
Audio and video recordings of a private webinar we hosted for a group of Unison women when Unison’s prostitution policy was up for discussion. Read More
Movement for the Abolition of Prostitution
Audio and video recordings 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
Powerful and disturbing piece from sex trade survivor, Michelle Kelly, about the harassment she has received online from sex industry lobbyists. 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
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
“My foray into prostitution started at age 17, when I signed up on the “Seeking Arrangement” website…” Read More
Recording and transcript of a powerful and compelling talk given by Sarah, a prostitution survivor, at Reclaim The Night in Perth, Australia. Read More
Andrea Heinz’s moving and powerful speech at the webinar to launch the Nordic Model Now! Handbook for Universities. Read More
The ninth chapter of ‘Supporting Students Impacted by the Sex Industry: A Handbook for Universities’ Read More
The fifth chapter of ‘Supporting Students Impacted by the Sex Industry: A Handbook for Universities’ Read More
The fourth chapter of ‘Supporting Students Impacted by the Sex Industry: A Handbook for Universities’ Read More
“The way out isn’t quite so easy as the way in and the longer you stay on the fringes of society, the harder it becomes to bridge those gaps.” Read More
“I was groomed into sex work by an ex; it started simple. Small, like drops of water into a bucket…” Read More
This post provides access to audio and video recordings of our ‘Exiting prostitution: what do women need?’ webinar that was held on 22 September 2021. Read More
A poem by Andrea Heinz informed by her own experiences in prostitution. Read More
In this brilliant article based on her own experiences, Tara articulates the reality of life in a UK brothel. Essential reading. Read More
“It’s impossible to assess the damage while you are in it because then, you would not do it. So obviously, you lie to yourself and everyone else…” Read More
Audio and video recordings of our ‘An evening with Suzzan Blac’ webinar that was held on 14 July 2021. Read More
Andrea Heinz wrote this moving poem soon after exiting seven years in the commercial sex trade. Read More
Audio and video recordings of our ‘Trauma and prostitution’ webinar that was held on 6 June 2021. Read More
My story started when I met my first proper boyfriend. The one to whom I lost my virginity. He had very odd sexual fantasies that I complied with because I had never really known love… Read More
Powerful and moving pieces sent to us through our Share Your Story page, which provides a space for women to tell of their experiences in their own words. Read More
I did not choose as a child to be a prostitute and then as an adult I had no other opportunities and then I was in a foreign country and since I was a putanna I had to continue even if it was not what I dreamed of being… Read More
In this searing article based on her own experiences, ‘Alice’ brilliantly articulates the disturbing reality of girls growing up in the failing British ‘care’ system and why they make such easy prey for pimps. Essential reading. Read More
In this poem Andrea Heinz, an exited woman and sex trade abolitionist, speaks to a woman actively selling sex and professing joy with her participation in the industry. Read More
This is an edited transcript of the webinar we held on Sunday 24 January 2021. Read More
This page provides access to the recording and transcript of our ‘Prostitution policy: The Nordic Model or full decriminalization? What do sex trade survivors say?’ webinar that was held on 24 January 2021.
The theme of the webinar was the debate about the Sexual Exploitation Bill that Dame Diana Johnson recently tabled in the UK Parliament. If passed, this would establish a Nordic Model approach to prostitution legislation and policy in England and Wales. Read More
‘Alice’ sent this harrowing testimony about growing up in a UK children’s home through our Share Your Story page.
“A lot of the time surviving in the care system prepares girls for prostitution later. We all allowed degrees of sexual access to adult men for basics like food or clothing. Even beyond that most girls acquiesce to men’s sexual demands in return for things that make you feel like a ‘normal’ young teenager, but aren’t necessities…” Read More
In this insightful article, Esther, who was herself in prostitution, reflects on the finding of the Médecins du Monde study that the income of people involved in prostitution in France has reduced since the Nordic Model law was introduced there in April 2016. She explains how such a reduction in income has been observed in several European countries and suggests it is related to the increase in the number of women entering the sex industry through “choice,” coercion, trafficking, and the fallout from the banking crisis from 2008 and the subsequent implementation of “austerity” policies – and the normalisation of BDSM practices through the mainstreaming of porn. Read More
This article, by a group of people who have experienced prostitution in Sweden, explains why they formed the organisation #intedinhora (#notyourwhore) and why they back the Nordic Model approach to prostitution policy.
“We see prostitution as neither work nor sex, but as an oppression built upon oppression based on gender, race, class and/or age. We believe this, not despite our own experiences of being in the sex industry, but because of them.” Read More