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A CO-ORDINATED international campaign is seeking to reframe prostitution, which is both a cause and a consequence of inequality between men and women, as simply a form of “work” no different from any other which should either be fully decriminalised or legalised.
Germany, the Netherlands and some other states have legalised systems where prostitution is controlled by the government and legal only in certain specified conditions.
In 2003 New Zealand introduced full decriminalisation, which involves the removal of all prostitution-specific laws, including laws against pimping and brothel-keeping.
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