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The Josephine Butler Society was privileged to host a fantastic event on Tuesday 2nd June at the iconic St Anne's Church in Soho, London, to celebrate International Sex Workers' Day. Despite the strikes and the storms, we had an excellent turnout of sex workers, practitioners, academics, and activists, all allies in the movement to improve the dignity and safety of sex workers in the UK and around the world. We had three excellent speakers: Professor Julia Laite - celebrated
A warning from Josephine Butler to the New Abolitionists. Image: Northumberland Archives: Photograph of a painting of Josephine Grey, no date, ref: NRO 06655/1/70 On 3rd February 2026, the MSP Ash Regan’s ‘unbuyable’ bill was defeated in the Scottish parliament by 64 votes to 54. The proposed legislation would make the purchase of sexual services a criminal offence in Scotland, while decriminalising the sale - the so-called ‘Nordic Model’. The Scottish government’s refusal t
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“Economics lie at the very root of practical morality.”
