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AT the Amnesty International UK (AIUK) AGM in April 2017, some members brought a motion calling for Amnesty’s current policy of lobbying for the full decriminalisation of the sex trade — including pimps and brothel owners — to be reviewed.
Before the AGM, some members who supported the motion contacted AIUK to ask for a stall so that they could provide attendees with leaflets and background information to the motion. This request was turned down, as was their request to run a workshop on the motion.
Determined to do their best to inform attendees of the harms of prostitution, not just to those embedded in it but also to sexual equality and society as a whole, and of the success of the Nordic Model in Sweden, activists gave out Nordic Model Now! flyers in the lunch break.
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