The strategy launched by the Ministry of Justice, Home Affairs and Public Administration, led by Gabriela Bravo, to further the goal of eliminating prostitution in the Valencian Community has its disparages in Consell herself. The Office for Equality and Inclusive Policies, headed by Mónica Oltra, has made claims against amending the Demonstrations Law, which proposes to impose sanctions of up to 60,000 euros on brothels. His opposition to this is based on two issues. On the one hand, it is emphasized that the Bravo region does not have the authority to regulate this issue, so it has the powers that it does not have. She also emphasizes that the anti-slavery path she proposes not only works, but also harms more people, the vast majority of whom are women, who find themselves in prostitution contexts. The same allegations, like Equity, were registered by the Ministry of Economy, which is in the hands of Compomís.
Oltra’s location is no secret, unlike Bravo’s roadmap. Their divergent stances are well known, and in fact last Friday the vice president openly argued that “more than just punitive measures are needed” to eradicate prostitution, advocating listening to the victims and drafting a rule that doesn’t hurt them. Now he has gone a step further by making claims against the Amendment Bill to the Entertainment Act. Officially, although the objections have been registered by Rubén Sancho, regional secretary for Equality and Diversity, they fit the letter defended by the councilor and leader of Compromís. Because ultimately, the train crash in the regional government with prostitution in the background goes beyond the positions of both ministers and pits the two main government partners, PSPV-PSOE, against the Valencians.
“The amendment proposal (The Show Act) is part of a punitive rhetoric about prostitution and places women who engage in prostitution, particularly women with less resources or in a vulnerable situation, into a more vulnerable framework of unregulated administration. Ultimately, poverty and immigration are sanctioned”, claims presented by Equality collect.
In this sense, while it is emphasized that the anti-slavery framework advocated by Bravo “increases the social stigma of prostitution women and weakens their support networks”, they have to resort to sex work as the only option, as the measures taken will greatly affect trans people who are 85% unemployed.
“We consider that the recommendation body has assumed the powers corresponding to the Vice Presidency and the Ministry for Equality and Inclusive Policies. In this sense, it is inappropriate to amend a Public Entertainment Act to eliminate prostitution. Autonomous powers alongside the material framework of the law” to stop normative change. continues the recorded document.
Regarding the swaying of powers corresponding to equality, the allegations state that the change begins from the perspective of protecting women and promoting equality, but that the ministry that Bravo heads is “not competent on issues of gender equality, recognition of women’s rights, and the fight against gender and sexist violence”. Furthermore, Equality emphasizes that the consideration and legal regulation of prostitution is a state mandate, and therefore “eliminating this unregulated reality exceeds autonomous powers, an objective intended to be achieved by the proposal of this regulatory change”.
Equality warns in the allegations that, according to the statement of reason, this reform aims to eliminate all forms of prostitution that takes place in places and workplaces regulated in the Entertainment Law, so it can be concluded that “surprisingly, prostitution is considered prostitution as a public practice that takes place in these facilities and establishments. performance, entertainment and/or leisure-cultural activity”.
“Although it is stated that the proposed amendment is only aimed at sanctioning the demand for prostitution in public institutions, the dissemination of prostitution advertisements, the third parties who determine the location and the use of licensed workplaces in the 14th Law catalog in prostitution activities, /2010, these sanctions are an indirect sanction against women who actually engage in prostitution. assumes” confirms Equation.
According to the Conselleria de Oltra, if people who engage in prostitution find themselves in situations of great vulnerability, measures should be taken to secure their way out of the situation, as Igualdad did, and not “aggravate the situation through indirect punishment”. prostitution women.
Finally, Sweden introduced abolitionism in 1999 and since then the demand and consumption of prostitution has not decreased but moved to less visible places, and a report by Amnesty International on abolitionism in Norway reflects the intensification of social stigma and women discrimination.
Valencian socialists are particularly bothered by this whole issue and abolition of prostitution in the Valencian Parliament in October 2021 of all parties supporting Botànic, namely PSPV-PSOE, Compromís and Unides Podem. In this sense, the party, led by Ximo Puig, will present the model of the Anti-Slavery Municipal Ordinance prepared within the framework of the Statutory Decree. Valencia Forum for the Abolition of Prostitution as stressed, protecting women and Fines of up to 3,000 euros for those who seek paid sexas well as to intermediaries and the places where it is carried out”gender violenceAt the municipal level, it is not yet clear whether the Socialists will receive support from Valencians with whom they share various governments, such as Elche.
Source: Informacion
