The gender equality potential of new anti‑prostitution policy: a critical juncture for concrete reform
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The gender equality potential of new anti‑prostitution policy : a critical juncture for concrete reform. / St Denny, Emily Flore.
I: French Politics, 2020, s. 153-174.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The gender equality potential of new anti‑prostitution policy
T2 - a critical juncture for concrete reform
AU - St Denny, Emily Flore
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In April 2016, France adopted a new law enshrining a conception of prostitutionas a form of violence against women that needed to be ‘abolished’ and setting up acomplex policy framework to achieve this end. This framework comprises a criminal justice ‘pillar’ dedicated to prohibiting and punishing the purchase of sexualservices, and a social service ‘pillar’ dedicated to providing fnancial and social support to individuals involved in selling sex—uniformly assumed to be women andsystematically considered to be victims. The new policy was supposed to break from70 years of symbolic politics characterised by ambiguous regulation, low politicalattention, and lax policy implementation. Drawing on documentary and interviewdata, and using the Gender Equality Policy in Practice framework to determine thepolicy’s current and potential impact on women’s rights and gender equality, thisarticle argues that implementation of France’s new anti-prostitution policy is currently at a critical juncture. Budget reductions, a lack of central state steering, andcompeting policy priorities are contributing to hollowing out the policy of its capacity to support individuals wishing to exit prostitution while possibly deterioratingthe working conditions of those who cannot or do not wish to exit.
AB - In April 2016, France adopted a new law enshrining a conception of prostitutionas a form of violence against women that needed to be ‘abolished’ and setting up acomplex policy framework to achieve this end. This framework comprises a criminal justice ‘pillar’ dedicated to prohibiting and punishing the purchase of sexualservices, and a social service ‘pillar’ dedicated to providing fnancial and social support to individuals involved in selling sex—uniformly assumed to be women andsystematically considered to be victims. The new policy was supposed to break from70 years of symbolic politics characterised by ambiguous regulation, low politicalattention, and lax policy implementation. Drawing on documentary and interviewdata, and using the Gender Equality Policy in Practice framework to determine thepolicy’s current and potential impact on women’s rights and gender equality, thisarticle argues that implementation of France’s new anti-prostitution policy is currently at a critical juncture. Budget reductions, a lack of central state steering, andcompeting policy priorities are contributing to hollowing out the policy of its capacity to support individuals wishing to exit prostitution while possibly deterioratingthe working conditions of those who cannot or do not wish to exit.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
U2 - 10.1057/s41253-020-00109-7
DO - 10.1057/s41253-020-00109-7
M3 - Journal article
SP - 153
EP - 174
JO - French Politics
JF - French Politics
SN - 1476-3419
ER -
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