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August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 by NMN

‘I have epilepsy. Punters would shag me when I was fitting.’

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

#MeToo Stories #ListenToSurvivors, #MeToo, Prostitution Leave a comment
August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 by NMN

Sex (mis)education in schools

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

Blog #ListenToSurvivors, schools, sex education Leave a comment
July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by NMN

Leicester University confirms it has withdrawn its ‘student sex work toolkit’

Leicester University has responded to our FOI request confirming that it has withdrawn its ‘student sex work’ toolkit and training.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

News student toolkit, University of Leicester 2 Comments
July 17, 2022July 20, 2022 by NMN

Last Girl First! A book review

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

Blog book review, colonialism, inequality, militarism, poverty, Prostitution Leave a comment
July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 by NMN

BODY SHELL GIRL by Rose Hunter: A review

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

Blog #ListenToSurvivors, #MeToo, book review, Prostitution Leave a comment
July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 by NMN

Supporting the pimp lobby so it doesn’t come for your children

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

Blog #ListenToSurvivors, Esther, Prostitution, sex parties 1 Comment
July 12, 2022 by NMN

The launch of the NMN Handbook for Universities

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

Blog handbook for universities, Kathleen Richardson, Prostitution, students, universities, University of Leicester Leave a comment
July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 by NMN

‘I’m paying you not to say no.’

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

Blog #ListenToSurvivors, Nordic Model, Prostitution, punters 2 Comments
June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 by NMN

Statement on Unison ending its support for the Nordic Model

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

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June 9, 2022June 10, 2022 by NMN

Why the labour and trade union movement should support the Nordic Model

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

Podcasts & Videos inequality, Labour Party, Nordic Model, Prostitution, trade unions, Unison Leave a comment
June 4, 2022 by NMN

Trauma and Prostitution: The transcript

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

Blog Dr Ingeborg Kraus, Merly Åsbogård, Prostitution, PTSD, Rebecca Mott, trauma Leave a comment
May 11, 2022July 10, 2022 by NMN

A call to Unison to support the Nordic Model

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

Podcasts & Videos #ListenToSurvivors, Nordic Model, Prostitution, Unison Leave a comment
May 11, 2022June 9, 2022 by NMN

Challenging the ‘Sex work is work’ narrative

Audio and video recordings of our Challenging the ‘Sex work is work’ narrative webinar that was held on 24 April 2022. Read More

Podcasts & Videos #ListenToSurvivors, listen to "sex workers", Prostitution Leave a comment
May 7, 2022May 11, 2022 by NMN

As a sex trade survivor, I believe the Nordic Model framework is the way forward, rather than the New Zealand model

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

Blog full decriminalisation, Nordic Model, Prostitution, sex trafficking, trade unions, Unison 1 Comment
May 3, 2022July 10, 2022 by NMN

FFS Unison, join the dots between the endless ways men make women’s lives a misery and the industry that commercialises such behaviour.

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

Blog Prostitution, Unison, VAWG 1 Comment
April 19, 2022April 21, 2022 by NMN

Surrogacy in the UK

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

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April 8, 2022April 9, 2022 by NMN

The University of Leicester reveals its “student sex work” project is a “substantial commercial” opportunity

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

News FOI request, University of Leicester 3 Comments
April 5, 2022April 9, 2022 by NMN

‘Decriminalisation of the sex trade vs. the Nordic Model: What you need to know’ booklet

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

Publications full decriminalisation, Nordic Model, Prostitution Leave a comment
March 26, 2022 by NMN

Surviving the Sex Trade Trolls

Powerful and disturbing piece from sex trade survivor, Michelle Kelly, about the harassment she has received online from sex industry lobbyists. Read More

Blog #ListenToSurvivors, #MeToo, propaganda, Prostitution 1 Comment
March 13, 2022March 14, 2022 by NMN

The ESRC appears to have pulled funding for the Leicester “student sex work” project

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

News Prostitution, student toolkit, University of Leicester 4 Comments
March 8, 2022March 10, 2022 by NMN

In support of the total rejection of the treatment of women as property

Professor Kathleen Richardson explains why she organised an open letter to university vice chancellors calling for the rejection of pro-prostitution propaganda. Read More

Blog Kathleen Richardson, Prostitution, sex robots, students, universities 2 Comments
March 8, 2022March 20, 2022 by NMN

Open letter to UK university vice chancellors

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

Blog open letter, Prostitution, student toolkit, students, universities 3 Comments
March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 by NMN

Working with students involved in the sex industry

An introduction and link to our article that appears in the March 2022 edition of the BACP University and College Counselling journal. Read More

Blog counselling, Prostitution, psychotherapy, students, trauma 1 Comment
March 3, 2022March 12, 2022 by NMN

ANY GIRL by Mia Döring: ‘Getting paid to please, to endure, to put up with, not to enjoy’

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

Blog #ListenToSurvivors, book review, Ireland, Prostitution Leave a comment
February 19, 2022 by NMN

Who benefits when we promote “sex work” to students?

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

Blog feminism, full decriminalisation, Prostitution, radical feminism, students, University of Leicester 2 Comments
February 10, 2022July 30, 2022 by NMN

More misinformation and sex trade expansionist propaganda from the University of Leicester

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

Blog Prostitution, student toolkit, students, University of Leicester Leave a comment
January 22, 2022August 9, 2022 by NMN

Nordic Model Now! delivers Leicester ‘Student Sex Work’ petition

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

Blog student toolkit, students, universities, University of Leicester 8 Comments
January 19, 2022July 30, 2022 by NMN

Distorting mirrors: The second Leicester student “sex work” training session

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

Blog Prostitution, student toolkit, students, universities, University of Leicester 2 Comments
January 16, 2022February 22, 2022 by NMN

I am a sex trade survivor and I support the Nordic Model. Here’s why.

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

Blog #ListenToSurvivors, full decriminalisation, Nordic Model Leave a comment
January 12, 2022 by NMN

71 reasons for signing the petition to revoke Leicester University’s ‘student sex work toolkit’

A selection of the brilliant comments that people left on the petition explaining why they were signing it. Read More

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