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Long-listed for the 2007 Gulbenkian Prize for Museums and Galleries |
Prostitution: What's Going On?
21 September 2006 - 28 April 2007
Exhibition Hall, The Women's Library, London Metropolitan University, 25 Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT
Admission Free
Challenging and provocative, Prostitution: What's Going On? was an exhibition exploring the issues surrounding prostitution and trafficking, in the past and the present.
Marking the centenary of the death of Josephine Butler, the Victorian social reformer and campaigner for the rights of prostituted women, Prostitution: What's Going On? examined questions she raised about prostitution, sexual exploitation and trafficking, both in her own time and in a modern context.
The exhibition brought together for the first time historical material from the collections of The Women's Library and other lenders alongside photographs, magazines, posters, maps and objects that highlight the complexity of concerns around prostitution and trafficking today.
Prostitution: What's Going On? also featured multimedia work made in collaboration with partners Barnardo's and The POPPY project, as well as striking new photographic commissions by Veit Mette and Lydia Goldblatt.
More information
- Sources for women and prostitution
- Gender, Religion and Politics: Josephine Butler's Campaigns in International Perspective
- The Josephine Butler Society Library
- The Prostitution Debate
External links
- Barnardo's
- POPPY Project
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