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We believe people were made for purpose, not purchase. Exploitation within the sex industry affects some of the most vulnerable in our society. CARE is working for better laws to protect them.
As Christians, we are called to bring freedom and restoration to those who are oppressed and abused in the commercial sex trade. We are working for laws that will end the demand for exploitation and human trafficking, and help individuals to exit prostitution.
Let’s build a society where no one is for sale, where vulnerable people do not feel prostitution is their only choice, and where those in prostitution are genuinely supported and helped to rebuild their lives.
CARE is calling on the Government to do more to address demand for commercial sexual exploitation and to provide support programmes for those who want to exit prostitution.
find out more about our workProstitution has a ripple effect. It creates the illusory view in the minds of men that women are not human beings as men are, but simply the walking carrier of a product…they are effortlessly and imperceptibly relegated from the realms of the human. They are not people on a par with their male counterparts.
Here are a range of resources to help you dig deeper on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation.
by Naomi Marsden
Prostitution in Britain goes on behind closed doors, leading to widespread abuse and exploitation. The law isn't working, but how to go about changing it is the subject of intense debate. In this two-part series, we examine why the law needs changing, what the differing approaches are, and why, at CARE, we think the Government should make it illegal to pay for sex. In Part One, we explore differing views on this controversial issue.
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In Part One, we looked at why the current law on prostitution in Britain isn’t working, and explored the differing approaches to the issue. In Part 2, we'll explore three key reasons why Britain should ultimately make it illegal to pay for sex.
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Following legislation in Northern Ireland making it illegal to pay for sex, the BBC looked at how the system works in the UK at the moment —meeting current and former prostitutes, men who pay for sex and police.
watch the videoby Revolve Films
Watch harrowing testimonies from Dundee as documentary reveals gangs are selling women for prostitution ‘like commodities’
watch the videoAs part of the inquiry the Committee asked for evidence about the connections between sexual harassment and attitudes to pornography and paying for sex. The Committee’s report published in October 2018 included result of a YouGov survey showing that “generally speaking, those who find it acceptable for men to pay for sex or to use legal pornography also tend to find public sexual harassment more acceptable.”
Sexual harassment of women and girls in public placesThe All Party Parliamentary Group of MPs and Peers undertook an inquiry into off-street prostitution. The ‘Behind Closed Doors‘ report concluded that “the sexual exploitation of women by organised crime groups is widespread across the UK. Third party exploiters, including traffickers and brothel owners, dominate the offstreet sex trade, exploiting mainly non-UK national women in order to profit from the minority of men who pay for sex.” The report recommended the law be changed to make it a crime to pay for sex (as it is in Northern Ireland).
Behind Closed DoorsSeveral MPs from across the parties called on the Government to make it illegal to purchase sexual services in England and Wales, as it is in Northern Ireland.
Hansard DebateMPs debated the issue of “sex for rent” arrangements where vulnerable people agree to have sex with their landlord in return for housing for low or no rent and asked for the law to be clarified. In the debate the Minister gave the Government’s view that such adverts amounted to the offence of causing or inciting prostitution for gain, however no one has yet been charged in these circumstances.
Hansard DebateThe Committee published its response to the UK’s periodic report on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The report includes a recommendation for the UK to take effective measures to reduce demand for commercial sex although it did not specifically recommend legislation to make purchase of sex illegal.
Text of ReportFollowing an inquiry this report highlighted prostitution as an anomaly in the general social and legal approach to consent to sexual activity and recommended the introduction of a new criminal offence of paying for sexual services.
A new report has highlighted the failure of Britain's first red-light district, with children being exposed to prostitution and drug abuse.
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CARE’s work keeps the issue of prostitution and sexual exploitation on the Government’s agenda. As Chair of the AllParty Parliamentary Group on Prostitution, I have seen the urgent need to create good policies that protect vulnerable individuals from exploitation. CARE’s expertise in this area is immensely valuable — I appreciate their hard work and commitment in lobbying for innovative approaches to what is a very complex issue.
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Jesus spent time with those who were vulnerable, particularly women in prostitution. Let’s share his heart by praying for them.
Write to your MP on the subject of prostitution, and ask them to stand for the vulnerable in Parliament.
Read our two-part series: Is it time Britain made it illegal to pay for sex?