Prostitution should be legalized in the Philippines

Prostitution is the oldest profession, but should we legalized prostitution ?Many arguments arise on how we tackle about prostitution.
Legalization plays a different roles in regulating prostitution in some countries .Each country has different approaches on how to settle the problem of
increasing number of prostitution .Postitution’s illegality increases the violence related to sex work. Prostitution precedes entry into prolonged and
repeated trauma ,with most women starting prostitution as sexually abused adolescents .
Amnesty International, one of the most respected human rights organizations in the world, has called for the decriminalization of sex work.
The organization recently stated: We have seen evidence to suggest that the criminalization of sex work leads to social marginalization and an increased
risk of human rights abuses against sex workers. The evidence also suggests that decriminalization could be the best means to protect the rights of sex
workers and ensure that these individuals receive adequate medical care, legal assistance and police protection. Amnesty International also noted that other
prominent groups have supported or called for the legalization of sex work, including the World Health Organization, UN Women, the Global
Commission on HIV and the Law, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Foundations, among
others. There are reasons why we should legalized prostitution.
First, legalizing prostitution would greatly reduce sex trafficking . Consequently, this helps fuel one of the most heinous
industries in the world: sex-based human trafficking, or sex trafficking. It is estimated that there are around 30 million victims of human trafficking around
the world. According to the International Labor Organization, human trafficking  generates around $150 billion per year. Somewhere between 14,500 and
17,500 people are trafficked into the United States every year. At the same time, there is widespread evidence that legalizing prostitution reduces sex
trafficking. In 2001, Germany legalized sex work. Over the course of the next 10 years, instances of sex-based human trafficking decreased by 10
percent within the country. Correspondingly, as Cathy Reisenwitz notes for the Daily Beast:Working with instead of against sex workers will lead to more
slaves being rescued. In Germany, it already is. While prohibitionists claim that legalizing prostitution has increased human trafficking in the country, the
data doesn’t support them. Additionally, by keeping sex work illegal, victims of sex trafficking are less likely to go to the police out of fear of being
arrested. Unfortunately, sex trafficking victims are often treated like criminals. One of the keys to combatting sex-based human trafficking is opening up
the communication waves and exposing traffickers. We can't do this while prostitution remains illegal, which stigmatizes sex workers and pushes them to
the fringes of society.

Second, legalizing prostitution would make sex workers safer . Belle Knox, known primarily as the Duke University Porn
Star, recently wrote an informative op-ed for Rolling Stone supporting the legalization of prostitution in the US. She contended that it's contradictory that
she's allowed to have sex for money on camera, but when someone does it behind closed doors it becomes a crime. Knox wrote:Prostitution is criminalized
in every state and locality across the country. As a result, sex workers are pushed onto the street, leaving too many at the whims of pimps and dangerous
johns without access to police protection and labor representation. If only the practice was brought indoors, sex workers could have more freedom to
perform on their own terms in a safe, legal environment like I do. The United Nations Human Rights Council recently published a report expressing
similar sentiments, stating, "The criminalization of clients has not reduced trafficking or sex work, but has increased sex workers' vulnerability to violence,
harmed HIV responses, and infringed on sex workers' rights. “Indeed, 45 to 75 percent of sex workers will experience workplace violence. Yet, as long as
prostitution remains illegal, sex workers who are assaulted will be extremely unlikely to report anything to the police for fear of legal ramifications.

Lastly, legalizing prostitution helps reduce violence against sex workers. In Germany and New Zealand, where sex work is legalized,
occupational health and safety laws protect sex workers. Correspondingly, as the brothels also screen clients and use credit cards, violence has decreased.
Sex workers there can report instances of violence and harassment, and the perpetrators are held accountable. Likewise, five years after it decriminalized
adult prostitution, New Zealand had no increases in trafficking or the number of sex workers.Relatedly, as a result of a legal loophole, state legislators in
Rhode Island unintentionally legalized prostitution in 1980. A criminal case brought this to the public's attention in 2003. The error was eventually
corrected in 2009, and prostitution was made illegal again. During the six years in between, however, the number of rapes in the state declined by 31
percent. Simultaneously, gonorrhea infection amongst women in Rhode Island dropped by a whopping 39 percent. Indeed, the data show that
decriminalizing prostitution has a very positive impact on public health and safety. The World Health Organization (WHO) supports it for this very reason.
In a recent report, it stated: "Violence against sex workers is associated with inconsistent condom use or lack of condom use, and with increased risk of
STI and HIV infection. Violence also prevents sex workers from accessing HIV information and services. “Similarly, cops in cities across the US have
actually used condoms as evidence of prostitution-related offenses.Hence, as long as sex work remains illegal, prostitutes will be less likely to use
condoms and seek STD tests. If it were to be decriminalized, they would be safer and healthier.

Legalization plays different roles in regulating prostitution in some of the countries. Prostitutions illegality increases the violence related sex
.In the Philippines ,we should legalize prostitution in order to protect women from sexual violence .The human rights will remain strong and women who
seek for desire will not be considered as prostitutes .It will also help to regulate to decrease the early pregnancy of the women in the Philippines because
contraceptives will now be appropriate to use