One in 10 prostitutes seeking help assaulted

THE number of prostitutes attending the Women’s Health Centre increased last year, with 10% suffering sex assault by clients.

The figures were revealed yesterday as a conference debated how to address the issue of women being trafficked into Ireland for sexual exploitation.

At the conference in Dublin the findings of the Dignity Project — funded under the European Commission’s DAPHNE programme — were published, recommending the adoption of the Swedish system in which the buying of sex is made illegal.