I urge the Council to listen to these concerns and act to protect vulnerable women and young people, especially those from indigenous and minoritized ethnicities, who are disproportionately affected by the sex trade.
UN Special Rapporteur urges global action to recognise and combat prostitution as a system of violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has criticised New Zealand’s decriminalised sex trade in her report to the United Nations Human Rights Council presented in Geneva on 21 June 2024.
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The QLDC must refuse to facilitate the expansion of sex trafficking and sex tourism in Wanaka and Queenstown. We oppose the large-scale brothel expansion.
Sex Trade Survivors Oppose Queenstown’s Massive Brothel Expansion Read More »
It was a momentous day for South Australia when last night the Honourable Nicola Centofanti MLC put her Prostitution Law Reform Bill to a vote. According to the Honourable Clare Scriven, this was the first time that such a bill had been put to a vote in an Australian parliament. The Honourable Nicola Centofanti led
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Press release from Hon Nicola Centofanti MLC Nation-Leading Vote for Prostitution Law Reform In a nation-leading vote on prostitution reform in the South Australian Parliament, the Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Amendment Bill fell just short of passing the Legislative Council last night, with the final vote being 11-10. Dr Nicola Centofanti, who introduced this
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This is the first time there has been a group from Aotearoa attend this event, and it is really important for us as survivors to have a presence there.
WTR Survivor Leaders to Attend Global Congress on Prostitution Abolition Read More »
Every day a woman in the sex trade wakes up alive to hold her children or hug her loved ones is especially something to be celebrated, because all their lives are especially valued and recognised. It is important to note that the vast majority in the sex trade are not there by choice, The sex
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Women still being controlled by managers, owners. Women, men and children not being protected under PRA 2003 because they are not included or non NZ citizens. Our human rights are for ALL not just the few, and finally We are all worthy of so much more than being bought and sold.
NZ Prostitution Reform Act 2003 – The Truth Uncovered Read More »
We are hearing of increased violence and exploitation against women and young people, yet no one does anything. These women have been abandoned to exploitation and harm by successive governments
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