Sweden: Prostitution Virtually Eliminated

I found the strategy and success of Sweden's law against the buying of prostitution well worth sharing. The whole premise is to prosecute those buying prostitution and help prostitutes get out of the cycle of prostitution.

This article details the strategy and how it works.

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Here's a brief excerpt from Justice Women:

Sweden's unique strategy treats prostitution as a form of violence against women in which the men who exploit by buying sex are criminalized, the mostly female prostitutes are treated as victims who need help, and the public is educated in order to counteract the historical male bias that has long stultified thinking on prostitution. To securely anchor their view in firm legal ground, Sweden's prostitution legislation was passed as part and parcel of the country's 1999 omnibus violence against women legislation.