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That’s how Luxembourg will stop prostitution
Luxembourg has announced the launch of a national strategy that will help prostitutes giving up the street. The project, called "EXIT", will see the collaboration ...
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Desperate prostitutes saying yes to unsafe sex
These are hard times for the sex industry, with prostitutes increasingly agreeing not to use a condom, just so they can keep their clients. In ...
View ArticleProstitution in Italy sees boost during financial crisis
In Italy, between 2007 and 2014, the prostitution market has significantly increased. The turnover grew by 25.8% (+ € 740 million), from around € 2.86 ...
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“Human rights 365″ is the slogan for tomorrow’s Human Rights Day
“Human rights 365” is the slogan of this year’s Human Rights Day, which has been held on 10th December since 1950, when the UN General ...
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Human rights for Internet users, here’s the guide
The new guide to human rights for Internet users has been presented. Available in 8 languages, it has been released on occasion of the Human ...
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Little funding for sex worker rights
Sex workers missing out on development funds. A recent research, in fact, identified 56 foundations and NGOs that altogether invested a total of €8 million ...
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Countries may not sell arms if they will be used for human rights violations
Arms trade has new regulations, as the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty entered into force and became international law the 24th of December 2014, signed ...
View ArticleSpanish doctors united against female genital mutilation
It was approved in Spain the first national health protocol against female genital mutilation. Although there are no precise statistics, it is estimated that 17 ...
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Even Rome will have its red light district
By next April, Rome will have its red light district, where prostitution will be tolerated. This is a choice by the Capital of Italy which ...
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Online prostitutes come under fire in Spain
While Rome discusses the already old idea of creating a red light district where prostitutes are tolerated, Spain is eyeing a new frontier of prostitution: ...
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Journalists beware! Don’t call them prostitutes
Rather than calling them 'prostitutes', it's better to refer to them as 'women who practice prostitution' or 'women in situations of sexual exploitation'. This avoids ...
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It is illegal to pay for sex in Northern Ireland from today
From Monday,1 June 2015, it becomes a criminal offence to pay for sex or ‘sexual services’ in Northern Ireland that becomes to the first part ...
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Austrian brothel offers free sex in tax protest
A licensed brothel in Austria is offering free drinks and free sex in a protest against what its owner says is unfair taxation. Pascha brothel ...
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Italian police chief guilty of helping his Mrs solicit
In Italy, helping a woman to prostitute herself is a crime, even if you do it for love. That's why the Court of Cassation has ...
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Ten good reasons to legalise prostitution
Regulating prostitution is the best way to combat the abuse associated with it. The Open Society Foundations list 10 of the most convincing reasons why: 1) ...
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Streep and Winslet campaign against Amnesty International on prostitution
Many Hollywood stars are ready to do battle against Amnesty International on the subject of prostitution. Actresses such as Oscar winners Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet ...
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Much is said but little is done about human trafficking. Why?
The trafficking of human beings, exploited by cartels dealing in illegal migration, is worse than the old slavery: 1) Because there are 800,000 victims of trafficking ...
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The director campaigning against sexual exploitation of women
The young women who star in 'Chicas Nuevas 24 Horas' come from Peru, Colombia, Paraguay and Argentina. The new documentary from Spanish filmmaker Mabel Lozano is a ...
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Picasso to Degas: the great artists on prostitution
An exceptional exhibition on the subject of prostitution from 1850 to 1910 will be open at the famous Musée d'Orsay in Paris from 22 September ...
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710 000 migrants entered EU in nine months
The total number of migrants who crossed the EU’s external borders in the first nine months of 2015 rose to more than 710 000. This ...
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