#nordicmodel #equalitymodel

#ListenToSurvivors @OHCHR World Health Organization (WHO).LUBA FEIN breaks down ⁦Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls⁩ unprecedented report on prostitution.”We were shocked because,for decades,every body or expert associated with the United Nations has betrayed us,repeating the false slogan that “sex work is work.” morningstaronline.co.uk/article/voices…

Reem Alsalem Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls exposes the extent of sex trafficking #HRC #VAWG

Such an important report. Thank you.

More powerful words from Reem Alsalem Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls #HRC

Prostitution must be recognised urgently as a system of violence, exploitation and abuse. This was the message Reem Alsalem, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls), told the United Nations Human Rights Council at its 56th session. #HRC56

I was honoured to write a submission for Reem Alsalem, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women & girls for the United Nations Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls. Thank you Reem, from me & other survivors, for your truth-telling report. All the public submissions can be read at the link below.

MUST WATCH! 🎥🔥🔟 30 mins of Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls beautifully explaining the need for an Abolitionist approach to the commercial sex industry. webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16/k…

It has been interesting to see the strategy that some actors and organizations have adopted vis-a-vis my report to #hrc56 on prostitution and violence against women and girls: Pretend the report was never presented nor discussed. 😊 Quite clever i must say; relying on the

RIP Sigma Huda, Rapporteure Spéciale sur la traite et féministe pionnière, ce film produit par le ewl et la CAT en 2006 "Not for sale" après une conférence organisée par les 2 organisations au PE Partie 1 youtube.com/watch?v=NTElsw… Et partie 2 youtube.com/watch?v=cAHnWC…

1/2 CATW mourns the passing of Sigma Huda, a formidable Bangladeshi feminist HR lawyer, former CATW-AP Board member, & 1st SR on TIP to UN Commission on HR UN Human Rights Council 📌 #HRC59. Her groundbreaking 2006 report focused on relationships between trafficking and the demand for prostitution. #RIP.

I very much welcome today’s vital decision by the ECHR CEDH. The court’s decision includes many important elements that i intend to speak to in more details shortly. The decision is nevertheless a clear acknowledgement of the soundness and achievements of the abolitionist model

🧵 ABOLITIONISTS WIN! The ECHR CEDH's decision to uphold the #French law banning the purchase of coercive sex from vulnerable Women marks a significant victory for #France, for survivors of prostitution, & for Women worldwide 1/3 #ListenToSurvivors #AbolitionNow #EndDemand

The European Court of Human Rights unanimously rejected the complaints against the criminalisation of the purchase of prostitutional acts in the abolitionist French 🇫🇷 law of 2016. A strong signal for Europe, a victory for all women! ✊ Our statement 👉 cap-international.org/activity/the-e…

We are beyond thrilled that ECHR CEDH has ruled that the French Nordic Model law is NOT a violation of human rights law. "Having regard to all the foregoing considerations, the Court considers, in the light of the current state of developments in the understanding by domestic

An important decision in favour of the criminalisation of sex buying.

UN Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls welcomes the European Court of Human Rights ECHR CEDH decision validating the conventionality of the French law of 13 April 2016 criminalising the purchase of sexual acts. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Fascinating article by Laura McVey, Lauren Gurrieri, and Meagan Tyler about how the user-generated pornography market creates ‘moral imperatives’ for women to reproduce their own abuse through content creation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… CATWA Meagan Tyler

Misogyny & buying “sex” go hand-in-hand. In bypassing another’s sexual consent, you are naturally devaluing them as your equal. The inherent misogyny of johns is why violence is innate to the prostitution system & cannot be legislated away through “harm reduction” approaches.

UNPACKING DECRIMINALISATION OF PROSTITUTION: IS IT REALLY PROGRESSIVE? Attempts to redefine prostitution as ‘work’ conceal the reality of commercial sexual abuse, writes ROBYN MARTIN “Decriminalisation and its endeavour to label prostitution as sex “work” conflates sexual