03.02.2012                      10.Schwat. 5772

Innenpolitik:

Protests to call for criminalization of prostitution

Series of worldwide events aim to pressure lawmakers to support bill criminalizing purchase of sexual services.

A series of worldwide protests Sunday, including in Israel, will aim to put pressure on Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman and other lawmakers to support an upcoming bill that seeks to criminalize the purchase of sexual services in Israel.
Known as the “Nordic model,” after a similar series of laws were first passed in Sweden in 1999, the legislation in Israel is being proposed by MK Orit Zuaretz (Kadima), chairperson of the Knesset Subcommittee on Trafficking in Women….