Prostitution laws in the Netherlands

4 mrt 2019 | English

The Legal Framework for prostitution in the Netherlands has not changed since 2000. On the moment of writing this report (2012) the Law Regulation Prostitution iand its successor is still in 2013 under debate in the Dutch senate. I   National legislation Law...

What was legalized in the Netherlands in 2000?

10 jun 2017 | English, Politiek/Beleid, Prostitutie.nl, Uncategorized

What about the prostitutions? (Hoe moet het nu met de prostituties?) was one of the question foreign journalists asked the Red Thread when in 2000 the ban on brothels was lifted. Many people are still in the dark about what was the lifting of the ban on brothels...

Video’s on the book Designing Prostitution Policy English

7 jun 2017 | English, Film, Wetenschappelijk onderzoek

The Dutch Documentary Maker Eveline van Dijck made some videos in which Henk Wagenaar presents some major issues and conclusions of the book. Just click on: Major conclusions Prostitution Policy and Stigma Prostitution Policy = Morality Politics Prostitution Policy in...

The complexities of prostitution policy: a new book

24 apr 2017 | English, Politiek/Beleid, Wetenschappelijk onderzoek

On 27th of April 2017 the following book was published by Policy Press in Bristol: Designing Prostitution Policy: Intention and Reality in Regulation the Sex Trade, by Wagenaar, H., Amesberger, H. and Altink, S. The abstract of the book: This is one of the few books...

A very short history of prostitution in the Netherlands

25 mrt 2017 | English

In Europe the professional and organized prostitution dates from the late Middle Ages. From this era stem the first documents about this phenomenon in the Low Countries. Several authors, (Van de Pol, 1996, Volmuller, 1966, Stemvers, 1985 and Meyer, 1989) mention the...

Sex workers and their trade union in the Netherlands

22 feb 2017 | English

In the history of the Red Thread the plan to found a trade union of sex workers has popped up every now and then. The Red Thread had a long standing discussion about this with the FNV (Federation of Trade Unions in the Netherlands), the largest national trade union....