Danish sex workers are protesting an anti-prostitution initiative
Danish sex workers are protesting an anti-prostitution initiative
Global-warming summiteers have been told it's uncool to buy hookers, but prostitutes have turned a trick of their own: heating up the atmosphere in Copenhagen by offering free sex to delegates.
Prostitutes of a Danish sex workers association will offer their services for free to delegates of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, said an association official.
Susanne Moeller said the move was meant to protest an anti-prostitution initiative undertaken by Copenhagen city hall.
The city, host of the December 7-18 UN climate summit, distributed postcards in Copenhagen's hotels that said "Be sustainable: Don't buy sex."
It also sent letters to hotel managers inviting them to take measures to avoid prostitutes meeting clients in their establishments.
The prostitutes, whose work is not illegal in Denmark, promptly reacted to the move.
"All delegates who come to Copenhagen for the world climate summit will be able to use the postcards for payment after making a request on our website," said Moeller, of the Danish association for the defense of sex workers.
"We do not expect many delegates (to make use of the offer), but we want to protest what we consider discrimination," Moeller said.
The summit aims to craft an international climate accord to replace the 1997 Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012.
Summit Numbers
1,200 limousines
140 private jets
15,000 delegates
10,000 environmental activists and lobbyists
Over 100 world leaders
5,000 journalists
Celeb line-up:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Prince Charles
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
41,000 tonnes
'Carbon dioxide equivalent' that will be produced during the 11-day conference
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