Dame Catherine Healy says a council bylaw has likely forced sex workers to work in illegal brothels where they are unlikely to report abuse. Although no brothels currently operate within Upper Hutt’s city limits, local sex workers can see clients at their homes. Upper Hutt City Council/Supplied The area covered in red shows where brothels were previously banned in Upper Hutt. Cameron Burnell Prostitutes' Collective co-founder Dame Catherine Healy said Uppper Hutt city’s previous brothel bylaw made sex workers “vulnerable”. In 2009, Upper Hutt City Council officers reported that the council's brothels bylaw was probably unlawful.

Source: Stuff February 16, 2021 02:26 UTC