IRISH MEN CALL FOR AN END TO SEX TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

Published: Wednesday, January 12, 2011

As awareness of the harm caused by sex trafficking and exploitation in the sex industry grows, men in favour of reform of Ireland's outdated prostitution laws speak in support of the "Turn Off the Red Light: End Prostitution in Ireland" campaign.

10am on Wednesday February 2, 2011 in Buswells hotel.

You are cordially invited to participate in this unique event, chaired by Theo Dorgan, where Fergus Finlay (Barnardos), John Cunningham (Immigrant Council of Ireland), Diarmaid Ó Corrbuí (Ruhama), David Begg (ICTU), Eamon Devoy (TEEU), Peter Sheridan and Christy Moore call for action to prevent the sexual exploitation of women and children in Ireland through dissuasive measures against those who buy sex.

RSVP to Nusha Yonkova - nusha@immigrantcouncil.ie or 01 6740202

Turn Off the Red Light: End Prostitution in Ireland

Irish civil society organisations, unions, NGOs and individuals have formed an alliance to raise public awareness about the harm caused by prostitution and sex trafficking and to lobby the Government to introduce legislation to end the exploitation of women, men and children in the sex industry.

We believe that tackling the demand for paid sex that fuels the prostitution industry into which women, men and children are trafficked is the most effective way to combat this heinous crime.

MEMBERS:

Barnardos, Immigrant Council of Ireland, Ruhama, AkiDwA, APT (Act to Prevent Trafficking), Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Religious Sisters of Charity, Freedom From Pornography Campaign, FOMACS, FOF, Inchicore WSG, Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, ICTU Women, Women's Aid, Labour Party, Men's Development Project Waterford, MRCI, Rape Crisis Network Ireland, SONAS Housing, TEEU (Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union), SIPTU Women, Aoibhness Refuge, Saoirse Refuge, Rathmines Women's Refuge, Viva House, SAFE Ireland, Irish Country Women's Association, Irish Feminist Network.