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Let’s empower women, not pimps | Stephanie Falzon
Women’s organisations are united in their opposition to the proposed decriminalisation of prostitution. STEPHANIE FALZON, chair of Empower – a platform for women’s NGOs – argues that legislation should exist to protect the vulnerable, instead of rewarding criminality
2 March 2021, 8:37am
by Raphael Vassallo
Empower has just released a statement, complaining that the proposed decriminalising of prostitution “will have adverse effects to the already vulnerable women that are caught in this industry”. Yet on paper, the same reform aims to do the opposite: i.e., to protect women in prostitution, by giving them agency over their own profession. In what way, exactly, is this reform flawed?
Legalisation of the sex trade will not simply affect the few who are currently in prostitution but it will lead to a greater demand for women, girls, boys, gays