Being and Being Bought by Kajsa Ekis Ekman

However, a closer look at the chosen researchers reveals something mysterious. The project DemandAT at first glance appears to meet the EU’s criteria: it “shall explore the demand for trafficking.” Further, they write that “inadequate attention has been paid to the purchasers themselves” and that the intent is to do an “empirical in-depth analysis of the demand for human trafficking.” Now the bad news: it was precisely such a group that was awarded the EU project on demand. Additionally, the lobby creates its own organizations with names similar to anti-trafficking groups (see GAATW, the pro-prostitution lobby’s group, founded six years after CATW, the feminist anti-trafficking organization). By contrast, we see lobbying toward governments, the EU and organizations such as Amnesty International and the ILO. Now there is less visible agitation, blogging, and presence in feminist circles and LGBT-movements. The European Commission also announced a research project of 2.5 million Euro to study the demand.Īll this has meant that the pro-prostitution crowd has changed tactics.

The European Parliament passed a Resolution last year concluding that the Swedish model was the most efficient in terms of curbing human trafficking. Finally, we are focusing on the real driving force behind the prostitution industry: the johns. In recent years, Iceland, Norway, Canada, and Northern Ireland has passed sex purchase laws, and France may too, while even more nations decide to increase focus on the demand – that is, on the responsibility of the sex-purchasing man. First the good news: the Swedish model criminalizing the purchase of sex – is gaining ground. Sweden is represented by people who oppose the Swedish Sex Purchase Law and, in addition, lack relevant expertise EU Project Hijacked by The Prostitution Lobby

Being and Being Bought by Kajsa Ekis Ekman