Policemen Sleep With Us Without Condoms” – Nigerian Prostitutes Cry Out

A community based organization of s*x
workers, Ohotu Diamond Women Initiative
(ODWI) has called on the Nigerian Police to
stop abuse on s*x workers.
In a statement made available to newsmen,
the organization laments over the widely
misunderstanding status about s*x work.
“The illegal status of s*x work in most
countries, including Nigeria has not
eradicated prostitution. Instead,
criminalization has increased s*x workers
vulnerability to human rights abuses and
created fertile ground for police
exploitation, especially of brothel and
street-based s*x workers.
“S*x workers deserve the basic respect and
protection from violence that each nation
owes its citizens. But in many settings,
police abuse of s*x workers receives scant
public attention despite its entrenched
global reality.
Street and brothel-based female s*x
workers, one of Lagos and Abuja most
vulnerable populations, find themselves
targeted for arrest by police, and they
experience high levels of violence that go
unpunished.
Current city and law enforcement policies
towards s*x workers create a cycle of arrest
that does not result in appropriate or long
term solutions for the community or s*x
workers,” the statement reads in part.
On the challenges s*x workers face, it said:
“The challenge that we face as 50
participants from different L.G.As are
almost similar. Many of us face violence
and discrimination on a regular basis.

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