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The European Network of Migrant Women has released the following statement on a major step forward for migrant women in the fight against prostitution
INFLUENTIAL: The European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg, France [CherryX/Creative Commons]

THE European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW) celebrates a landmark decision by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of MA and others v France. 

This ruling upholds the French abolitionist model, which criminalises the purchase of sexual acts and provides support to victims of prostitution.

The abolitionist model is the only approach that protects victims of prostitution

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