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Denmark: Brothels as Activation Strategies for the Unemployed?
Eyebrows were raised and pointed questions were asked recently in Denmark when a local job center allowed an unemployed woman to receive four weeks of training at a Copenhagen brothel as part of labor...
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Evaluating the Swedish Ban on the Purchase of Sexual Services: The Anna...
Anna Skarhed Chancellor of Justice Anna Skarhed recently presented the findings from Sweden’s first official evaluation of the 1998 ban governing the purchase, albeit not the sale, of sexual services....
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Research on Norwegian prostitution policy
While a coherent, explanatory study on the politics of prostitution policy reform in Norway is yet to be written, existing research provides essential pieces to a puzzle that is yet to be laid out...
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The Happy Whore and the Victim of Human Trafficking – Stereotypes Prevail in...
When debates regarding the possible criminalization of the purchase of sexual services started in Finland in the late 1990s and early 2000s, one of the confusing factors lay in how to define a sex...
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The impact of Finnish parliamentary election results on prostitution policy
Finland has suddenly become a front page topic throughout the European media, after the result of parliamentary elections in late April. While polling data in the final weeks of the campaign hinted at...
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France’s newest import? Parliamentary Commission calls for “Swedish model”...
On April 13th 2011, the French Parliamentary Information Commission on prostitution called for the implementation of a demand-side ban on prostitution inspired by the 1998 pioneering Swedish law. The...
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The Danish election: a new government – and towards a new prostitution regime?
Photo by Dkpto After a very closely fought battle in the 2011 Danish parliamentary election campaign, a centre-left coalition led by the Social Democratic Party (S) was victorious late last Thursday....
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The sale of sexual services in Norway: legal, but still illegal?
by Sunniva Schultze-Florey The sale of sexual services has been a legal act in Norway since 1902. With the law reform of 2009, criminalising the purchase of sexual services, politicians once again...
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Finnish legislation on the purchase of sexual services: potential revisions?
The purchase of sexual services from victims of human trafficking and pandering is, since October 2006, a criminal act in the Finnish Penal Code. Five years later, there are several signs suggesting...
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French prostitution policy: France symbolically reaffirms its commitment to...
National Assembly, Paris. Copyright Maria van Dam. On December 6th 2011, French deputies unanimously[1] approved a non-binding motion reaffirming the country’s abolitionist position in matters of...
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