TRAFFIC IN WOMEN
DISCUSSION AT GENEVA PUBLIC OPINION REVOLTS (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. GENEVA. Wed. In discussing the report of the committee on the traffic in women before the Social Questions Commission of the League of Nations, Mrs. McDonnell, of Australia, contended that it clearly demonstrated that the existence of licensed houses was an incentive to the traffic. The licensing system was . ethically and practically indefensible. It did not preserve order, nor did it afford protection for health. The immemorial age of the practice of prostitution was no excuse for folding one’s hands and saying it was impossible to end it, said Mrs. McDonnell. Public opinion everywhere was beginning to revolt against its essential cruelty. Each country must fix the age of consent according to its social, religious and climatic conditions. It should not anywhere be below the marriageable age. The speaker described the women police of North and South Australia, and said they were an outstanding success.
The social questions committee unanimously decided to direct the attention of Governments to the great importance of the employment of women police for preventive measures.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 458, 13 September 1928, Page 9
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