Biashara ya ngono yapigwa marufuku Ufaransa

[RUCCI]

Wabunge nchini Ufaransa wamepitisha mswada ambao unaharamisha watu kulipa ili kupata huduma ya ngono na kuweka faini ya hadi dola 4,274 kwa wale watakaopatikana na hatia.

Wale watakaopatikana na hatia pia watalazimika kupewa mafunzo ya mazingira yanayowakabili makahaba.Imechukua zaidi ya miaka miaka miwili kupitisha mswada huo wenye utata kutokana na tofauti zilizopo kati ya mabunge mawili kuhusu swala hilo.

Baadhi ya makahaba waliipinga sheria hiyo wakati wa mjadala wa mwisho.
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France is to make it illegal to pay for sex after MPs finally approved new legislation on prostitution following more than two years of rows and opposition by senators.

Under the new law, anyone caught purchasing an act from a sex worker will be fined and required to attend classes on the harms of prostitution.

There would be a €1,500 (£1,200) fine for a first offence, rising to €3,750 for a second, which would also be put on the person’s criminal record. The offender would be forced to attend classes highlighting the harms of prostitution.

The law was passed by 64 votes to 12 with many MPs absent.

The French parliament started debating the bill in 2013, but the final vote was delayed after several hearings owing to sharp divisions between the lower parliamentary chamber and the senate.

The move makes France one of only a handful of European countries to follow the Nordic model of criminalising consumers rather than sex workers. These include Norway and Iceland. Last year, Northern Ireland introduced legislation to make it the only part of the UK where people can be convicted of paying for sex.

The Socialist MP Maud Olivier, who championed the bill in France, said the aim was to “reduce [prostitution], protect prostitutes who want to leave it and to change mentalities”.

Bruno Le Roux, the head of the Socialist group in parliament, said: “You don’t hire a woman like you hire a car. Our society should no longer tolerate it.”

Opponents of the law warned that cracking down on clients could push sex workers further underground and into vulnerable situations with less protection.

A crucial part of the legislation is that it will abolish a controversial 2003 law, introduced by Nicolas Sarkozy when he was interior minister, that banned passive soliciting on the street. This law had made it illegal to stand in a public place known for prostitution dressed in revealing clothes. It had been widely criticised by charities and support groups on the ground.

The legislation passed on Wednesday will treat the sex worker as a victim rather than a criminal. It will also make it easier for foreign sex workers, many of whom are illegally in France, to acquire a temporary residence permit if they embark on a programme to find other work.

In France, prostitution itself – receiving money for sex - is not a crime. But activities around it are. Laws prohibit pimping, human trafficking and buying sex from a minor. Brothels were outlawed in 1946.

Source: The Guardian

 

[JMF]

Kwani watajuaje kama nimemlipa? Mbona hata wapenzi wetu na wake zetu tunawapaga hela?

 

[Chapa Nalo Jr]

Nimegundua wanataka kutibu nini kwa mujibu wa paragraph fulani hapo. Issue ni kuwa wahamiaji wengi wanafanya umalaya kwa vile kazi hiyo haitaji vibali vya ukaazi. Hivyo wanataka wakaazi wote wafanye kazi halali ambazo huwezi pata bila kibali cha kuishi. Shida yooote ni magaidi, ndio wanaondoa utamu mtaani. Kumbuka siku hizi hata wanawake wanatumika kwenye ugaidi.

 

[Econometrician]

Wabunge nchini Ufaransa wamepitisha mswada ambao unaharamisha watu kulipa ili kupata huduma ya ngono na kuweka faini ya hadi dola 4,274 kwa wale watakaopatikana na hatia.

Wale watakaopatikana na hatia pia watalazimika kupewa mafunzo ya mazingira yanayowakabili makahaba.Imechukua zaidi ya miaka miaka miwili kupitisha mswada huo wenye utata kutokana na tofauti zilizopo kati ya mabunge mawili kuhusu swala hilo.

Baadhi ya makahaba waliipinga sheria hiyo wakati wa mjadala wa mwisho.

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Muungano wa makahaba wa Strass umesema kuwa hatua hiyo itaathiri maisha ya kawaida ya makahaba wanaodaiwa kuwa kati ya 30,000 na 40,000.

Lakini wanaounga mkono sheria hiyo wanasema itasaidia kukabiliana na mitandao ya ulanguzi wa binaadamu.

Pia itakuwa rahisi kwa makahaba wa kigeni kupata kibali cha kufanyia kazi kwa mda nchini Ufaransa iwapo watakubali kutafuta kazi zisizo za ukahaba.

Umuhimu wa sheria hiyo ni kushirikiana na makahaba ,kuwapatia vibali vya utambuzi kwa sababu tunajua asilimia 85 ya makahaba ni waathiriwa wa ulanguzi wa binaadamu ,mbunge wa chama cha kisosholisti Maud Oliver ambaye alifadhili sheria hiyo aliambia chombo cha habari cha AP.