Sisterhood on the Frontlines – The Truth as We Hear it from Indigenous Women
Read/Download The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada is both a national tragedy and a national shame. The book Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis […]
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 […]
When I was raped, it was female-only spaces that helped me recover
When I was in the first year of my doctorate, I was living in London but regularly commuting to Oxford for supervisions and research. On the day of the Madrid […]
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 […]
Talking to Elly Danica About Don’t: A Woman’s Word
Women’s stories, the reality of our lives too often appears to have no value to the reading public, who it seems don’t want to read such boring, painful stuff. Really? […]
The case of Jian Ghomeshi: commentary from the anti-violence frontline
The Georgia Straight Starting with the obvious: Jian Ghomeshi is a man. Those he allegedly* assaulted and harassed are women. The crux of this matter is yet another example 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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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 […]
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 […]