Published: 11 Nov 11 08:13 CET
Cuba is considering implementing the Swedish example in fighting
prostitution by penalizing the clients rather than the sex workers,
Cuban sexologist Mariela Castro said Thursday.
"Sweden has done a really admirable job and even organizations like
CENESEX (Cuban National Center for Sex Education) and the Federation of
Cuban Women would like to emulate the Swedish experience," said Castro,
daughter of President Raul Castro, in an interview posted on YouTube on
Thursday.
Castro made her remarks following a trip to the Netherlands, where she
visited Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District.
The sixth Cuban congress on Sex Education, Sex Therapy and Sexual
Orientation would take place January 23-26, and according to Castro this
would be "a very good opportunity to relaunch the debate on prostitution."
Some 100,000 prostitutes worked in Cuba before the 1959 revolution,
according to official figures.
Following a fierce crackdown by the Castro regime, prostitution
reappeared with the severe economic crisis that hit the island following
the fall of the Soviet Union.
The 49-year-old sexologist, who heads CENESEX, said that "the Dutch
experience cannot be replicated" on the communist island, but stressed
that Cuba "is considering implementing the Swedish approach, which since
1999 has penalized the client and decriminalized the sex worker."
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