Karina Content
Karina Content is the pseudonym of Karina Schaapman (born 6 June 1960 in Leiden), a Dutch writer and politician affiliated with the Labour Party (Netherlands). In 2005 Amma Asante (also a councilor for the Labour Party (Netherlands)) and Content, wrote a report, "Het onzichtbare zichtbaar gemaakt" (Making the Invisible Visible). Schaapman had once been a prostitute and was getting information about the influx of organized crime and violence into Prostitution in the Netherlands.
Also recorded as Karina Schaapman · Karina Schapman
Karina Content
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- Born
- 1960. · Leiden.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- politician, writer and painter.
- Fields
- children's literature.
- Education
- Leiden University.
- Honours
- Harriët Freezer Ring and Silver Brush.
- Languages
- Dutch.
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Karina Content is the pseudonym of Karina Schaapman (born 6 June 1960 in Leiden), a Dutch writer and politician affiliated with the Labour Party (Netherlands). In 2005 Amma Asante (also a councilor for the Labour Party (Netherlands)) and Content, wrote a report, "Het onzichtbare zichtbaar gemaakt" (Making the Invisible Visible). Schaapman had once been a prostitute and was getting information about the influx of organized crime and violence into Prostitution in the Netherlands.
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1960
Karina Content was born on 1 January 1960.
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Other reports came out around the same time. They concluded that a large number of prostitutes in Amsterdam were being forced to work and were being abused by pimps and criminal gangs, and that the goals of legalization were failing.
Karina Content studied at Leiden University. The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is children's literature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Positions recorded include municipal councillor of Amsterdam. Distinctions recorded are Harriët Freezer Ring and Silver Brush.
• Schoolstrijd (2000) • Zonder moeder ("Without Mother", autobiographical, 2004) • Het onzichtbare zichtbaar gemaakt ("Making the invisible visible", report, 2005) • Hoerenlopen is niet normaal ("Visiting whores is not normal", pamphlet, 2007) • Het Muizenhuis - Sam & Julia ("The Mouse Mansion - Sam & Julia", 2011) • Het Muizenhuis - Sam & Julia in het theater ("The Mouse Mansion - Sam & Julia in the theater", 2012) • Het Muizenhuis - Sam & Julia het grote feest ("The Mouse Mansion - Sam & Julia and the big party", 2013) This book was a gift for the royal princesses of the Netherlands when Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was crowned king. 30,000 children in Amsterdam also received this gift for the inauguration. • Het Muizenhuis - Sam & Julia in het circus ("The Mouse Mansion - Sam & Julia in the circus", 2013)
Photographed at Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Het muizenhuis de scheepswerf van Karina Content (schrijversnaam Karina schaapman)
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- 1.PvdA'er Schaapman stopt per direct. AT5 Nieuws. March 27, 2008.
- 2.Abuses in Prostitution, Trouw, December 12, 2005, by Dorien Pels, reprinted at fleshtrade blog retr dec 2011.
- 3.Placing Prostitution: Formalizing the Spatial-Sexual Order of Amsterdamby Michaël Deinema Co-authored with Manuel Aalbers, Paper presented at the Conference "Imagining Amsterdam: Visions and Revisions", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2009, November 21. at academia.edu retrieved dec 2011
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She also worked under the names Karina Content and Karina Schaapman. The authorities additionally record the headings Karina Schaapman and Karina Schapman. Her recorded language was Dutch. Recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Recorded with the occupation children's writer.
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