- The Links between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: a briefing handbook by Monica O'Connor and Grainne Healy - Prepared for the Joint Project Coordinated by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)
and the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) on Promoting Preventative Measures to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings for Sexual Exploitation: A Swedish and United States Governmental and Non-Governmental Organisation Partnership
- Trafficking trauma - research by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Stolen Smiles: a summary report on the physical and psychological health consequences of women and adolescents trafficked in Europe - report written by Cathy Zimmerman, Mazeda Hossein, Kate Yun, Brenda Roche, Linda Morison and Charlotte Watts. This can be found on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine website.
- A report produced by the Research and Development Unit of the Salvation Army, on 'Substance Use and Health Related Needs of Migrant Sex Workers and Women Trafficked into Sexual Exploitation in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the City of London:
- Profitable Exploits: Lap Dancing in the UK : a report for Glasgow City Council by the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University.
"For the first time this report provides us with an analysis and some understanding of the nature of so called ‘gentlemen’s entertainment’. It explodes the myth that it can be likened to, and regulated in the same way, as karaoke, live music and cabaret.
Addressing Demand
Swedish Law
CHASTE commends the recent innovative legislative changes in Sweden which explicitly forbid the purchasing of sex from another person. This approach highlights the enormous responsibility of those demanding sex for cash and it shifts attention and culpability onto those seeking pay-as-you go sex from any outdated moralising about the woman caught in prostitution.
- Read more in Addressing Demand - Swedish Law on Prostitution
Further Papers Addressing Demand
London Metropolitan University, Child & Woman Abuse Studies Unit: Centre for independent research, evaluation, training, consultancy and networking.
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