Open letter to COE Human Rights Commissioner - Please do not ignore survivors of prostitution!
[Brussels, 5 March 2024]
Dear Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatović,
The European Women’s Lobby
First, considering the inherent violent nature of prostitution, one cannot banalise it with the “sex work” vocabulary. Prostitution is a form of violence that nourishes itself from different forms of systemic inequalities based on exploitation, sex, poverty, age, ethnicity and migration status. Women and girls are the most affected by prostitution as they represent 90% of (...)
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