Consent: Not Actually that Complicated
A short one today as my life is currently very complicated and conspiring against my preference to spend all of my days working out what to blog. But do you know […]
Statistics from CLES’ Research on Prostitution
In 2014, la CLES (Concertation des luttes contre l’exploitation sexuelle) conducted research with 109 women; 47 women were still in prostitution and 62 women were no longer in prostitution. The women’s age ranged from […]
Real Change for Aboriginal Women Begins with the End of Prostitution
Published on The Globe and Mail As a country, and as a result of the work of many aboriginal residential school survivors, family members, and advocates, we have come far in […]
Protest Against Wife Murder
 Today, in a protest held by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, twelve women wearing black stood in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery holding signs with the names of […]
More than Condoms and Sandwiches: A Feminist Investigation of the Contradictory Promises of Harm Reduction Approaches to Prostitution
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Bill C-36: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, House of Commons
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Women Rally to Fight Violence Against Women
Frontline women’s organizations rallied today in front of the provincial courts (800 Hornby Street), to raise the alarm regarding violence against women and the systemic failure to address male violence […]
For the Sake of Equality: Arguments for Adapting the Nordic Model of Prostitution Law to Canada
Prepared for the Women’s Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution by Janine Benedet, LLB, LLM, SJD Associate Professor of Law, UBC Of the bars of Ontario and British Columbia March […]
Press Release: Equality-seeking Women’s Groups will continue to demand a change in the laws on prostitution
(Vancouver) The Women’s Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution, a pan-Canadian coalition of equality-seeking women’s groups received the Ontario Court of Appeal decision today regarding the prostitution laws with mixed […]
Indigenous Women Continue to Fight for the Abolition of Prostitution
As Indigenous women and girls who have experienced centuries of colonial male violence, the decision by the supreme court of canada to strike down the existing prostitution laws comes as […]