Former President Jimmy Carter Speaks Out On Abolishing Prostitution
In a May 2015 address to an Atlanta Summit on Ending Sexual Exploitation, Former President Jimmy Carter said, “I would like to see each city…
My 25 years as a Prostitute
Brenda Myers-Powell was just a child when she became a prostitute in the early 1970s. Here she describes how she was pulled into working on the streets and why, three decades later, she devoted her life to making sure other girls don’t fall into the same trap.
Opinion: Why Spitzer Should Be Prosecuted
The state of New York has comprehensive anti-trafficking laws, prosecuting buyers of prostituted women. Melissa Farley and Norma Ramos outline why New York Governor Eliot Spitzer should be held legally responsible for buying sex.
Law helps erase criminal records for survivors
All women in prostitution should have criminal record expunged once they are out. Otherwise, they can’t find housing and jobs.
Canada’s new prostitution law: Separating fact from fiction (Bill C-36)
In 2014, Canada made history by creating prostitution legislation that recognizes prostituted people are not criminals, but that those who exploit them are. Leah Harwood discusses the negative effects the law imposes on prostituted women.
Gail Dines names 50 shades of grey for what it is: battering.
This Valentine’s Day, countless moviegoers plan to make a date with Fifty Shades of Grey‘s Christian Grey. I’m not one of them. I’ve met him before….
Sweden’s Prostitution Solution: Why Hasn’t Anyone Tried This Before?
In a centuries deep sea of clichés despairing that ‘prostitution will always be with us’, one country’s success stands out as a solitary beacon lighting…
Online Prostitution and Trafficking
The use of Internet technologies to traffic women and children to prostitution will be described in this article. This law review summarizes the history of online trafficking and the remarkably effective use of the Internet for advertising prostitution locally, regionally, and internationally beginning with the development of social networking sites, discussion forums, message boards and online chats.
The Invisible Men project
“The Invisible Men project shows you words used by men to review their experiences with women in prostitution. Without seeking to prove, disprove, or debate…
Assessing Evidence, Arguments, and Inequality in Bedford v. Canada
Bedford v. Canada ruled that parliament could not impose on where or when prostitution is conducted, as long as it does not infringe on others’ constitutional rights. Max Waltman discusses the evidence provided and how it does not support the decision of the court.
Fracking and Trafficking
Resource extraction is usually accompanied by prostitution and trafficking. The ecosystem destruction caused by fracking to access oil and gas is paralleled by the quieter destruction of trafficked women who service the frackers. Sexual Violence has dramatically increased in the Bakken region of Montana and North Dakota since the flood of pipeline workers have moved into the ‘man camps,’ military barracks-style housing.
Shifting the Burden: Inquiry to Assess the Operation of the Current Legal Settlement on Prostitution in England and Wales
The report on the UK’s burden of guilt for prostitution has the purpose of raising awareness around the impact of the sale of sexual services on those involved and to develop proposals for government action with a focus on tackling demand for the sex trade.
Sexual Exploitation and Prostitution and its Impact on Gender Equality
The objective of this briefing paper is to provide background information drawn from the international literature on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality in relation to the report of the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee. The study concentrates on the debate on whether prostitution could be voluntary or has rather to be regarded in any case as a violation of women’s human rights. It also presents an overview of the policies on prostitution in the Member States as well as four case studies: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden.
Does Legal Prostitution Increase Trafficking?
This paper by three economists investigates the impact of legalized prostitution on human trafficking. The empirical analysis of a cross-section of up to 150 countries shows…
Targeting the Johns in Sex Trade
Reflecting the global shift in thinking about prostitution – it’s no longer seen as a victimless crime, rather, sex buyers are understood now as predators…
Prostitution, Liberalism, and Slavery
This article critiques the liberal “prostitution-can-be-fixed-or-improved” perspective of liberals and defends an abolitionist approach that views prostitution as slavery or slavery-like practices.