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UN Concerned Italy Discriminating Against Immigrant Women’s Right to Prostitution

NEW YORK, January 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations Committee that oversees compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) pressured Italy Tuesday to halt discrimination against immigrant women. The UN committee felt immigrant women in Italy were unfairly restricted from entering into prostitution.

Aldo Mantovani, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, presented his country's actions to fight prostitution as a positive development for women in the country. However, as pro-life and pro-family lobbyists have frequently experienced, UN ‘experts’ often have a radically different view of reality that is alien to most humans on the planet.

“The Government’s commitment to fighting discrimination is illustrated by a bill to fight prostitution, which represents the highest level of exploitation of women,” the Italian report says. The bill prohibits prostitution in public places or places open to the public, as that is where the worst cases of criminal sexual exploitation thrive.

However, Ms. Glenda P. Simms, the UN expert from Jamaica, wondered if the prostitution policy did not discriminate against immigrant women’s ability to enter prostitution. “On the issue of prostitution, for example, while prostitution on the street is against the law, it is legal in private homes. Many immigrants do not have private homes. Is that not discrimination based on ethnicity and race in terms of prostitution laws?” she asked.

To express concerns about the Jamaican UN expert contact the Jamaican Embassy:
1520 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202-452-0660
Fax: 202-452-0081
E-mail:

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