Max Waltman’s paper analyzes the Court of Appeal for Ontario’s ruling on March 26, 2012, concluding that it erroneously rewrote the law against “living on…
Copyright © 2012 Ruhama. All rights reserved. Ruhama, a Dublin-based NGO, is running a radio and poster campaign to raise awareness about the harms to…
On Sunday, February 12, 2012 the Ministerial Committee for Legislation gave its initial approval to a new bill that targets sex buyers in Israel. The…
In the aftermath of the scandal surrounding Dominique Strauss-Kahn last year, the French National Assembly signed a Resolution that “reaffirms the abolitionist position of France,…
Catharine A. MacKinnon describes evidence supporting the Nordic model legislation on prostitution and discusses links between prostitution, pornography, and trafficking.
“I recently met with a group of businessmen who run data centers for technology companies. They visited Storey County to see about opening a facility…
Federal tax violations – not reporting cash income – was used to combat prostitution in this case in Las Vegas, where police worked with IRS…
This article by Max Waltman analyzes the Swedish prostitution law from 1999, which criminalized the sex buyer and decriminalized prostituted persons. He analyzes this law…
Prostitution and human trafficking are sustained by demand. Prostitution and human trafficking for sexual purposes represent a serious obstacle to social equality, to gender equality…
The Post, long criticized for running massage-parlor ads, has decided it will no longer accept them. An internal note, e-mailed Tuesday to The Post’s advertising…
There is no doubt that the Nordic countries lead the world on most indicators of gender equality. Gender equality experts and advocates have long pointed out that in economics, politics and social services, the Nordic countries top the charts.
LAS VEGAS – It’s been two and a half years since Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman told reporters, “I’ll take a baseball bat and break…
Supporters of the prostitution industry want us to believe that women would be safe if men’s purchase of women for sex is legalized. In the…
“Nobody really wants to be sold,” a woman in a Nevada legal brothel explained to me. Even if you know that simple fact — that…
Amicus brief filed by Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and colleagues against Craigslist, citing simple legal arguments showing the connection between online advertising for prostitution…
UK-based Eaves for Women and U.S.-based Prostitution and Research Education teamed up to interview 103 men in London who had bought commercial sex. Of those…
Lists 18 common myths about trafficking and provides the factual evidence as alternatives.
This article presents evidence for the links between prostitution and trafficking, using examples of New Zealand, USA, and India. Men’s demand for trafficked women cannot…
Strongly criminalizing johns is the most effective legal approach to date to the harms of violence and exploitation that prostitution inflicts on those used in…
Dennis Hof is a legal pimp in a Nevada brothel. He advertises his brothel on an HBO pseudo-documentary series with the full support and collaboration…