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16 Years since Sweden decriminalized Prostitution
Posted on Thursday, March 26 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin It’s been 16 years since Sweden has decriminalized prostitution. See what’s happening now. The post 16 Years since Sweden decriminalized Prostitution appeared first on Traffic Jamming Blog. …read more Read more here:: Traf...
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Facebook’s new stance on ‘Revenge Porn’
Posted on Wednesday, March 18 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Facebook now bans “revenge porn” (where an angry ex makes public what she thought were private photos). But FB keeps silent about the use of porn (photos of prostitution). FB ignores the fact that porn is now used to traffic women into prostituti...
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Thank you feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian
Posted on Thursday, February 26 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Sarkeesian’s video blog shows viewers the connection between violent abuse of women in prostitution and violent abuse of all women. WARNING: EXTREME VIOLENT CONTENT Sarkeesian’s analysis of the misogynist culture of gamers has ...
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Canada’s new prostitution law: Separating fact from fiction (Bill C-36)
Posted on Thursday, February 26 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin In 2014, Canada made history by creating prostitution legislation that recognizes prostituted people are not criminals, but that those who exploit them are. Previous laws treated prostitution as a public nuisance instead of an issue of viole...
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Sex buyer and pimp Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer’s iteration of the misogynist belief that all women are whores
Posted on Sunday, February 15 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin “I dare you to distinguish between a prostitute and a naked socialite,” Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer, Henri Leclerc, said in 2011. Strauss-Kahn, who alleges he didn’t know women were paid by his flunkies to have sex with him, is...
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Don’t Legalise Sex Trade, Give Workers Jobs Instead
Posted on Thursday, January 08 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Here is a simple and effective alternative to prostitution proposed in India: JOBS The post Don’t Legalise Sex Trade, Give Workers Jobs Instead appeared first on Traffic Jamming Blog. …read more Read more here:: Trafficki...
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SPARK Artists: The death and life of self-love
Posted on Wednesday, December 17 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By SPARKsummit by Montgomery Jones I don’t have a lick of artistic blood in my body, so I am entranced with my SPARK sister Jazmin Martinez’s art exhibit “The Body Collage Project,” which incorporates heavy topics, cultural celebrat...
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Can I tell you something about the ‘happy hookers’
Posted on Wednesday, December 17 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Here in New Zealand, in the legal brothels, we have the same ‘happy hookers’ who claim being ‘empowered’ ‘sex workers’ enacting ‘free choice’ and ‘agency’ as is buzzing all over the world. These wom...
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Prostitution increased since its decriminalization in Australia
Posted on Thursday, November 20 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Although this article has a nasty bias against women in prostitution, it shows that prostitution skyrocketed in NSW Australia since decriminalization, with no improvement in “safety,” or any other positive effect. The post Prostitutio...
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Great interview with the fabulous Brenda Myers-Powell on MSNBC
Posted on Monday, November 17 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Q & A with Brenda Myers-Powell, Co-Founder and the Executive Director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation. Brenda Myers-Powell is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation, a not-for-profit organization working to e...
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90 German trauma therapists oppose legal prostitution
Posted on Thursday, November 06 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin “Prostitution is in no way a job like any other. It is degrading, torturous, and exploitive.” Michaela Huber, psychologist and head of the German Society for Trauma and Dissociation “Prostitution is violence, not a profession.” ...
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The original version of Pretty Woman was depressing and more true to life.
Posted on Friday, October 31 st, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin The original version of Pretty Woman was depressing and more true to life. Richard Gere’s character is nasty and he has a girlfriend, Julia Roberts is a crack addict, and they don’t get together at the end of the movie. . The pos...
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Sex buyers are unregistered sex predators
Posted on Wednesday, October 08 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Christine Stark, “Husk” – This is a man’s face over a prostituted woman, from her perspective. Copyright © Christine Stark A defensive sex buyer wrote this and TIME ran it. Where are survivors’ voices in response to ...
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Amsterdam mayor closing another 47 brothels because of owner’s association with organized crime, trafficking
Posted on Saturday, September 20 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Read more here. The post Amsterdam mayor closing another 47 brothels because of owner’s association with organized crime, trafficking appeared first on Traffic Jamming Blog. …read more Read more here:: Trafficking Jamming &...
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What is Human Trafficking?
Posted on Wednesday, August 06 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Human trafficking is controlling people by force, threat, coercion, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or money – to exploit them and benefit from their lives. It is heart-wrenching and it could be happening in your neighborho...
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Prostitution is created and supported by a culture of men’s perceived entitlement to sex
Posted on Friday, July 11 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Elliot Rodger wrote that he was motivated to kill because of his anger that women were not available to him for sex. This attitude is pervasive in pornography, in rape cultures, among men who buy women in prostitution, and is paradigmati...
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The European parliament has voted in favour of new prostitution laws
Posted on Thursday, June 05 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin The European parliament has voted in favour of new prostitution laws that criminalize the sex buyer and seller but not the prostituted person The vote passed Feb 26, 2014 with a large majority of 343 to 139. Mary Honeyball, the Labour MEP f...
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Carter’s letter to Amnesty International
Posted on Thursday, June 05 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin “It’s inconceivable to me that Amnesty International or any other organization that respects human rights would endorse slave masters who buy young girls and put them into involuntary servitude to be sex slaves,” said Jimmy Carter. Af...
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Officer James Nichols Should Be Fired From LAPD
Posted on Thursday, June 05 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity one Comment.Officer James Nichols of the LAPD has allegedly been extorting, assaulting, and raping the most vulnerable women in Los Angeles because he knew he could get away with it. Who are these vulnerable women? Those who have had a difficult life, experienc...
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The Somaly Mam Story: What We Still Know About Sex Trafficking
Posted on Tuesday, June 03 rd, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Taina Bien-Aime, CATW, Huffington Post June 2, 2014 For those of us who know and have worked with Somaly Mam throughout the years, the Newsweek cover story about her alleged fabrications shocked and saddened us. If the accusations are t...
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Captivity is mental
Posted on Thursday, May 29 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin “There’s a lot of people that go through tremendous pain, and just because you’re not chained up and you’re not locked in the basement doesn’t mean you ain’t trapped. I know exactly what it feels like to be t...
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Trafficking Photos & Graphics (Trigger warning)
Posted on Tuesday, May 27 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Be a Protector Be the hand that saves. What she feels like on the inside
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An Open Letter to the ‘Good’ Punter
Posted on Tuesday, May 27 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin If you like sex, this is not a letter to you. If you like women, this is not a letter to you. If you’ve somehow put these things together and decided they give you the right to buy what you like, this is a letter to you. If you’r...
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NY To Protect Sexually Exploited Girls
Posted on Tuesday, May 27 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin NY is about to pass a law decriminalizing trafficked girls rather than arresting them. All states now need to stop arresting any woman in prostitution – she is the victim rather than a criminal. More about NY Law. The post NY To Protect Se...
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Breaking Down the Barriers: A Study of How Women Exit Prostitution
Posted on Tuesday, May 27 th, 2014 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Download brochure. Women need dedicated support to exit prostitution. This is an extremely cost-effective way of preventing further physical or emotional harm associated with their continued involvement in prostitution.
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