Nordic Model Now!
Movement for the Abolition of Prostitution
I was forced into prostitution by my partner – I funded his drink habit.
I have epilepsy and would frequently fit – that made him more money. Punters would shag me when I was fitting… Read More
Sex education in schools, although compulsory in the UK, is often appalling. Children need to be told the truth about porn and prostitution. Read More
Leicester University has responded to our FOI request confirming that it has withdrawn its ‘student sex work’ toolkit and training. Yasmin Quayyum, NMN Campaigns Manager, gives a brief summary of the campaign. Read More
A review of ‘Last Girl First! Prostitution at the intersection of sex, race & class-based oppressions’, which provides cast iron evidence that everywhere in the world, it is overwhelmingly the most marginalised women and girls who end up trapped in the prostitution system. Read More
A review of Rose Hunter’s brilliant and moving book, ‘Body Shell Girl’, which takes us into the massage parlours, brothels and other dark places of her first two years in the sex industry. Read More
Prostitution survivor, Esther, talks about the Killing Kittens “sex parties” she used to be paid to attend and explains that they were in fact brothels. She asks whether the social connections of the facilitators are a factor in the police ignoring them. Read More
An edited transcript of our November 2021 webinar to launch the Nordic Model Now! Handbook for Universities, featuring Professor Kathleen Richardson and survivors, Lily and Andrea Heinz. Read More
In this article, Rebecca, a sex trade survivor, talks about the men who buy sex, and how doing this highlights just what prostitution is and why she supports the Nordic model approach. Read More
Unison has formally dropped support for the Nordic Model, but that’s not the end of the story. Now’s the time to mobilise against full decrim. Read More
Audio and video recordings of our ‘Why the labour and trade union movement should support the Nordic Model’ webinar that was held on 7 June 2022. Read More
A transcript of our Trauma and Prostitution webinar from June 2021, featuring Dr Ingeborg Kraus, clinical psychologist and expert in psychotraumatology, and Merly Åsbogård and Rebecca Mott, both survivors of prostitution. Read More
Audio recording of a private webinar we hosted for a group of Unison women when Unison’s prostitution policy was up for discussion. Read More
Audio and video recordings of our Challenging the ‘Sex work is work’ narrative webinar that was held on 24 April 2022. Read More
The text of a powerful talk Rebecca gave to a group of Unison women when Unison’s prostitution policy was up for discussion. Read More
A heartfelt plea to Unison to not abandon its 12-year support for the Nordic Model at its National Delegate Conference in Brighton in June. Read More
Elizabeth Purslow’s talk at the ‘Equality between men and women and the choice to become a surrogate mother’ webinar on 19 March 2022, organised by the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood (CIAMS). Read More
Not content with grooming young women to accept a life of sexual use and young men to accept a life as sexual predators, Leicester University also wants to profit from that. Read More
Download a free PDF or buy printed copies of our new 32-page A5-sized booklet setting out the pros and cons of full decrim of the sex trade vs. the Nordic Model. Read More
Powerful and disturbing piece from sex trade survivor, Michelle Kelly, about the harassment she has received online from sex industry lobbyists. Read More
We have heard from the ESRC that they are no longer funding the development of the “student sex work” toolkit or training. We still have questions, however… Read More
Professor Kathleen Richardson explains why she organised an open letter to university vice chancellors calling for the rejection of pro-prostitution propaganda. Read More
Open letter calling on UK university vice chancellors to reject the notion that “sex work is real work” and to instead support the Nordic Model Now! Handbook for Universities. Read More
An introduction and link to our article that appears in the March 2022 edition of the BACP University and College Counselling journal. Read More
Our review of ‘ANY GIRL: A memoir of sexual exploitation and recovery’ by Mia Döring. In a word, this book is a must read. Read More
Yes, pimps and other capitalists benefit from a thriving sex industry, and so do men, but why do so many young women also cheerlead the “sex work is real work” propaganda and full decriminalisation of this toxic and sexist industry? Read More
Analysis of the new version of the University of Leicester’s “Student Sex Work Toolkit for Staff in Higher Education” and other news. Read More
Brief account of handing the petition to revoke the ‘Student Sex Work’ policy and toolkits to the University of Leicester and our response to their official statement: The toolkit is in effect a grooming kit. Read More
Analysis of the second training session delivered to dozens of UK universities – revealing a profound cognitive dissonance between the trainers’ claims and the reality exposed by the case studies they present. Read More
Tara Ryan, a survivor of the sex trade, explains cogently and succinctly why she fully supports the Nordic Model and not full decriminalisation. Read More
A selection of the brilliant comments that people left on the petition explaining why they were signing it. Read More