The policy was approved. It isn't as though they want prostitution legalized, but, decriminalized. I realize there are people that have few choices and chose this. But, according to an interview on the BBC, the prostitution is more in reaction to sexism in job equality and the money. Women are finding more acceptance as a prostitute than any other profession.
12 August 2015
...Though Amnesty hopes (click here) the move will help protect the human rights of sex workers, critics say the organisation risks losing credibility.
Secretary-general Salil Shetty called it a "historic day".
"Sex workers are one of the most marginalised groups in the world who face constant risk of discrimination, violence and abuse," he said after the vote.
"It was not a decision that was reached easily or quickly
and we thank our members from around the world, as well as groups we
consulted." Amnesty wants to see the decriminalisation of third parties
involved in prostitution, such as pimps and brothel operators, alongside
sex workers themselves.Ahead of the vote, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women said Amnesty's name would be "tarnished" if it approved the policy....
The immediate backlash against Amnesty International is not in support of their position. They may have expected that which raises questions about the policy and it's impact worsening women's lives.
I understand the policy and why, I still doubt the wisdom behind it.
Die Welt: (click here) Street prostitution banned in Dortmund over Bulgarian, Romanian sex workers
12 August 2015 | 08:25
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Dortmund. Administrative court in Dortmund banned
practising “the oldest profession” on the territory of the city as the
number of sex workers, mostly from Bulgaria and Romania, has tripled,
German Die Welt writes.
After 2007, when lots of citizens from the new EU member states started coming to Germany, hundreds of women wishing to make money fast in the street also entered the country.
After 2007, when lots of citizens from the new EU member states started coming to Germany, hundreds of women wishing to make money fast in the street also entered the country.
Most of them arrived by bus or plane at periodic intervals: there were about 60 prostitutes in Dortmund’s streets by 2006, while their number rose to between 500 and 700 next year, when Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU.
Despite the ban on street prostitution, lots of women from Southeast Europe keep on arriving in the northern German city to attempt to save money, even if illegally.
The interview with the BBC was with a prostitute that was once a police woman. She stated she was sexually harassed on a regular basis in her work. She stated she decided to pursue prostitution because her captain was retiring and her peers offered her $200 to be his gift at his retirement party.
South Korea is expected in Washington, DC for a diplomatic mission. This could be one of the issues brought with the mission.
As many as 200,000 Korean women (click here) were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War Two, but Kim Bok-dong is not hopeful that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to apologize.
Kim, 90, is one of South Korea's 47 surviving "comfort women", as those held at the brothels are euphemistically called, from among the 238 who came forward and shared their stories of abuse. Many of them reject the term prostitution as inadequate, saying they were lied to and forced to leave their homes to endure horrific conditions as sex slaves.
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