69 prostitution survivors from 15 countries call on Scottish ministers and MSPs to support Ash Regan’s Nordic Model style bill. Read More
Open letter from prostitution survivors to Scottish Ministers and MSPs in support of Ash Regan’s Unbuyable Bill
Open letter to Scottish Ministers and MSPs in support of Ash Regan’s ‘Unbuyable’ Bill
A call for support for Ash Regan’s ‘Unbuyable’ Bill, which, if passed, would bring the Nordic Model to Scotland, providing context to the polarisation of opinion on this issue. Read More
Why we support Ash Regan’s ‘Unbuyable’ bill in the Scottish Parliament
A brief account of NMN’s oral evidence in support of Ash Regan’s ‘Unbuyable’ bill to the Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee. Read More
Please respond to the Scottish consultation to show support for Ash Regan’s ‘Unbuyable’ Nordic Model bill
A call for Nordic Model supporters to respond to the Scottish consultation on Ash Regan’s Unbuyable Nordic Model-style bill. Read More
NMN welcomes the Scottish Government’s new strategy for tackling prostitution
Our initial thoughts are that Scotland’s new strategy for tackling prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation is really impressive. Read More
How to respond to the Scottish Prostitution Consultation
The Scottish Government is running a consultation on its prostitution policy. We would like to encourage all our supporters to respond to this consultation. You do not need to live in Scotland to respond.
This post provides two options to make it as easy as possible for you. You can either use a two-minute option to send a template response, or you can use our crib sheet to fill in the full consultation.
The deadline for responding is: Thursday 10 December 2020. Read More
NMN Response to the Scottish Consultation on Prostitution Policy
The full text of the Nordic Model Now! response to the Scottish Government’s 2020 consultation on prostitution policy. Read More
The experience(s) of prostitution
This is an edited transcript of Linda Thompson’s talk at the Experience of Prostitution webinar on Sunday 27 September 2020. Read More
Unmasking the sex industry in Scotland
This is an edited transcript of a powerful and informative podcast, in which Siobhan from Nordic Model Now! talks with Linda Thompson about her work with women who have lived experience of prostitution in Scotland and why Scotland must urgently address the desperate poverty and inequality that is the backdrop to women’s involvement in the sex trade and introduce the Nordic Model without delay. Read More
PODCAST: Unmasking the sex industry in Scotland: A conversation with Linda Thompson
In this powerful and informative podcast, Siobhan from Nordic Model Now! talks with Linda Thompson about her work with women who have lived experience of prostitution in Scotland and why Scotland must urgently address the desperate poverty and inequality that is the backdrop to women’s involvement in the sex trade and introduce the Nordic Model without delay. Read More
20 Years On – Scotland learning from Sweden’s Sex Purchase Act
This article is based on the live tweets Bec Wonders sent out during an event in the Scottish Parliament on 5 December 2019. The event was entitled ‘Twenty Years On: What can Scotland learn from Sweden’s ground-breaking law to tackle demand for prostitution and sex trafficking?’ We are grateful to Bec for letting us publish the article because she captures the feeling and essential messages of the event brilliantly.
“I cast my eyes much higher than ‘mitigating’ violence against women and girls. Commercial sexual exploitation of women and girls must be eliminated, not mitigated or tolerated – eliminated.” says Ruth Maguire. Read More
Response to Scottish Research on Prostitution in Scotland
This is a response from Nordic Model Now! to the report of the research commissioned by the Scottish Government on the available knowledge and evidence on prostitution in Scotland. Read More
Response to Scottish Research on the Impacts of Criminalising the Purchase of Sex
This is a response from Nordic Model Now! to the report of the research commissioned by the Scottish Government on the Impacts of the Criminalisation of the Purchase of Sex. Read More
Response to additional points about the Scottish research into prostitution
The Scottish Government commissioned two pieces of research related to prostitution. Nordic Model Now! has responded to that research separately. This paper responds to some additional additional points raised by a policy adviser. Read More
Lessons from Ireland on Prostitution
There is much that Britain can learn from Ireland’s adoption of the Nordic Model and commitment to tackling male demand for prostitution. Read More