CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES have been advised to decriminalise prostitution.
Professor Kamala Kempadoo of York University, Canada, maintains that doing this would stem the tide of human trafficking and help the region to better regulate the sex trade, while protecting those engaged in the practice against stigma and discrimination.
She told an audience at the Frank Collymore Hall last Thursday: “The decriminalisation of prostitution would go a long way towards making the sex trade a safer place to work and could eliminate underhand deals and extortions; and the smuggling of persons.
“It could allow working women to gain access to state protection, health care and rights as any other citizen or legal immigrant.” (GC)
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