{"id":3584,"date":"2006-12-13T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T11:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2015-03-26T11:52:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T11:52:33","slug":"green-mep-calls-for-change-in-prostitution-law-to-increase-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/2006\/12\/13\/green-mep-calls-for-change-in-prostitution-law-to-increase-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Green MEP Calls For Change In Prostitution Law To Increase Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWomen in the sex industry are often vulnerable and sometimes desperately need support to find a way out.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 This was the message from Green MEP Jean Lambert today as she called for a change in the law to increase the safety of prostitutes following the horrific murders of five women in Suffolk.<\/p>\n<p>Jean, who has continued to campaign for women\u2019s rights and previously called for the legalisation of prostitution and licensing of brothels, today said; \u201cFirst and foremost it is vital that we recognise that the five people who have been murdered are women first and prostitutes second.\u00a0 The fact that their lives have steered them into the sex trade does not renounce their human rights and respect that we are all entitled to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReports following the Ipswich murders suggest that many of the women involved in prostitution do so because they can not see another way out or any other way of raising funds to feed a drug addiction.\u00a0 We need to offer these women a safe option where they can gain specialist help and advice from highly trained professionals, reassuring them that they will not be penalised for any involvement in the sex industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo successfully persuade women to leave the streets, the circumstances in which they have turned to prostitution must be addressed first.\u00a0 This is not a job for the Police.\u00a0 A number of support projects have been set up to deal with drug addiction but they can suffer from erratic or little funding and thus the long term approach and support that is needed to really make a difference breaks down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen working in the sex trade are vulnerable through a combination of circumstances and unless the law changes to allow brothels to operate under license, or we see the setting up of managed areas as Ipswich prostitutes have demanded horrific crimes such as those in Ipswich will continue to be a very real possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWomen in the sex industry are often vulnerable and sometimes desperately need support to find a way out.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 This was the message from Green MEP Jean Lambert today as she called for a change in the law to increase the safety of prostitutes following the horrific murders of five women in Suffolk. 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