Publications

Download (pdf) 		Prostitution in the Nordic Countries. Conference report, Stockholm, October 16–17, 2008
This report summarises the results of the research project “Prostitution in the Nordic Countries”, conducted by the Nordic Gender Institute – NIKK and commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers for Gender Equality. The aim of the project was to present and discuss research on prostitution and human trafficking for sexual purposes in the Nordic countries and the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. The project has compiled data on the extent of prostitution, as well as on both the legal and the social treatment of these issues. The report also presents results from quantitative and qualitative studies on attitudes to prostitution and human trafficking for sexual purposes. The project comprised eleven Nordic researchers from various disciplines and from all the Nordic countries.
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NIKK magasin no 1/2009: Prostitution - Leadership
Prostitution has, for a long time, been a watershed in Nordic politics. The 10-year-old Swedish Sex Purchase Law that prohibits the buying of sex appeared radical when it was accepted. But now Norway, too, has introduced a similar law. In the other Nordic countries there is currently debate as to whether they should follow the same path, or whether there are better ways of dealing with the politics of prostitution. This issue of NIKK magasin includes articles on prostitution in the Nordic countries. Researchers from all the Nordic countries studied the extent of and legislation on prostitution, as well as social measures in the field, and women’s and men’s attitudes towards prostitution.

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 NIKK magasin no 1/2002: Bodies across borders
A contribution to the Nordic-Baltic information campaign on trafficking of women. After almost two years of investigative journalisma Danish report team mangaged to expose the networks of criminals and the people behind the sale of young girls as merchandise across international borders. A research report has looked at what kind of motives young Baltic girls have for traveling to West-Europe, how they are being recruited and the attitude of the public towards this.