, in towns across the country. The site contains explicit reviews of women selling sexual services and allows clients to rate them from one star to five. An investigation by this newspaper found that you can create an account on the site without providing identification to prove you are 18. You must provide ID to advertise yourself as an escort but you can still receive messages from users of the sites as well as promotional emails without doing so" (para 3-5). "Google searches for Escort-Ireland here have remained consistently...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:52 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"A new YouGov study looks at current public opinion on the legality of sex work, who Britons consider to be a sex worker, and attitudes towards sex work and sex workers themselves. The results show that the public do think that sex work should be legal, but are split on whether it should be considered ‘real work’. Most Britons believe that sex work is stigmatised in the UK – but that it shouldn’t be. Despite this, large numbers of people say they would not be willing to friends with a sex worker. There is also a key gender divide on attitudes to sex work, with men typically having more permissive...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"A new YouGov study looks at current public opinion on the legality of sex work, who Britons consider to be a sex worker, and attitudes towards sex work and sex workers themselves. The results show that the public do think that sex work should be legal, but are split on whether it should be considered ‘real work’. Most Britons believe that sex work is stigmatised in the UK – but that it shouldn’t be. Despite this, large numbers of people say they would not be willing to friends with a sex worker. There is also a key gender divide on attitudes to sex work, with men typically having more permissive...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:57 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"One midwife at another clinic in the southern limits of the city, who asked to remain anonymous for their safety, said most of their patients were young women who had got pregnant after being forced to sell sex for food, or were raped by gang members" (para 10).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"One midwife at another clinic in the southern limits of the city, who asked to remain anonymous for their safety, said most of their patients were young women who had got pregnant after being forced to sell sex for food, or were raped by gang members" (para 10).
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:08 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"The Tajik authorities also turn a blind eye to many marriages because they fear that countermeasures could mean a path to an economic abyss for many women, according to Mirzoyeva. 'If serious attempts were made to change the situation, many women would slip below the poverty line, which would lead to some being forced into prostitution,' she said. 'Even if some of them could earn enough money for an independent existence this way, they would not be accepted in society'" (para 30-32).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"The Tajik authorities also turn a blind eye to many marriages because they fear that countermeasures could mean a path to an economic abyss for many women, according to Mirzoyeva. 'If serious attempts were made to change the situation, many women would slip below the poverty line, which would lead to some being forced into prostitution,' she said. 'Even if some of them could earn enough money for an independent existence this way, they would not be accepted in society'" (para 30-32).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Those policy decisions coincided with the implementation of two state laws that altered how law enforcement approaches sex work: One ended police officers’ power to arrest people suspected of loitering for the purpose of prostitution, and another allowed for old prostitution-related convictions to be erased. Supporters of those changes argued enforcement of prostitution laws had long disproportionately affected transgender people and people of color" (para 3). The changing of laws indicates changing public opinion about prostitution (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Those policy decisions coincided with the implementation of two state laws that altered how law enforcement approaches sex work: One ended police officers’ power to arrest people suspected of loitering for the purpose of prostitution, and another allowed for old prostitution-related convictions to be erased. Supporters of those changes argued enforcement of prostitution laws had long disproportionately affected transgender people and people of color" (para 3). The changing of laws indicates changing public opinion about prostitution (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 1, 2024, 9:38 a.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-1
"Despite the bill [decriminalizing prostitution] being presented as a way to advance the rights of the women involved, the proposed law is based on a serious lack of knowledge and understanding of the realities of prostitution. It is no wonder: no sex trade survivor-led organisations calling for the abolition of the sex trade were consulted during its drafting" (para 4). "Feminist activists are revolting against decriminalisation. More than 200 human rights organisations have signed an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, explaining normalising prostitution would be a disaster for South Africa as it will mark a return to old-style regulatory policies from the colonial era" (para 9). "'It is impossible...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-1
"Despite the bill [decriminalizing prostitution] being presented as a way to advance the rights of the women involved, the proposed law is based on a serious lack of knowledge and understanding of the realities of prostitution. It is no wonder: no sex trade survivor-led organisations calling for the abolition of the sex trade were consulted during its drafting" (para 4). "Feminist activists are revolting against decriminalisation. More than 200 human rights organisations have signed an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, explaining normalising prostitution would be a disaster for South Africa as it will mark a return to old-style regulatory policies from the colonial era" (para 9). "'It is impossible...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"When women and girls want to leave North Korea, the violence they face ranges from forced marriage to forced prostitution, she [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said" (para 5).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"When women and girls want to leave North Korea, the violence they face ranges from forced marriage to forced prostitution, she [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said" (para 5).
Aug. 26, 2024, 1:45 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Violence and exploitation: Prostitutes are often ransomed by their pimps or are subject to extreme brutality by their clientele."
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Violence and exploitation: Prostitutes are often ransomed by their pimps or are subject to extreme brutality by their clientele."
Aug. 26, 2024, 1:34 p.m.
Countries: Vanuatu
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“Women in commercial sex face physical and sexual violence and are reportedly coerced into forced pregnancy and forced marriage; reports acknowledge a correlation between the lack of economic opportunities and an increase in commercial sex. The limited ability for women and girls in commercial sex to seek justice increases their vulnerability to trafficking. Reports show taxi drivers may facilitate the exploitation of children in commercial sex.”
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“Women in commercial sex face physical and sexual violence and are reportedly coerced into forced pregnancy and forced marriage; reports acknowledge a correlation between the lack of economic opportunities and an increase in commercial sex. The limited ability for women and girls in commercial sex to seek justice increases their vulnerability to trafficking. Reports show taxi drivers may facilitate the exploitation of children in commercial sex.”