Nordic Model Now!
Movement for the Abolition of Prostitution
What is OnlyFans? How does it work? Is it really easy money? How is it affecting society? For answers to these questions and more, watch the recording of this webinar. Read More
Social and economic arguments for the Nordic Model approach to prostitution policy and legislation and other interventions to end the impunity of third parties who profit from sexploitation. Read More
The recording of our webinar for parents, carers & teachers, providing practical strategies for age-appropriate conversations, helping kids to form healthy relationships, set appropriate boundaries & speak up about abuse. Read More
Why we should not be surprised by the grooming gangs in Rotherham and elsewhere while the government condones and facilitates an industry that profits from the similar abuse of women and girls. Read More
The startling parallels between the rapists in the Pelicot case and sex buyers; why they were so indifferent to women’s suffering; and a passionate call for collective responsibility. Read More
Jenna, a prostitution survivor, writes about the impact of stealthing on women involved in prostitution. Read More
A critical analysis of Belgium’s decriminalised prostitution system, showing that far from being a triumph for sex workers, it is as fatally flawed as Germany’s legalised system. Read More
Prostitution survivor, Emma, reflects on the utter confusion involved in selling sex and the mismatch between the hype that “sex work is real work” and the actual reality. Read More
Esther, who was herself involved in porn and prostitution, explains why the Musicians’ Union’s statement on sex work is misleading and biased. Read More
A brief overview of legislation that governs lap-dancing in England and Wales, and why the “frequency exemption” must go. Read More
A short film of a series of prostitution adverts, quotes from reviews by sex buyers (punters) of the women they buy, and quotes from women with lived experience of prostitution about what it is really like. Read More
Links to the recordings of this conference, which took a critical look at pornography, prostitution, and surrogacy. Read More
Why the Home Secretary will not succeed in reducing male VAWG unless she urgently addresses the porn and prostitution industries. Read More
Based on our response to a government consultation, this post provides detailed evidence of the harms of pornography. Read More
A harrowing account of child abuse, child sexual exploitation, prostitution, and extreme BDSM. Read More
Full references and PDF download for the new ‘What did you want to do when you were growing up?’ flyers. Read More
In this powerful piece, French prostitution survivor, Florence Jacquet, calls for the end to the porn and prostitution systems. Read More
An interview with Kajsa Ekis Ekman, author of the brilliant ‘Being and Being Bought: Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self” Read More
The text of a brilliant speech that prostitution survivor-activist, Rose Hunter, gave at a Feminist Forum in Melbourne, Australia. Read More
Review of: WHEN MEN BUY SEX: WHO REALLY PAYS? Canadian Stories of Exploitation, Survival, and Advocacy by Andrea Heinz & Kathy King. Read More
A brilliant rebuttal to a recent article in the Metro claiming “escorts” reduce male loneliness. Read More
This testimony about how predatory men sexually used and abused a 17-year-old girl who had endured years of child abuse and neglect would be shocking – were it not so common. Read More
Open letter from Nordic Model Now! and 27 organisations and 426 individuals to the leaders of the main UK political parties in advance of the general election. Read More
Two women and a man provide short accounts of their experience of prostitution, explaining how they were groomed, coerced and exploited. Read More
Fascinating talk from prostitution survivor, Esther, about how porn and prostitution are confusing people’s understanding of sexual consent. Read More
A first-person account of being a phone sex operator (PSO) on Niteflirt and how, far from what she’d been led to believe, it was exploitative and traumatising. Read More
All you need to know about our public event in Birmingham on 15 June 2024. Come along to hear women who have lived experience of the sex trade discuss its reality once all the propaganda has been stripped away. Read More
What changes to surrogacy law are the British Law Commission recommending and how does this compare with the current law in England and Wales? Read More
Open letter in response to a ‘Human Rights Comment’ entitled, ‘Protecting the human rights of sex workers’, published on 15 February 2024 by the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, Dunja Mijatović. Read More
A call to action for people who live in Council of Europe countries to write to their PACE representatives to call for accountability. Read More
The recording of the NMN Rethinking Consent webinar held on Sunday 25 February 2024. Read More
A critique of the ‘Human Rights Comment’ entitled, ‘Protecting the human rights of sex workers’, published by the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, Dunja Mijatović. Read More
The Duluth Power and Control Wheel adapted to show the complex interplay of violence, abuse and coercion inherent to prostitution. Read More
Debunks claims in an LSE Policy Brief that the Nordic Model de facto criminalises selling sex, and increases economic marginalisation and deportations of “sex workers”. Read More
Our initial thoughts are that Scotland’s new strategy for tackling prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation is really impressive. Read More
Fascinating account of how Britain went from understanding prostitution as harmful to supporting the “sex work is real work” ideology. Read More
A data scientist examines the DOJ-commissioned study into the operation of the Nordic Model in Northern Ireland and shows that it led to a significant reduction in the scale of the sex trade. Read More
Prostitution survivor, Sian, welcomes an excellent study on women’s routes out of prostitution in Ireland. Read More
A radical feminist challenge to the way prostitution is increasingly framed as “sex work” and a normal job that women have the right to “choose”. Read More
Data shows that we are witnessing an epidemic of male violence against women and children. We believe this is learned behaviour that persists because it is condoned and protected by political and cultural forces. Read More
A critical response to the research entitled ‘The role of adult service websites (AWS) in addressing modern slavery’ from the University of Leicester. Read More
Transcripts and recordings of Nordic Model Now’s ‘Breaking the Cycle’ conference that was held in central London on 11 November 2023. Read More
Tackling the harm of Andrew Tate and other “Loverboy” pimps requires tackling the demand for prostitution and challenging its online facilitation and normalisation. Read More
In this exquisite piece of writing, Huschke Mau describes what she encountered in Chinatown after speaking at the Breaking the Cycle conference. Read More
Michael Sheath explores the terrifying overlap between mainstream pornography and child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). Read More
Prostitution survivor and activist, Huschke Mau, explains the 11 ways that legalising the buying of sex changes society for the worse. Read More
Everything you need to know about the ‘Breaking the Cycle’ conference being held in central London on Saturday 11 November and via live stream. Read More
Latest data on the prostitution-related offences in England & Wales show the police do not enforce the law & these offences are now practically decriminalised. Read More
Discussion of the weaknesses and incorrect assumptions that underly the policy of full decriminalisation of ‘sex work’ recommended by the WHO and other UN bodies. Read More
Infographics based on a new paper examining the New Zealand government’s studies into the results of decriminalising prostitution. Read More