Links and Resources
Links and Resources
This section will provide links to recent publications on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation as well as including links to useful websites.
Please click on the links below for further details:
AWAN's Statement Opposing Legalized Prostitution & Total Decriminalization of Prostitution.
Aboriginal Women's Action Network.
Link to the Criminalisation of the Purchase and Sale of Sex (Scotland) Bill
Please respond and support Trish Godman MSP's Bill by Feb 18th 2011, our SUPPORTING STATEMENT and STANDARD RESPONSE can help inform your response.
Evaluation of the Swedish Law with an English Summary ( July 2010)
Report on the debate hosted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in Glasgow in September 2009.
Challenging Men's Demand in Scotland
This report published by the Women's Support Project in 2008 is based on interviews in Scotland with 110 men who bought women in prostitution.
Shifting Sands: A Comparison of Prostitution Regimes Across Nine Countries
This report published by the Child & Woman Abuse Studies Unit in 2009 provides an update to the 2003 report on 4 countries for Glasgow City Council (Bindel and Kelly, 2004) and expands the focus by comparing legal and policy positions on prostitution in Australia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa and Sweden.
Men who buy sex: who they buy and what they know
A research study by Melissa Farley, Julie Bindel and Jacqueline M. Golding of 103 men who describe their use of trafficked and non-trafficked women in prostitution, and their awareness of coercion and violence. Published December 2009
Tackling the Demand For Prostitution
(Wilcox et al) A rapid assessment of the literature as part of the Tackling Demand for Prostitution Review (Home Office, 2008a), which aimed to assess what further action the Government and other agencies could do to reduce the demand for prostitution
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (May 2008)
What Happens When Prostitution Becomes Work? An Update on Legalisation of Prostitution in Australia
Mary Sullivan, CATW Australia 2005
An Overview of Male Sex Work in Edinburgh and Glasgow: The Male Sex Worker Perspective
Judith Connell and Graham Hart (June 2003)
Against Prostitution and Human Trafficking for Sexual Purposes
Government Offices of Sweden, Integration and Gender Equality, Oct 2009
The Links Between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: A Briefing Handook
Monica O'Connor and Grainne Healy, 2006
Julie Bindel and Liz Kelly, Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University, 2003
Scotland's Slaves, An Amnesty International Briefing on Trafficking in Scotland, 2008
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2006
Big Brothel: A Survey of the Off Street Sex Industry in London
The Poppy Project, August 2008
Globalisation, Sex Trafficking and Prostitution: The Experiences of Migrant Women in Ireland
The Immigrant Council of Ireland, 2009
Profitable Exploits: Lap dancing in the UK
Glasgow City Council, Julie Bindel, August 2004
USEFUL WEBSITES:
http://www.turnofftheredlight.ie Turn Off the Red Light: a campaign to end prostitution and sex trafficking in Ireland. It aims to raise awareness about the dangers of prostitution and to lobby the Government to introduce legislation to end the exploitation of women, men and children in the sex industry.
www.catwinternational.org Information on Prostitution and Trafficking
www.cwasu.org Training, Consultancy and Research from a Feminist Perspective
www.prostitutionresearch.com Site offering information and research on prostitution
www.womenssupportproject.co.uk The project works to raise awareness of the extent, causes and effect of male violence against women, and for improved services for those affected by violence
www.demandchange.org.uk campaign by Eaves and OBJECT aimed at tackling demand for prostitution in England and Wales
www.ecpat.org.uk End child prostitution, pornography and trafficking for sexual purposes
www.eaves4women.co.uk/Resources/Resources.php Good links to research into all aspects of violence against women, including trafficking prostitution and sexual violence
www.womenlobby.org/site/video_en.asp Link to Not For Sale Film
www.nhsopenroad.org NHS Open Road is a service for men of any age who perform sexual acts in exchange for some form of payment
www.saferglasgow.com/services/reducing-violence-against-women/tara.aspxv Information on the TARA Project, a service which identifies and supports women who have been trafficked into Scotland for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation
www.vawpreventionscotland.org.uk/home VAW Prevention Scotland
www.whiteribbonscotland.org.uk Campaign for men in Scotland who want to end violence against women
www.object.org.uk Object challenges "sex object culture" with particular focus on advertising, lad mags and lap dancing clubs
http://stoppornculture.org/ Stop Porn Culture
www.stopthetraffik.org Stop The Traffik
