Numbers trafficked for sexual exploitation rise by nearly a third, support group finds
Ruhama’s annual report says 155 victims of human trafficking engaged with the charity in 2023
Ruhama
New referral mechanism needed to support victims of trafficking, IHREC says
Rights and equality commission calls for specialised shelter for victims of trafficking
Dedicated housing unit for trafficking victims to open in autumn
Department of Justice previously announced unit would open last year
Women in prostitution in Ireland experience ‘endemic violence’
Report says 2017 law has made a ‘very promising’ start in interrupting sex trade
Sex-trafficking: Why is Ireland’s record so poor?
Padraig O’Morain: It is our duty to prioritise the destruction of sex-trafficking
Sale of sex rises since Covid-19 restrictions lifted, advocacy group says
Ruhama calls on Government for better enforcement of legislation on purchasing sex
Human trafficking: ‘I lived in fear . . . I was a broken person’
A mother of two from Cameroon taken into prostitution in Ireland
Ireland criticised for ‘major failings’ in its treatment of human trafficking victims
US Department of State report finds ‘lack of convictions for trafficking offences’
Women in direct provision being ‘pushed into prostitution’
Migrant network warns that people surviving on small cash allowance become desperate
Jailing of sex workers keeping brothel shows law ‘not fit for purpose’
‘Nordic model’ legislation does not protect those selling sex, says alliance
Ireland has ‘highly organised, transnational’ sex trade
Ruhama report finds women more likely to report crimes to gardaí since 2017 laws banning purchase of sex
Garda operation aimed to raise awareness on sex purchasing laws
Garda has faced criticism over number of prosecutions initiated since Act came into force
€40m in dormant bank accounts to be given to community projects
Government will distribute unclaimed personal accounts and insurance policies
Video reveals how sex buyers view women trafficked into Ireland
More than 80% of callers requested details on sex services despite pleas for help
‘Dramatic rise’ in attacks on sex workers since law change
Support groups link increase in attacks to law criminalising purchase of sex
Concern over lack of prosecutions under new sex trade law
Gardaí need to be properly resources to enforce Sexual Offences Act, Ruhama says
‘It’s clearly a brothel, yet nothing can be done’
Ireland’s sex trade went online years ago. So what are main-street ‘massage parlours’ for?
‘Sex for rent’ in Ireland: massages, modelling, no money
This week 10 online ads offered rooms in Dublin in exchange for sexual favours
Facebook to crack down on ‘revenge porn’ on platform
Social network brings in reporting tools for non-consensual sharing of intimate images
Human trafficking cases and exploitation of minors on rise
Of 78 alleged human trafficking victims recorded in Republic in 2015, 23 were minors
Ireland questioned on human rights of sex workers by UN
Institutional abuse and traveller ethnicity among issues raised by UN committee
Prostitute-users responsible for ‘lives stolen by trafficking’
Second National Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking in Ireland launched
Deirdre Kinahan: ‘The Rising is not just a Dublin story’
The playwright’s new production Wild Sky eschews the grand Dublin narrative for a rural perspective on 1916
Head to head: Why the purchase of sex should be a criminal offence
Evidence from around the world shows that legalisation of the trade as a whole fails to protect the most vulnerable
Have your say: Should the purchase of sex be a criminal offence?
Controversy has arisen over Amnesty International recent vote on the issue
Call for ‘full inquiry’ into garda who had sex with prostitute
Advocacy group ‘concerned’ at details of case involving woman who was under investigation
Trafficked woman challenges refusal to pay child benefit payments
Child was born in Ireland and has refugee status
New campaign urges Irish men to take stand against sex trafficking
Prostitution - We Don’t Buy It is the first all-island effort aimed at male attitudes
HSE service refers women in prostitution for abortion advice
Most women who use HSE service are under constant pressure to have unprotected sex
Organised prostitution targeted in Garda raids
Man arrested and released without charge after 22 premises searched nationwide
Ruhama calls for ‘conversation’ on prostitution
Prostitution is not about choice, says charity, as it reports 18% rise in women seeking support
Protest outside Nigerian embassy in Dublin over abductions
Protestors call for release of 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants Boko Haram
Prostitution should be classified as gender based violence, commitee told
Personal cross-examination of complainant by accused risks ‘retraumatisation’
Feminists and religious conservatives in strange alliance over transactional sex
Opinion: The right to say No is important - and so is the right to say Yes
Rise in sex workers seeking support services
Women from more than 30 countries working in Irish sex trade, says Ruhama
Former prostitutes ‘offended’ by Clare Daly stance on sex industry
Independent TD argued criminalising purchase of sex will not tackle root causes
Payment for sex should be criminalised, committee proposes
Oireachtas report on prostitution would put pimps out of business, campaigners claim
‘It is impossible to separate trafficking and prostitution’
The Minister for Justice is considering whether to criminalise people who pay for sex. Would this protect prostitutes, or send the ‘industry’ deeper underground?
The sex trade: safe or sordid?
As the Government considers new laws on the buying of sex, current and former prostitutes – and some men who use them – share their views on the business
Men and escorts: ‘I think I could tell if they didn’t like it’
For some of their clients, prostitutes provide a fulfilling way to avoid commitment and solve emotional problems. For others, they are easy targets
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