By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - As the country marks Women's Month - a time to honour the resilience and achievements of women - a political storm is brewing. Fierce backlash has erupted over EFF leader Julius Malema's call to legalize prostitution at a Women's Day event. Advocacy group Embrace Dignity, backed by survivors of the sex trade, has slammed this proposal, calling it a betrayal of women's rights. Co-founder Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge warns that legalisation would greenlight widespread pimping, brothel-keeping and even spark a rise in the modification of female bodies for male gratification. Madlala-Routledge says the EFF leader's remarks are quite concerning... 

<p>By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - As the country marks Women's Month - a time to honour the resilience and achievements of women - a political storm is brewing. Fierce backlash has erupted over EFF leader Julius Malema's call to legalize prostitution at a Women's Day event. Advocacy group Embrace Dignity, backed by survivors of the sex trade, has slammed this proposal, calling it a betrayal of women's rights. Co-founder Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge warns that legalisation would greenlight widespread pimping, brothel-keeping and even spark a rise in the modification of female bodies for male gratification. Madlala-Routledge says the EFF leader's remarks are quite concerning...&nbsp;</p>

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