Saturday 31 May 2014

We're not Selling Sex. We're Selling Souls.

Last Sunday I took part in the Austrian Women’s Run. It was the first time I’ve participated in a big sporting event and the atmosphere was pretty cool. No, I’ve not been converted to running but I have taken up Nordic Walking, and did so for a very good cause. Along with some of my colleagues from TWR, we walked and ran to raise some money- and some awareness- for Herzwerk. Herzwerk (Heart Factory in English) is a small organisation of incredible staff and volunteers who work with women in prostitution in Vienna.

FYI: prostitution is legal in Austria. A more important FYI: legalised prostitution doesn't bring things out into the open and break the link between prostitution and trafficking or other forms of criminality.