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« we need to make sure that we are connected to a movement to end prostitution », a survivor testimony by Cherie Jimenez

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Published on Monday, 24 October 2016 07:57

« I speak as a survivor and as a member of an international group of survivors working to end prostitution and as the founder and director of an exit program here in Boston, MA USA, a program designed and run by formerly prostituted women that connects women to needed resources and to each other. »

Eva Center - Boston Exit Program - Cherie Jimenez

 

Prostitution Law in France : A law intended to protect the most vulnerable ones

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Published on Thursday, 20 October 2016 14:32

The April 13th 2016 French law on prostitution comprises, in about 20 articles, all the necessary measures to offer protection and possible options to prostitutes, to punish perpetrators (pimps, sex-buyers), ), to enforce a prevention and awareness policy meant to educate citizens in terms of prostitution realities and gender equality.  This global law law is to be fully applied across the whole country as soon as all the decrees arez published.

Hémicycle de l'assemblée nationale

 

French Law on Prostitution: A new model of combat against the prostitution system

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Published on Wednesday, 19 October 2016 11:28

During the international forum « Sexual Exploitation: A Human Rights Violation » in Mexico, Yves Charpenel, the Fondation Scelles’ President, delivered a long-awaited speech dealing with the contents of the French law (dated April 13, 2016) against the system of prostitution. The prospects of this law are revolutionary as they punish the purchase of a sexual act yet also decriminalize victims of this exploitation.

 

Discours d'Yves Charpenel au Forum contre l'exploitation sexuelle à Mexico le 6 octobre 2016

 

Cybersexism, Prostitution and Sexual Violence have been Trivialized by Young People in a Worrying Way

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Published on Tuesday, 04 October 2016 09:25

The web reflects the sexist and sexual violence suffered by young people in the streets, means of transportation or school playgrounds. This is the worrying finding by the sociological study on cybersexism (concerning the 12/15 years old teenagers - fr)which has just been published by the Centre Hubertine Auclert. Beyond the Pyrénées, a recent Spanish study shows 20% of the students interviewed think there is no problem in “using the services” of a prostituted person. Is the trivialization of sexual violence, sexual domination and sexism going to be a usual aspect of youth’s lives?

Cybersexisme, prostitution, violences sexuelles : une inquiétante banalisation chez les jeunes

 

The Scelles Foundation in Mexico promoting the criminalization of the demand for prostitution

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Published on Tuesday, 04 October 2016 08:38

Yves Charpenel, the President of The Scelles Foundation and a premier advocate at the Supreme Court of France, stepped in, as part of the International Congress on the fight against sexual exploitation via the demand, to present the French Act of the 13th of April 2016 as well as the major progress that has been made toward reversing criminal charges against prostitutes and fighting the system of prostitution. The conference, organized by Unidos vs Trata and CAP International, took place from the 4th to the 6th of October in the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City.

Congrès international sur la lutte contre l'exploitation sexuelle

 

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