Pressure mounts on junior minister to introduce ‘Nordic model’ in prostitution reform
Another six organisations join over 40+ NGOs saying prostitutes must be first assisted in exiting sex work and for buyers to be criminalised
19 February 2021, 7:53am
by Matthew Vella
A coalition of women’s groups and gender experts are once again calling on junior minister Rosianne Cutajar to criminalise sex buyers and decriminalise prostitutes, in a forthcoming reform on sex work.
Empower, a coalition of women’s organisations supported by former President of Malta Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, wants Malta to adopt the Nordic model, which decriminalises the seller and punishes buyers of sex.
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