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WINGS #18-11 The Canadian Sex Work Case
Do Ontario's prostitution laws violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Uploaded: 27 Aug, 2011
Recording Date: 26 Aug, 2011
Recording Location: Guelph, Ontario; Vancouver BC
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Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
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WINGS #18-11 The Canadian Sex Work Case by WINGS and Carly Forbes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at wings@wings.org.
Program Title: WINGS #18-11 The Canadian Sex Work Case
Description: Three laws criminalizing prostitution were struck down in 2010, but the government appealed. This program features a plaintiff, two intervenors, and an attorney for the the intervenors, explaining the bases of their Charter challenge.
Host(s): Carly Forbes
Featured Speakers/Guests: Amy Lebovitch, former sex worker and plaintiff in the Bedford case; Fred Chatbot, of POWER, an Ottawa based sex worker organization that had intervenor status in the case; Sandra K. H. Chu, A senior policy analyst with the Canadian HIV/AIDS legal network who also had intervenor status in this case; Cynthia Peterson, a human rights lawyer that represented Maggie's (a Toronto based sex worker organization) and POWER as intervenors in the appeal.
Credits: Produced for WINGS by Carly Forbes; WINGS series producer, Frieda Werden
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Society and Culture > Sexuality Politics > Feminism Politics > Activism Health Society and Culture > Women Regional > Canada > Ontario |
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