Legalize Prostitution

     This is an issue that has been on my mind for months, though it was mostly limited to its ethical aspect. After some research however, prostitution became to my mind an issue of extreme humanitarian importance.

Now some may ask "out of all the problems in the world Ayman, you found nothing to write about other than prostitution?". Because it is a huge problem. The UN global report on trafficking estimates that around 2.4 million people (highest estimate being 9.8 million) are at any given time victims of human trafficking, 79% of whom are women and children. These victims are lured and tricked into what we can only call slavery. Human trafficking is a thriving criminal global industry estimated to be worth 32 billion USD, and prostitution constitutes the biggest share with women being the primary victims. Needless to say, other than being enslaved, these women are mistreated on a daily basis.

This article is not a policy recommendation paper, much more research and time would be required.  It's rather me sharing my thoughts on the issue and expressing the opinion that legalizing prostitution could if handled properly help reduce human trafficking and human rights violations, in addition to making it safer from a health perspective. Of course the solution for such a complex problem needs to be complex in turn, with multiple aspects to it. Pro-legalization proposes that legalizing prostitution is but a part of the solution.