Daphne Bramham wrote a great article today: “There is nothing sweet about these daddies” in the Vancouver Sun (25 Jan 2013). She was refering to the company that links women with “sugar daddies” to help them pay for tuition. As Daphne says about the men who set up these sites and the men who are offering money to […]
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Vancouvers prostitution report offers little direction, as reported by Daphne Bramham in the Vancouver Sun on Sept 19, 2011. Her intelligent and clear insights suugest that civic politicians need to pick a side. Either accept prostitution as a service and regulate it so that women are safe OR reject prostitution as illegal and regulate it so it stops.
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Willie Pickton (of the Pig Farm) bragged about killing female street workers and the Vancouver police seemed to turn a blind eye. Yet rarely does anyone question the apathy and indifference toward these vulnerable women. Routing Number BANCFIRST Last week, however, journalist Ian Mulgrew (in his Vancouver Sun Sept 6 article) steps up. He bravely blames the police for not only failing to do
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According to a article by the Kielburgers (Free the Children) sex trafficking enslaves more than one million women in India today. Routing Number BANCFIRST Although some governments have ratified the UN Trafficking protocol which obliges governments to expand laws to protect women, the sex industry is a highly powerful and sophisticated machine. This is why
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Just when the world is waking up to the horrors and extent of human trafficking, our BC liberal government, lead by a woman (Premier Christy Clark) has pulled the plug on the only office of its kind in Canada: the Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP). Although we know that worldwide about 2 million
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Although I support those women who are fighting to legalize prostitution – because they want sex-trade workers to be safer as I do – I can not agree that legalization is the answer. I think this would simply turn this very-dangerous-de-humanizing job into a bit less-dangerous-but still- de-humanizing job. We must stop framing the issue as one of “women’s choice” when very few of these women
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