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• November 30 Ontario Court of Appeal Judgment - Partial Victory: Judgment Abandons Street Sex Workers, says Stella

  (March 26, 2012) It is with a mix of joy and disappointment that we have learned of the decision by the five Ontario Court of Appeal judges that recognize the unconstitutionality of the articles criminalizing bawdy houses and living on… Read more of Ontario Court of Appeal Judgment - Partial Victory: Judgment Abandons Street Sex Workers, says Stella

• November 30 Victoire partielle : le jugement de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario laisse tomber les travailleuses (eurs) du sexe de la rue

  26 mars 2012. C'est avec un mélange de joie et de déception que nous recevons la décision émise par les cinq juges de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario qui reconnait l'inconstitutionnalité de l'article sur les maisons de débauche, ainsi que… Read more of Victoire partielle : le jugement de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario laisse tomber les travailleuses (eurs) du sexe de la rue

• November 30 Stella: Ontario Court leaves most vulnerable sex workers unprotected

    Mar 26, 2012. In a ruling which many sex workers are calling a disappointment, the Ontario Court of appeal today released a decision that upheld the law against communication for the purposes of prostitution, modified the law against living off… Read more of Stella: Ontario Court leaves most vulnerable sex workers unprotected

• November 30 Ontario Court of Appeal Judgment - Partial Victory: Judgment Abandons Street Sex Workers

  March 26th, 2012. It is with a mix of joy and disappointment that we have learned of the decision by the five Ontario Court of Appeal judges that recognize the unconstitutionality of the articles criminalizing bawdy houses and living on… Read more of Ontario Court of Appeal Judgment - Partial Victory: Judgment Abandons Street Sex Workers

• November 30 MP Joy Smith on the OPA decision in Bedford v. Canada

  "Yesterday's ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal to strike down the ban on brothels and living off the avails of prostitution is alarming. The government of Canada recognizes, as do many women's and First Nations' organizations, that prostitution is… Read more of MP Joy Smith on the OPA decision in Bedford v. Canada

• November 30 L'Institut Simone de Beauvoir se réjouit de la décision de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario relative à la prostitution

  La Cour d'appel de l'Ontario a récemment statué que deux dispositions de la loi fédérale sur la prostitution causaient préjudice aux femmes (procureur général du Canada v. Bedford, 2012 ONCA 186 : http://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions_index/new_releases.htm). Plus précisément, la Cour fait valoir que… Read more of L'Institut Simone de Beauvoir se réjouit de la décision de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario relative à la prostitution

• November 30 Simone de Beauvoir Institute Applauds Court of Appeal for Ontario Decision Related to Prostitution

  The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently ruled that two elements of Canada's prostitution laws cause harm to women (Canada Attorney General v. Bedford, 2012 ONCA 186: http://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions_index/new_releases.htm). Specifically, the Court argues that the bawdy house provisions and the living… Read more of Simone de Beauvoir Institute Applauds Court of Appeal for Ontario Decision Related to Prostitution

• November 30 Positions féministes sur la prostitution : quelques rappels historiques

  Dans le nouvel épisode de la polémique féministe autour de « la prostitution », l'Alliance féministe solidaire pour les droits des travailleuses et travailleurs du sexe, qui regroupe des individus et des groupes militant pour la reconnaissance des droits des… Read more of Positions féministes sur la prostitution : quelques rappels historiques

• November 30 Survivors Connect Network votes to stand with our sisters in Canada regarding the Bedford prostitution decision

  Survivors Connect, the international online leaderless network of trafficking/prostitution survivors, has voted to stand with our Canadian sisters in the Aboriginal Women's Action Network and SexTrade101 http://www.sextrade101.com/ AGAINST the Bedford prostitution decision.  These amazing women have selflessly and tirelessly been… Read more of Survivors Connect Network votes to stand with our sisters in Canada regarding the Bedford prostitution decision

• November 30 Fact Sheet on Anti‐abortion Motion 312 from the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada

    Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth introduced a private member’s motion in March 2012 that, if successful, would convene a special Parliamentary committee to review the definition of “human being” in Subsection 223(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada to determine if… Read more of Fact Sheet on Anti‐abortion Motion 312 from the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada

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