Convictions for exploiting people through prostitution have plummeted since 2010, despite the rise of lucrative pimping websites New analysis of Ministry of Justice statistics by UK Feminista and CEASE (Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation) has revealed that enforcement of…
Guest blog by Hannah Shead, CEO of Trevi If you had told me five years ago that I would be chairing a conference on pornography, I would simply not have believed you. I would more than likely have told you…
By Naomi Miles, Founder and Chair of Trustees Such occasions are natural opportunities to pause, reflect and take stock of where we’re at, both as an organisation and as a society for which perhaps our attitude towards protecting children from…
by Tilda Nilsson It is a beautiful October day in Stockholm – the kind of day where the air is crisp, and the trees look straight out of a picture book. I am back in my hometown; in the country…
By Gemma Kelly, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, CEASE I have a difficult job, we all do at CEASE. We have to dig into some of the most horrific and depraved areas of humanity. We hear harrowing stories of…
Guest blog by Lord Farmer When, almost a decade ago, I began to argue against unrestricted access to online pornography and its dangers, vitriolic pushback asserted that adult freedoms had to be prioritised. Since then, a deep seam of academic…
By Vanessa Morse Today is my last day at CEASE. This is going to hurt. Building CEASE over the past four years from a start-up to an established, recognised and respected organisation has been no mean feat. It’s taken dedication,…
By Naomi Miles, Chair of Trustees Saturday 18th March 2023 marks CEASE’s 4th birthday. Coincidentally, it is also National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day. Although we’re not a children’s charity, children are always in our sights, the “canaries in the…
By Naomi Miles, Chair of Trustees Andrew Tate is a man who, at least when it comes to women, stands against the basic moral values and principles of our society. He openly speaks of women as property to be used…
By Naomi Miles, Chair of Trustees, CEASE In 2015, the Tory Manifesto promised to protect children from stumbling across hardcore pornography online. Yet seven years on nothing has really changed. Without age verification measures, any child with an online device…