Taking a position which makes the links between prostitution & trafficking?

1. Taking a position which makes the links between prostitution & trafficking? There are many ways to combat demand

2. Impacts of positions on the outcomes for women?

3. Prostitution as a form of VAW legalisation and criminalisation of buyers, decriminalises women women as victims, not criminals prostitution and trafficking appear integrated in legislation, polices and programmes Zero tolerance for prostitution and trafficking adopted in law and in practice Increased public awareness of violation of women in prostitution Growth in intolerance for permission and promotion of men’s rights to buy and sexually exploit women Adult and child sexual exploitation linked Prostitution as a choice/work Legalisation/regulation and decriminalising of sex industry glamorisation of prostitution as a career choice for women Separation of prostitution and trafficking Major expansion of sex industry: legitimised increased acceptance that men have the right to buy girls and women buyers seen as consumers and clients, not exploiters and abusers False distinctions made between adult and child sexual exploitation Outcomes arising from taking positions on prostitution: form of violence or a choice/form of workLegal/Social/Political Outcomes

4. Prostitution as a form of VAW Development of exit programmes Promotion of alternatives Responses recognise prostitution as a form of vaw increased research and information on all forms of male sexual violence Focus on safety, harm elimination and prevention of revictimisation Recognise prostitution as always harmful Buyers are abusers and exploiters Accountability sought for abusers Integrated responses to women and girls Prostitution as a choice/work no exit programmes: if it’s work Difficult to name it as abuse actions are directed to improve conditions in sex industry, not exit Harm reduction model: stds etc Promotion of sex work as an acceptable job for women Advocacy of the ‘right’ to prostitution Denial of violence involved Colluding with pimps Identifying prostitution as an unacceptable violation is seen as being against the women themselves Outcomes arising from taking positions on prostitution: form of violence or a choice/form of workService provision outcomes

5. Grainne Healy Chairwoman of EWL Observatory on Violence Against Women