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New Zealand has made itself the best country for those in sex work (www.the-independent.com)

submitted 4 days ago by x0x7 to c/globalpolitics

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Worldwide, sex workers are vulnerable due to reluctance of governments to regulate the industry.

This could be the beginning of a chain reaction, like when Ireland banned smoking. It was a groundbreaking move at the time that was subsequently followed by over 70 countries. Now one quarter of the world's population are protected by those prohibitions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I didn't know that Ireland was ahead on this. A quick search confirms that this wiki page exists: Smoking in Ireland.

Public opinion is in favour of the bans on smoking which are in place in Ireland.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 1 points 3 days ago

There was a lot of scepticism at the time. We didn't think the pubs would obey or that the state could enforce it. But the next day it went of without a hitch, from what we could tell anyway.