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…
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…
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…
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…
