Sex workers need to be protected

THE law on prostitution is a glaring example of how the scales of justice are tilted against women.

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Sex workers, mainly women, take most of the risk and can be criminalised for their behaviour.

This is despite the clear link between the men who control prostitution and the criminal underworlds of trafficking and drug dealing. At the same time, the mostly male clients of sex workers are protected from criminal action - with the purchase of sex currently legal.