Sex Work
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Challenging criminal laws: The right to sell one’s body vs. the right to not be traffickedThe Ontario Superior Court is hearing the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform’s case for overturning the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act.CanadaOct 4, 2022
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Lawyers for marginalized sex workers set to argue against prostitution lawsLawyers representing transgender, Indigenous and Black sex workers are expected to argue Tuesday how laws brought in by the Harper-era Conservatives are too restrictive.CanadaOct 4, 2022
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Canadian sex workers are challenging a law that does them ‘harms’. Here’s what to knowJenn Clamen, the national coordinator of CASWLR, said this is the first constitutional challenge to PCEPA provisions initiated by sex workers.CanadaOct 3, 2022
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Canadian sex workers are challenging criminal laws in court. Here’s whyAn alliance of sex worker rights groups is in Ontario Superior Court Monday asking for several sections of the Criminal Code to be deemed unconstitutional.CanadaOct 3, 2022
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Annual H.O.P.E. Outreach gala raises funds for growing need in Okanagan"We have seen almost a 45-per cent increase in the ladies that we're serving."LifestyleMar 21, 2022
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B.C. lawsuit asks for removal of sex workers’ criminal recordsThe suit wants the court to order criminal records related to sex work removed from police information systems nine years after Canada's highest court threw out the laws.CrimeFeb 16, 2022
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Victim in Montreal murder-suicide was a sex worker, suspect a violent client: advocatesAccording to a sex work organization, the 25-year-old woman was an escort who was likely working independently without an agency, which advocates say highly increases the risks.CrimeNov 26, 2021
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More education needed to fight human trafficking, experts sayMore education in human trafficking is needed across Canada to combat the growing issue, which has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say.CrimeOct 30, 2021
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Sex worker rights groups, individuals launch constitutional challenge of portions of Criminal CodeThe Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform and additional individual applicants are launching a constitutional challenge of portions of the Criminal Code.CrimeMar 31, 2021
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Families of missing women rally at notorious B.C. propertyThe rally comes after a recent police warning advising sex-trade workers to avoid the Salmon River Road area.NewsNov 1, 2020
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