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UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and girls calls for the recognition of prostitution as a form of violence in her most recent report

UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls calls for the recognition of prostitution as a form of violence in her most recent report

A courageous woman faces the United Nations Human Rights Council! 

During the 56th session of the Human Rights Council Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against women and girls, officially presented the “Prostitution and violence against women and girls” report. The report marks a historic time in women’s rights news, as this is the first time that a Special Rapporteur frames prostitution not only as a form but also as a cause and consequence of violence.

Very importantly, the UN Special Rapporteur’s report is the product of a transparent, democratic process in which a public call to contributions resulted in more than 300 submissions from civil society – survivors of the prostitution system, frontline workers, non-governmental organisations – and experts on the topic of prostitution.

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Associazione Aura attends CAP International 4th World Congress for the Abolition of Prostitution

Associazione Aura attends 4th World Congress for the Abolition of Prostitution

From 31 May to 3 June 2024, Associazione Aura attended Equality In Action: 4th World Congress for the Abolition of Prostitution in Montreal, Canada co-organised by CAP International, CLES – Coordination des Luttes contre l’Exploitation Sexuelle, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, EVA Center and Breaking Free. 

After Paris (France, 2014), New Delhi (India, 2017) and Mainz (France, 2019), Montreal hosted the world’s largest abolitionist event and brought together survivors of prostitution, researchers on the field of women’s human rights, frontline workers, activists, parliamentarians from all over the world as well as Canada State officials. 

The World Congress kicked off with the World Survivors’ March, attended by hundreds of people and specifically survivor of the system of prostitution and their allies.

SEE SURVIVORS' MARCH HERE

The days following the March were spend inside the beautiful Marché Bon Secours, the host to the Congress and its diverse panels.

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June 2024: World Congress for the Abolition of Prostitution : Equality in Action

June 2024: CAP World Congress for the Abolition of Prostitution, "Equality in Action"

This year we will be attending the Coalition against Prostitution (CAP) International 4th World Congress for the Abolition of Prostitution, “Equality in Action”! 

Organised by CAP, Breaking Free, Concentration des Luttes contre l’Exploitation Sexuelle, Eva Center and Vancouver Rape Relief, this World Congress marks the 10th anniversary of the Coalition against Prostitution. It will address the following topics (non-exhaustive list):

  • the historical oppression of indigenous women and girls in the sex-trade
  • the intersectional oppressions that shape the prostitution system
  • the fight against neoliberal patriarchy
  • the role of sports events in the commodification of women and much more.

Click on the below button to access the full program and details.

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Brussels’ Call, EU elections: For a feminist, antiracist, and equal Europe: Abolish the prostitution system”

Brussels' Call, EU elections: For a feminist, antiracist, and equal Europe: Abolish the prostitution system" Manifesto

In light of the European Union elections in 6 and 9 June 2024, CAP International and the Brussels’ Call are launching the advocacy campaign in favour of the Equality Model/Nordic Model.

For that purpose, we are sharing with you the joint-manifesto “For a Feminist, Antiracist and Equal Europe: Abolish the Prostitution System” and CAP’s Infographic, which provides a global overview of the different prostitution legislations in the EU, data on their impact and proposals on how to support the Equality/Nordic Model.

Read them now and support the abolition of prostitution and all forms of sexual exploitation in the European Union!

MANIFESTO OF FEMINIST, SURVIVOR-LED AND GRASSROOT NGOS FOR THE 2024 EU ELECTIONS
WHY SUPPORT THE EQUALITY MODEL ON PROSTITUTION? INFOGRAPHIC
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The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe does not understand the realities of the prostitution system

CAP International: "The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe does not understand the realities of the prostitution system"

Open letter from fourteen organisations –CAP International, European Women’s Lobby, European Network of Migrant Women, Osez le Féminisme !, Rights4Girls, Coalition against Trafficking in Women, Swedish Women’s Lobby, SPACE International, French Coordination for the European Women’s Lobby, Bündnis Nordisches Modell, Brussels’ Call, EuroMed Feminist Initiative, the Spanish State Federation of Abolitionist Women and Intedinhora– in response to the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights comment on prostitution: 

“We, survivors-led, feminist and grassroot’ organisations, are appalled by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights’ comment on “protecting the human rights of sex workers”, both in terms of the methodology used and of the content developed. Women and girls in prostitution deserve better that what can only be considered a disconnected piece of propaganda“. 

READ THE FULL OPEN LETTER HERE
READ EU REPORTERS' GUEST OPINION RESPONSE
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The Belgian Presidency to the Council of the EU 2024 meets  with European Justice Ministers to debate the regulation of “sex work” and deliberately ignores survivors of prostitution

The Belgian Presidency to the Council of the EU 2024 meets with European Justice Ministers to debate the regulation of “sex work” and deliberately ignores survivors of prostitution​

The Belgian Presidency at the EU 2024 Council me with EU Justice Ministers on 26 January 2024 to discuss the regulation of “sex work” and deliberately ignores prostitution survivors.

It is disconcerting to see the Belgian Presidency of the EU 2024 Council inviting EU Justice Ministers to talk about “sex work” without even consulting the groups most affected by prostitution and sexual exploitation – women and girls who are survivors of prostitution and who recount the horrors they have experienced in the system. Consulting the pro-prostitution lobby does not mean engaging meaningfully with those who have been inside the system and are now speaking out against it, as Belgium did before adopting its new law by which it regulated prostitution.

We regret that the Belgian Presidency deliberately ignores the testimonies of prostitution survivors and insists on calling their sexual exploitation “work”, and we remind the Presidency of the September resolution voted by the European Parliament, which clearly states that sex must be based on consent and cannot be replaced by the exchange of money.

READ THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S RESOLUTION ON PROSTITUTION
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“What Prostitution Hides” campaign – Knowledge for Change

"What Prostitution Hides" - Knowledge for Change

We at Associazione Aura support the “What Prostitution Hides” campaign, funded by the Fonds de solidarité pour les projets innovants, les sociétés civiles, la francophonie et le développement humain of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
The campaign focuses on the main actors of the prostitution system, who are often hidden or invisible: sex buyers, pimps and traffickers. It explains how women suffer from a traumatisation process, exposes why it is so difficult to exit the system of prostitution and presents how international human rights law has solved the issue. 
 
These materials will allow for readers to understand and be able to explain to others the realities of prostitution and what prostitution hides. It aims at being a material for societal change.

The sex buyer: his 'creation', buying prostitution and pornography

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD INFORMATION ON THE SEX BUYER

Pimps and traffickers: techniques they use to keep women in prostitution

Prostituted women: Trauma and traumatisation in the lives of two women

The prostitution system: Human Rights legislation to abolish the system

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD INFORMATION ON THE PROSTITUTION SYSTEM