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Legalised prostitution "is producing hell on earth" says Ingeborg Kraus, German psychotraumatologist: trauma-and-prostitution.eu/en/2016/11/02/…

We celebrate the victory of @Europarl_EN acknowledging survivor leader voices, who work relentlessly towards the abolition of prostitution globally. buff.ly/3Zgn2pL

📣 [THREAD] Today the @Europarl_EN calls on Member States to criminalise the purchase of sexual acts and to decriminalise persons in prostitution ! The landmark report on "regulation of prostitution in the EU" has been adopted by a majority. Congrats @MariaNoichl ✊🇪🇺

We are thrilled to announce that we have now published the full programme for our upcoming event in Coventry on 3 June. It’s looking really good. Do join us if you can. Find out more and get your tickets now! eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-play-i…

New post – a response to the ICJ’s recent report calling for the #decrim of the sexual exploitation industry and perhaps also sex with minors. “In short, the ICJ report reads more like a male rights activist charter than a human rights treatise...” nordicmodelnow.org/2023/04/19/who…

I'm not sure whether this is disingenuousness or just plain ignorance from the Young Greens, either way, they should be reminded that *many* more women are murdered under the full decriminalisation legislation they're calling for. @younggreens @greenparty_ie

@SandraWallerWS @EuropeanWomen @CAPintl @MouvementduNid @Fond_Scelles @SPACEintl @nordicmodelnow @Kvinnolobbyn @MariaNoichl @EvinIncir @HerEqualFuture Respect human dignity and our human right not to be prostituted for the pleasure of sexist-racist men .

Prostitution understandably causes deep trauma for the women and girls who exist within it. This is what happens when the inside of a woman's body becomes something men can just purchase access to on a whim.

🇸🇪Very constructive meeting with Swedish Equality Minister @Pau_Brandberg at the #PreventTHB Conference organised by @sweden2023eu. As a Champion Abolitionist State, Sweden is standing with grassroots and survivors' organisations in Europe and internationally. #NeitherSexNorWork

“Despite our credibility as sex trade survivors & the testimonies of what prostitution does to ppl, esp women & their children, the #US fails us. We look to #Sweden & #France for their vision of targeting demand.” Cherie Jimenez ⁦@SPACEintl⁩ #CSW67 ⁦@EqualityModelNY⁩

"Working as a prostitute is often not possible without psychotropic drugs The psychological trauma caused by working in prostitution are enormous and often represent lifelong damage and torment for the women." …--and--prostitution-eu.translate.goog/2016/06/05/ste…

“Sex trafficked & prostitution victims are trapped between pimps, rapists and the State. The fear and no offers of exit push them into silence and suffering. We need exit services & justice.” ⁦@AlikaKinan⁩ #CSW67 ⁦⁦@alikakinanfund⁩ ⁦@SPACEintl⁩

“Stripping is a stepping stone to prostitution. Because strip clubs are legal, everyone assumes it’s OK and harmless, but stripping & prostitution are one and the same. And it is not easy to get out. - trust me.” ⁦@VednitaCarter⁩ ⁦@BreakingFreeMN⁩ ⁦@SPACEintl⁩

Prostitution & sex trafficking survivor leaders at #CSW67 educating us about the pervasive violence, abuse, racism, misogyny & myriad harm inherent to the sex trade.⁦@VednitaCarter⁩ ⁦@AlikaKinan⁩ Shandra Woworuntu ⁦@shandraVoH⁩ #endDemand ⁦@SPACEintl⁩

I share a clip from my keynote speech speech at the Apollo Theatre on International Women’s Day, when the NGOCSW bestowed the Woman of Distinction award on me. I spoke about how #TheLastGirl who is poor, marginalized & female is preyed upon by traffickers.

Prostitution is not work. It is sexual exploitation. On #IWD2023, join our call to: ✨Decriminalise persons in prostitution and provide them with exit & support programmes ✨Criminalise sex-buyers & pimps ✨End the culture of commodification & objectification of women’s bodies

🗓️SAVE THE DATE for our event « The Equality Model: Giving Women a Real Choice » for the CSW #csw67 in NYC, on the 7th of March. Co-organised with our friends @EuropeanWomen , @SPACEintl, and with the support of the government of Sweden. ➡️ REGISTER here forms.gle/ZyAW7zkmiU3kh5…

“It is impossible to divorce our history of apartheid & racism with the way black women are treated in the sex trade,” says Meji, “because this is a form of slavery — dehumanising women so they can be bought and sold for the pleasure of men.” @nmihlalimeji thecritic.co.uk/issues/march-2…

Save the date! 7th March, with @CAPintl, an event on the Equality Model to provide women in prostitution with real choices. Details below 👇

🧵We will be live tweeting THE SEX INDUSTRY: A JOB LIKE ANY OTHER? conference, in Manchester. This thread is for the morning session starting at 2PM BST.

Important petition from Ireland calling for the legislation to block any website advertising sex for sale, specifically Escort Ireland. Please sign and share: change.org/p/block-prosti…