Punish Clients, Not Prostitutes
Criminalizing the client changes the entire legal and social approach to the phenomenon; the social and legal disgrace moves from the prostitute to the client,…
The death of Daria Pionko shows there is no “safe” way to manage prostitution
Daria Pionko was supposed to be safe. Or safer, anyway. That, at least, was part of the thinking behind the “managed prostitution area” established in...
Survivors say the Nordic model is our only hope
People were turned away from a packed, standing-room only panel, addressing the impacts of various prostitution legislation around the world, on Monday afternoon. Organized by...
Linking the Histories of Slavery: North America and its Borderlands
Just published, Dec 2015: Chapter on Prostitution and Slavery: a 21st century abolitionist perspective by Melissa Farley
Amnesty International campaign to decriminalise pimps and sex buyers
Amnesty International began as an organization aligned with vulnerable people who had few rights. Those in prostitution often describe it as paid rape – a...
Hundreds of women’s groups and advocates protest Amnesty International’s proposed prostitution policy.
Over 400 women’s groups & advocates sign letter protesting Amnesty International’s position on prostitution.
Demand Abolition: A Brief Review of the Evidence on the Consequences of Legalizing or Decriminalizing Prostitution
Fact Sheet on Decriminalization Demand Abolition
MasterCard, American Express, and Visa will no longer do business with Backpage
Advertising is essential to keeping the sex industry running smoothly. Pimps and traffickers post dozens of ads a day on websites like Backpage. Since most...
