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TAG: New Zealand

Summary of the New Zealand Prostitution Reform Act

The Prostitution Reform Act (PRA) came into operation in New Zealand in June, 2003.  The PRA decriminalised prostitution; created a framework to safe guard the human rights of sex workers; promoted the welfare and occupational health and safety of sex workers; and prohibited the use in prostitution of persons under 18 years of age.  The […]

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Global and regional issues highlighted by SPW on October

In October 2013 our main themes were the following: On October 10, activist Gabriela Leite,  who devoted her life to fight for the rights of prostitutes,  has left us. The death of Gabriela has reverberated in Brazil and worldwide because her life trajectory and historical leadership but also because how the claims she has raised […]

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Legalizing Prostitution: New Zealand’s Example

Learn more about the effects brought by the  decriminalization of prostitution in New Zeland. Here.

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Legalizing Prostitution: New Zealand’s Example

“It has been ten years since New Zealand parliamentarians, after considerable debate and encouragement from sex workers, mainstream women’s organizations, and public health advocates, voted for changes to the laws governing prostitution. The Prostitution Reform Act 2003 (PRA) heralded a significant turnaround in approach, repealing laws that had been used to criminalize sex workers and created […]

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