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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10933
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) women

Fifty MEPs call for abolition of prostitution in Europe

Brussels, 01/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 1 October, some 50 MEPs demonstrated their support for the European Women's Lobby initiative for a Europe free from prostitution. They signed a “Call” presented in December of last year and supported by around 200 women's rights NGOs.

Women make up 85% of victims worldwide of trafficking for sexual exploitation and nine out of ten women in prostitution want to get out. The MEPs back the Call which states that prostitution runs counter to...

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