12 August 2015
Burke calls for task force on homelessness (click here)
Dublin City Councillor Christy Burke has called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly to create a task force to tackle homelessness.
The comments from the former Lord Mayor of Dublin follow the events on Monday night which saw a family with three children, all under the age of five, sleeping on a bench in Dublin city.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, he said there are usually around 100 people sleeping rough on the streets of Dublin every night.
Mr Burke said proper homes are needed not B&Bs and hotels.
The distaff side of the Irish opinion on Amnesty's position is disappointment.
Ruhama against Amnesty prostitution stance
A group which supports women affected by prostitution has said it is saddened by Amnesty International's decision to campaign for the full decriminalisation of all aspects of prostitution where it takes place voluntarily.
Ruhama spokesperson Sarah Benson said the best way to tackle trafficking and the exploitation of women in prostitution was to decriminalise the person selling and to criminalise the sex buyer.
She said full decriminalisation was not the answer and had led to an increase in prostitution and trafficking in other jurisdictions.
The Dutch are both pro and against the decision by Amnesty. Some cite the sex industry lobby as the problem. (click here)
Opinions seem to be divided along gender lines.
This is from "Radio Prague" with details of the vote.
...So what are the main benefits of decriminalising prostitution? (click here)
“There are essentially three models that have been adopted by states around the world. There is the abolitionist model in which it is completely illegal, then there is the so-called Nordic model in which for the most part it is the seller whose services have been decriminalised and there is the newer decriminalisation model that Amnesty is proposing.
“We feel that it is necessary in many cases to remove the stigma that is attached to this work and that in fact doing so and removing the illegality of the buying and selling of sexual services will in fact create an environment that is much easier regulate and that it will be far easier for people engaging in the selling of these services to find protection under the law and so that states will then be much better able to protect the rights that are currently being violated so blatantly and so frequently....
Norway is standing firm on their laws that prohibit the payment for sex or renting a space for the purpose of prostitution.
Burke calls for task force on homelessness (click here)
Dublin City Councillor Christy Burke has called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly to create a task force to tackle homelessness.
The comments from the former Lord Mayor of Dublin follow the events on Monday night which saw a family with three children, all under the age of five, sleeping on a bench in Dublin city.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, he said there are usually around 100 people sleeping rough on the streets of Dublin every night.
Mr Burke said proper homes are needed not B&Bs and hotels.
The distaff side of the Irish opinion on Amnesty's position is disappointment.
Ruhama against Amnesty prostitution stance
A group which supports women affected by prostitution has said it is saddened by Amnesty International's decision to campaign for the full decriminalisation of all aspects of prostitution where it takes place voluntarily.
Ruhama spokesperson Sarah Benson said the best way to tackle trafficking and the exploitation of women in prostitution was to decriminalise the person selling and to criminalise the sex buyer.
She said full decriminalisation was not the answer and had led to an increase in prostitution and trafficking in other jurisdictions.
The Dutch are both pro and against the decision by Amnesty. Some cite the sex industry lobby as the problem. (click here)
Opinions seem to be divided along gender lines.
This is from "Radio Prague" with details of the vote.
...So what are the main benefits of decriminalising prostitution? (click here)
“There are essentially three models that have been adopted by states around the world. There is the abolitionist model in which it is completely illegal, then there is the so-called Nordic model in which for the most part it is the seller whose services have been decriminalised and there is the newer decriminalisation model that Amnesty is proposing.
“We feel that it is necessary in many cases to remove the stigma that is attached to this work and that in fact doing so and removing the illegality of the buying and selling of sexual services will in fact create an environment that is much easier regulate and that it will be far easier for people engaging in the selling of these services to find protection under the law and so that states will then be much better able to protect the rights that are currently being violated so blatantly and so frequently....
Norway is standing firm on their laws that prohibit the payment for sex or renting a space for the purpose of prostitution.
Amnesty International’s
decision to support the decriminalisation of prostitution worldwide has
met with criticism and praise from Dutch commentators and experts.
Read more at DutchNews.nl: Dutch prostitution experts divided on Amnesty decriminalisation plan http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/08/dutch-prostitution-experts-divided-on-amnesty-decriminalisation-plan/
Read more at DutchNews.nl: Dutch prostitution experts divided on Amnesty decriminalisation plan http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/08/dutch-prostitution-experts-divided-on-amnesty-decriminalisation-plan/
Amnesty International’s
decision to support the decriminalisation of prostitution worldwide has
met with criticism and praise from Dutch commentators and experts.
Read more at DutchNews.nl: Dutch prostitution experts divided on Amnesty decriminalisation plan http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/08/dutch-prostitution-experts-divided-on-amnesty-decriminalisation-plan
Read more at DutchNews.nl: Dutch prostitution experts divided on Amnesty decriminalisation plan http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/08/dutch-prostitution-experts-divided-on-amnesty-decriminalisation-plan
