Nordic Model

Spain debates sex work law that will increase risk of exploitation
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Spain debates sex work law that will increase risk of exploitation

A dangerous new law to criminalize sex work is currently being debated in the Spanish parliament. The proposed legislation seeks to criminalize the buyers of sexual services, commonly known as the Nordic Model. But evidence from countries where this framework is already in place suggest that this leaves sex workers more vulnerable to exploitation, violence…

Anti-trafficking, human rights groups to reject amended sex trade bill – The Mail & Guardian
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Anti-trafficking, human rights groups to reject amended sex trade bill – The Mail & Guardian

A sex worker gestures flirtatiously to passing men as she stands outside a dilapidated multi-storey building on Nugget Street in Johannesburg’s Hillbrow area. “It’s not like a hotel, [there are] no bookings. They just come, we do business and they leave,” she said while waiting to do “business”. It has been a slow day, she…