Nordic Model

In 1999 Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce legislation criminalizing the purchase, but not the sale, of sexual services.The legislation was particularly innovative as it rested firmly on principles of gender equality, noting that prostitution is violence against women. All forms of sexual services, whether they are purchased on the street, in brothels, or anywhere else.
The effects of the ban? Street prostitution was cut in half.

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• CATW
• Human
• Trafficking
• Sex
• Prostitution
• Demand
• Nordic
• Model