Aboriginal Women’s Statement on Legal Prostitution, Canada
As Aboriginal women on occupied Coast Salish Territory, we, the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) implore you to pay attention to the voices of Aboriginal…
Aboriginal Women’s Statement on Legal Prostitution
As Aboriginal women on occupied Coast Salish Territory, we, the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) implore you to pay attention to the voices of Aboriginal…
Ex-Prostitutes Against Legislated Sexual Servitude
Contact: xpalss@shaw.ca A statement by members of Ex-Prostitutes Against Legislated Sexual Servitude. Includes a version of the statement in French. “We are women who have been…
Basic Information/False Distinction Between Prostitution & Trafficking/Law and Policy/Library/Pimps/Traffickers/Pornography/Racism, Colonialism/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)/Trafficking
Prostitution, Trafficking, and Cultural Amnesia: What We Must Not Know in Order To Keep the Business of Sexual Exploitation Running Smoothly
This article discusses and analyzes empirical data on the harms of prostitution, pornography and trafficking. This information has to be culturally, psychologically, and legally denied…
Library/Mental and Physical Health Effects of Prostitution and the Sex Trade/Racism, Colonialism/Trafficking
Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women
Interviews of 100 women prostituting in Vancouver, Canada revealed an extremely high prevalence of lifetime violence including childhood sexual assault and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)….
Trafficking for Prostitution in Italy: Possible Effects of Government Proposals for Legalization of Brothels
This article gives an overview of the problem of trafficking for prostitution in Italy and notes different trafficking dynamics according to countries of origin of…
Library/Mental and Physical Health Effects of Prostitution and the Sex Trade/Prostitution/Racism, Colonialism
Prostitution and the Invisibility of Harm
The harm of prostitution is socially invisible, and it is also invisible in the law, in public health, and in psychology. This article addresses origins…
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Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Children from Mexico to the United States
A description of the historical background of sex trafficking from Mexico to the United States and summaries of two cases illustrating the complexity of providing…
A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime
Overview of trafficking of women and children into the United States prior to the passage of the Trafficking Victims’ Protection Act of 2000. This report…
Colonialism and the Sexual Exploitation of Canada’s First Nations Women
First Nations women in Canadian prostitution are harmed today because of the legacies of colonialism. “When sexual oppression is intersected by racism, and capitalism, the…
Prostitution: Where Racism and Sexism Intersect
A discussion about the ways racism channels African American women into prostitution. Once in prostitution the discrimination continues.