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What laws to protect prostitutes in Europe?

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Sex workers during a demonstration in Paris in front of the Moulin Rouge, on April 11, 2021, for the five years of the law aimed at strengthening the fight against the prostitution system and supporting prostitutes.

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By: Frederique Lebel

2 mins

More than 20 years after Sweden, Spain is preparing to ban prostitution by punishing both clients and pimps.

A radical change of approach, because until then no text governed the sector.

And brothels were considered by law to be nightclubs.

Everything is going to change, the socialist government of Pedro Sanchez, which has received support from the right, intends to have the law passed before the end of its legislature.

Although opinions are divided.

This is the report in Barcelona from our correspondent Elise Gazengel.  

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And Sweden was precisely the first country in Europe to legislate to prohibit prostitution

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The law entitled “peace for women” was adopted in 1998 and came into force the following year.

Its objective: to protect prostitutes as victims, and to criminalize clients.

Much criticized when it was adopted, it is now widely accepted.

It's your Europe, Alice Rouja 

The news from across the Atlantic continues to cause a stir in the world and in Europe.

Since the US Supreme Court stopped guaranteeing the right to abortion, Europeans have been mobilizing. 

Reintegrating prisoners using horses 

Find new reintegration models for prisoners.

In Ireland, Castlerea prison, in the center of the country, is innovating with a model already tested in the United States and Australia.

Selected prisoners can go to work in a stable and train with the hope of finding work in the world of horses when they are released.

Italian prisoners work

And in Italy, the numbers are impressive.

According to the latest report commissioned by the Italian Ministry of Justice, 30% of detainees have a job.

A virtuous model that clearly helps reintegration.

But that hides many disparities at the national level.

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