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International law defines prostitution as a human rights violation

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Published on Thursday, 27 October 2016 13:25

Submission of the Scelles Foundation in the consultation of opinion on the approach of UN Women concerning the sexual work, the sex trade and prostitution.

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For 23 years, the Scelles Foundation has been working towards understanding, combating, and expanding their knowledge of sexual exploitation. It has a large resource centre which has more than 5000 reference documents and which dispenses its information through a wide abolitionist network both in France and abroad. Every two years, the Foundation publishes a global report regarding the current state of prostitution in each of the countries that they work with. It outlines key themes that are a part of the larger system of prostitution worldwide. Each year, the Scelles Foundation provides awards for young people who have committed themselves to fighting sexual exploitation. The Scelles Foundation is a Cap International member and co-founder.

 

Human Trafficking: An Increase in the Number of Female and Child Victims in Vietnam

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Published on Wednesday, 26 October 2016 12:43

66% of the human trafficking cases in the world occur in the Mekong sub-region. Vietnam is alarmed at the explosion in the numbers of women and children who trafficked to, for example, China. More than 22 000 cases of human trafficking have been identified by the country’s authorities since 2011. Alarmingly; human trafficking in this region is developing under new, troubling circumstances.

 

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« we need to make sure that we are connected to a movement to end prostitution », a survivor testimony by Cherie Jimenez

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Published on Monday, 24 October 2016 07:57

« I speak as a survivor and as a member of an international group of survivors working to end prostitution and as the founder and director of an exit program here in Boston, MA USA, a program designed and run by formerly prostituted women that connects women to needed resources and to each other. »

Eva Center - Boston Exit Program - Cherie Jimenez

 

Prostitution Law in France : A law intended to protect the most vulnerable ones

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Published on Thursday, 20 October 2016 14:32

The April 13th 2016 French law on prostitution comprises, in about 20 articles, all the necessary measures to offer protection and possible options to prostitutes, to punish perpetrators (pimps, sex-buyers), ), to enforce a prevention and awareness policy meant to educate citizens in terms of prostitution realities and gender equality.  This global law law is to be fully applied across the whole country as soon as all the decrees arez published.

Hémicycle de l'assemblée nationale

 

French Law on Prostitution: A new model of combat against the prostitution system

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Published on Wednesday, 19 October 2016 11:28

During the international forum « Sexual Exploitation: A Human Rights Violation » in Mexico, Yves Charpenel, the Fondation Scelles’ President, delivered a long-awaited speech dealing with the contents of the French law (dated April 13, 2016) against the system of prostitution. The prospects of this law are revolutionary as they punish the purchase of a sexual act yet also decriminalize victims of this exploitation.

 

Discours d'Yves Charpenel au Forum contre l'exploitation sexuelle à Mexico le 6 octobre 2016

 

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