Thinking about Daria Pionko, a 21-year-old woman who was murdered in December 2015, 2 1/2 years in to Leeds' failed prostitution experiment.
We can't really say that the managed zone caused her death, a man did that, but prostitution gives murderous men easy access to women.
We can't really say that the managed zone caused her death, a man did that, but prostitution gives murderous men easy access to women.
This is a good piece by @sarahditum newstatesman.com/politics/femin…
It's taken Leeds City Council more than 5 years to close down the managed zone since Daria's murder.
It hurts to think how many women have been harmed in Holbeck since then.
It's taken Leeds City Council more than 5 years to close down the managed zone since Daria's murder.
It hurts to think how many women have been harmed in Holbeck since then.
Early in 2017 (or late in 2016?!) @nia_endingVAWG opened a new specialist refuge, specialising in supporting women who'd been subjected to sexual exploitation, particularly prostitution.
We named it Daria House, in Daria’s memory we say prostitution can never be safe for women.
We named it Daria House, in Daria’s memory we say prostitution can never be safe for women.
nia's other refuge, The Emma Project, specialises in supporting women with problematic substance use who have been subjected to men's violence. It's named after Emma Humphreys. You can read about Emma here in this piece by @bindelj theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
I've worked with a lot of young women suffering because men felt entitled to pay for access to women & girls' bodies, & stood alongside many survivor-abolitionists, women who have exited prostitution, having paid the real price of sexual exploitation, tonight I'm thinking of them
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