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Prostitution Policies in the Netherlands

Document number
1994
Date
2008
Title
Prostitution Policies in the Netherlands
Author/publisher
Marjan Wijers
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution, Prostitution; Sex work; Clients, Abolitionism; New Abolitionism; Prohibitionism; Regulationism,
Summary
This paper starts with describing the current policies on prostitution in the Netherlands, its aims and the underlying principles. It shortly touches the factors that led to the lifting of the ban on brothels in 2000. It then summarises the outcomes of the most recent evaluation of the effects of the change of law and lists the main points of critique. It concludes with a review of the strengths and weaknesses of the current approach and the way the law is implemented in the opinion of the author.
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