Turn Off The Red Light

What is Turn Off The Red Light?

Turn Off The Red Light is a campaign to end prostitution and sex trafficking in Ireland. It is being run by a new alliance of civil society organisations. Trafficking women and girls for the purposes of sexual exploitation is a modern, global form of slavery. The campaign believe that the best way to combat this is to tackle the demand for prostitution by criminalising the purchase of sex.

What the Campaign is calling for:

• The criminalisation of the purcahse of sexual acts, in addition to criminalising pimping, procuring and trafficking of persons for sexual exploitation. This would make it illegal to buy sex.
• In recognition of the vulnerability of those involved and exploited in prostitution this campaign is also calling for legislation that decriminalises the persons who are prostituted.
• By supporting the campaign you are calling for the end of sexual exploitation in Ireland.

Support the Turn Off The Red Light Campaign

The Turn Off The Red Light Campaign believes that prostitution is not ineviatble. It is fuelled by the willingness of men to pay for sex.

The campaign is calling on the Irish government to introduce legislation to end the exploitation of women, men and children in the sex industry.

In Ireland, it is not illegal to buy sex away from public places. Most of the sex industry operates indoors in Ireland. In countries, like Sweden, where the purchase of sex is illegal, there has been a massive decline in prostitution and a significant reduction in sex trafficking and organised crime.

The campaign believe that the most effective solution is to tackle the demand for paid sex that fuels prostitution and trafficking.

For more information on the campaign please visit Turn Off The Red Light