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These districts are associated with the sex industry and sex oriented business (sex shops, strip clubs etc). In some of these places prostitution may legally take place. Other red light districts are known for their illegal prostitution scene (in countries where prostitution is illegal). In red light districts where prostitution is illegal prostitutes or clients may be arrested or fined if caught by the police (the enforcement of anti-prostitution laws varies by country or place).

The red-light district in Amsterdam

Africa

Kenya

Prostitution is illegal in Kenya. [1]

South Africa

Prostitution is illegal in South Africa [2].

  • CapeTown
    • Kenilworth main road
    • Sea point

Asia

Cambodia

Prostitution illegal, but tolerated.

People's Republic of China

Prostitution is illegal in China.

India

It is illegal to operate a brothel or to solicit in a public place.

Japan

Prostitution is illegal (however prostitution is legally defined only as paid vaginal intercourse, other sex acts are not addressed by the law).[citation needed]

South Korea

Prostitution is illegal, laws became even tougher in 2004.

Malaysia

Prostitution is illegal.

Pakistan

Prostitution is illegal.

Philippines

Prostitution is illegal.

Singapore

It is illegal to operate a brothel or to solicit in a public place (however in practice prostitution is tolerated and regulated).[4]

Thailand

Prostitution is illegal, but in practice it is tolerated and regulated.

Australia and Oceania

Prostitution laws vary by state (see Prostitution in Australia)

Australia

New Zealand

Prostitution and associated activities are legal. (see Prostitution in Prostitution in New Zealand).

Europe

Belgium

Although brothels are illegal in Belgium [5], the enforcement of the law can be lax.

Germany

Prostitution is legal and regulated.

The Netherlands

Prostitution and associated activities are legal and common.

Spain

Brothels are illegal (since 1956), but "clubs" and "wiskerias" are fronts for prostitution and are tolerated.

United Kingdom

England

Prostitution in these red light districts is not legal. Street prostitution and brothels are illegal in the UK. Some local councillors have asked to be allowed to establish "tolerance zones" for prostitution in these red light districts, but the Home Office has refused to allow such "tolerance zones". Currently the government is planning tough "anti-prostitution laws" which target the clients.(see Prostitution in the United Kingdom).

Northern Ireland

Scotland

North America

Mexico

The Tamyko brothel in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Competition Forces Commercial Sex Workers To Go Day-time". All Africa News Agency. 2003. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  2. ^ "SA outcry at 'insult' to Gandhi". BBC. 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  3. ^ "Cambodia's child sex shame". BBC. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  4. ^ "Dashilan deadline". China Daily. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  5. ^ "Remembrances of Huileli". Independent Chinese PEN Center. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  6. ^ a b "World's changing morals". The Tribune. 2001. Retrieved 2006-07-21. Cite error: The named reference "autogenerated1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Education for Victims - When Prostitutes Go to Jail... Sakuntala cares for their children". The Advocacy Project. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  8. ^ "Girl-trafficking hampers Aids fight". BBC. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  9. ^ "The ironies of Kamathipura". The Hindu. 2001. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  10. ^ "Children of the red light district" (PDF). Church Mission Society. 2001. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  11. ^ "Children of the red light district" (PDF). Church Mission Society. 2001. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  12. ^ a b "The Yoshiwara". Sweet Briar College. 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  13. ^ a b "Shitamachi Scenery vol. 1". SeekJapan. 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  14. ^ "Japan mulls multicultural dawn". BBC. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  15. ^ "Redlight Reckoning". Japan Inc Magazine. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  16. ^ "Daegu - Fast fashion". BBC. 2002. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  17. ^ a b c "3,000 Sex Workers Protest Threat to Livelihood". The Seoul Times. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  18. ^ "Uncertain future for Chow Kit children". The Star. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  19. ^ "Sex Workers Come Together to Fight HIV/AIDS". You and AIDS (UN). 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  20. ^ "Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - A Situation Analysis of Pakistan" (PDF). Save the Children Sweden. 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  21. ^ "EVAT hits sin city, freelance sex appears to be on the rise". The Manila Times. The Manila Times Publishing Corp. 2003-11-04. Archived from the original on 2005-11-07. Retrieved 2007-07-21. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2005-11-24 suggested (help)
  22. ^ "Prostitution wave hits 'squeaky clean' Singapore". Reuters. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  23. ^ "Clinton Entertainment Plaza". Thailand.com. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  24. ^ "Red lights flicker and dim". Shanghai Star. 2001. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  25. ^ "Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok". ThaiWebsites.com. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  26. ^ "Phuket Nightlife". Frommer's. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  27. ^ "Thailand Restoring Pattaya Beach Resort". The New York Times. 1996. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  28. ^ Dangers and warnings of Hindley Street, Adelaide 2006.
  29. ^ Brisbane's prostitute safety zones, ABC, 3 March 2003.
  30. ^ Submission on the Interim Report of the Attorney-General's Street Prostitution Advisory Group, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia.
  31. ^ a b A decade and a half of struggle : the prostitutes' movement, Australian Institute of Criminology, 1991.
  32. ^ a b c Prostitution Law Reform, New Zealand Prostitutes Collective.
  33. ^ Donna M. Hughes (2005). "The Demand for Victims of Sex Trafficking" (pdf). University of Rhode Island. Retrieved 2008-06-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  34. ^ Mutsvairo, Bruce (2006-02-23). "Amsterdam Red Light District turns spotlight on its practice". The Seattle times. Retrieved 2007-09-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  35. ^ "Solo cuatro de los 10 distritos se salvan del sexo en la calle".
  36. ^ "Old Barcelona".
  37. ^ "Council to tackle kerb crawling". BBC. 2003. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  38. ^ "A street by any other name...might be easier to sell". The Guardian. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  39. ^ "A clean sweep in King's Cross". BBC. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  40. ^ "Sex, please — we're British". The Sunday Times. 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  41. ^ "Sex workers say 'let us stay'". BBC. 2003. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  42. ^ "National Rail Stations in Central Manchester". BBC H2G2. 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  43. ^ "Charity tackles rent boy culture". BBC. 2003. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  44. ^ "Vice crackdown sees 22 arrested". BBC. 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  45. ^ "To St Alkmund's Place". Virtual Shropshire. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  46. ^ "Action promised over prostitutes". BBC. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  47. ^ "Regenerating All Saints, Blakenhall and Parkfield". Wolverhampton City Council. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  48. ^ "NIO pledge on prostitution laws". BBC. 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  49. ^ a b "Local Government and Transport Committee Official Report Tuesday 1 June 2004". Scottish Parliament. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  50. ^ "SWWC Boystown exhibit both mesmerizing, disturbing". Texas State University-San Marcos. 2001. Retrieved 2006-07-18.
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