Taiwan-born sex worker Niko, 47, poses for a photograph after an interview with Reuters inside a brothel in Taipei June 24, Taiwan began a process of legalising prostitution on Wednesday making the island the latest place in the world to decriminalise the world's oldest profession.
In six months, authorities will stop punishing Taiwan sex workers after prostitutes successfully campaigned to be given the same protection as their clients, a government spokesman said. Taiwan outlawed prostitution 11 years ago, but older sections of the capital Taipei still teem with underground sex workers in bars and night clubs on the upper floors of high-rise buildings.
The Collective of Sex Workers and Supporters, a Taipei-based advocacy group, estimates that , people are involved in sex-related jobs. New Zealand allowed brothels to operate freely in , when parliament narrowly voted to overturn year-old sex laws.
A court in Bangladesh decriminalized the trade in , but for women only. Discover Thomson Reuters. Directory of sites. United States. World News.
