In the Nordic Model approach to prostitution, all those who are prostituted must not be criminalized anymore and there must be support services to help them exit. And for those who are in it, we want to provide support to help them make a new life outside it. Even though the US has no states adopting the Nordic Model yet, the bill passed by the Hawaii State Senate is an important move towards the support services to exit that the Nordic Model fights for.
The monthly income could come as historical reparation for the structural impoverishment of women and girls in patriarchal societies. The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women is a statewide feminist government agency which serves as the main policy consultant on women and girls.
They have also announced that, after three years of fighting, the senate has also passed a bill to end period poverty at Hawaii public schools, started by a public school teacher who collected pages of testimonies from students to present as evidence. Like our work? Become a monthly donor!
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