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By Gwladys Fouche. OSLO, April 27 Reuters - Nordic steps to tighten the laws on buying sex are winning adherents around Europe, but feedback from the sex workers they were drawn up to protect suggests the regulations may be making their work more dangerous.
The jury is still out on the efficacy of the new laws, which depending on the country involved were drawn up to safeguard women deemed to be in vulnerable positions, stop violence against women and strengthen human rights and gender equality.
But interviews with charities, women's rights activists and prostitutes themselves indicate that for many sex workers, the effect of the law has not been positive. Sweden was the first to introduce a ban on buying sex in , following a campaign started by women's rights advocates who believed that buying someone's body for sex was morally wrong.
In the final proposal to criminalise the buying and not selling of sex, Stockholm focused on the vulnerability of the women and their right to "peace" and protection. Finland followed in with a partial ban, making it illegal to buy sex from a person who was trafficked or pimped. Norway and Iceland adopted Sweden's law in Since then, France, England and Wales have all adopted Finland's partial ban.
