Monday, June 23, 2008
A senior health official's recommendation to decriminalize prostitution and tax sex workers has earned the ire of Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, who said the country should focus instead on employment and education. Simpson is challenging the Government, to ignore such a proposal. The former prime Minister stressed there is a need for more teachers, more policemen and women, not more prostitutes. She also called on the churches to join forces with the Government in offering assistance to prostitutes "so that mothers will not be ashamed and have to hide from our children what they are doing to make a living".
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