Statue to honour Dutch prostitutes

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times

Statue to honour Dutch prostitutes*

From correspondents in Amsterdam

January 20, 2007 07:20am
Article from: Reuters

AMSTERDAM'S red-light district will soon get a new attraction – a statue
to honour prostitutes around the world.

The statue, designed by artist Els Rijerse, will likely be unveiled at
the end of March, Dutch news agency ANP reported.

"In many countries, prostitutes struggle and people have no respect for
them whatsoever. The statue is meant to give all those men and women
strength," Mariska Majoor, a former prostitute who commissioned the
statue, told ANP.

ANP said the statue, made of bronze, shows a woman who confidently looks
out into the world.