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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