This year’s Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation summit proves the problem is still vast. But there is no better time to join the movement, because we will see an end to sexual exploitation
Over the past week, abolitionists and activists from across the globe have been tuning in to the annual National Centre on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) conference Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation. Due to Covid-19, the conference has been proceeding via online...
A new report on modern slavery in the UK exposes the links between trafficking and prostitution more clearly than ever. We must recognise this to end sexual exploitation once and for all.
This week the anti-slavery organisation Justice & Care released a new report documenting the desperate need for the UK Government to do more in their fight against modern slavery and human trafficking. Since the Modern Slavery Act was introduced in 2015, the...
Last week, Israel finally introduced the Nordic Model. Now it’s time for the UK to do the same
On 10 July 2020, Israel finally introduced legislation that prohibits the purchase of sex, while ensuring the women within prostitution remain decriminalised (women within prostitution were not criminalised before the introduction of the new law). The Prohibition of...
For too long Pornhub has acted with impunity. Now we finally have the chance to hold the site to account.
The coalition of 300+ organisations behind the #TraffickingHub campaign, led by Laila Mickelwait and Exodus Cry, has this week released a new video detailing just how complicit Pornhub is in crimes of the gravest nature: a 15 year old girl from Florida who was...
The Government’s failure to properly manage the legal aid system is having dire consequences for victims of trafficking. This must change immediately.
Young Legal Aid Lawyers recently released a new report entitled ‘A sector at breaking point: Justice denied for victims of trafficking’ detailing the failures of the Government’s handling of the legal aid system and its accessibility for victims of trafficking. Legal...
The Government are right to outlaw the “rough sex defence”, but they also need to recognise one of its driving factors: pornography
Here at CEASE UK, we welcome the statement of Justice Minister Alex Chalk that the so-called “rough sex defence" will be explicitly outlawed in the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill. As campaign group We Can’t Consent to This point out, at least 60 women in the UK have...
For those who wish to challenge racism wherever it exists, it’s time to turn the spotlight onto porn and prostitution
In the light of the recent global protests resulting from the killing of George Floyd in the United States, the conversation has rightly turned to the need for both individuals and wider society to engage in a moment of critical self-reflection to grapple with how we...
Don’t be taken in by Pornhub’s financial gaslighting: they have built their brand on racism and hate-speech
Pornhub has once again proved they will stop at nothing to convince the general public that they are a harmless, socially progressive organisation – and not a hub of sexual abuse and violence - this time by tweeting their alleged solidarity against racism and support...
Germany are right to consider abolishing the sex trade once and for all. Now it’s time that the UK does the same
News reports coming out of Germany have highlighted the fact that German law-makers are calling for the ban on prostitution during Covid-19 to become permanent when the economy finally reopens. Prostitution has been effectively legalised in various forms for decades...
The uploading of sex-scenes to Pornhub from hit TV show ‘Normal People’ proves the site cares about nothing except profit
Pornhub has once again come under fire, this time from the producers of hit-BBC drama Normal People, for allowing the uploading of various sex scenes from the show onto their site. This is just another in a long line of instances where Pornhub has been called out for...
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