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- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 3, Number 4 - August 1978
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1978
- Connexions
Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1988
- Down With Tory Crackdown on Prostitution!
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
The Tories, who have slashed billions from social programs and caused immeasurable harm to poor and working-class women, have fraudulently promoted Bill C-36 as a way of protecting victims of "exploitation." In this they are backed by an unholy alliance of right-wing outfits like REAL Women of Canada and the feminist groups that make up the Women’s Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution.
- First register; then turn tricks
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2017
A new prostitution law to include compulsory registration meant to fight human trafficking and exploitation is not popular in the industry, and may lead to a return of prostitution going underground.
- Good Girls, Bad Girls
Sex Trade Workers and Feminists Face to Face
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1987
Looks into issues like racism in pornography, reclamation of the label "whore," the concerns surrounding censorship and the myths and stereotypes that have made sex trade workers outcasts.
- June 8, 2013: Sex Workers' National Day of Action
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
On June 8th sex workers and allies across Canada will hold actions in 6 cities across Canada in support of repealing prostitution laws currently being challenged.
- Meet the Fokkens
Resource Type: Unclassified
Published: 2011
A documentary on Louise and Martine Fokkens, 69-year-old twin sisters who have worked as prostitutes in the red-light district in Amsterdam for over 40 years.
- Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho: 'I don't scare easily'
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2012
Lydia Cacho is one of Mexico's most fearless journalists. Her investigations have led to attempts on her life, and now she has been forced to flee her country. What next?
- National Day of Action Against Bill C36: Criminalization Costs Sex Workers’ Lives
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
Across Canada, sex worker groups, along with organizations and individuals that support human rights and women's rights, are gathering to denounce the Conservative government's proposed bill (C36) to re-criminalize sex work.
- Prostitution Rights
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1980
Decriminalization takes prostitution from the jurisdiction of the criminal code. It means private sexual acts between consenting adults are placed outside the realm of criminal laws.
- Red Menace #5
Summer 1980
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1980
A Libertarian Socialist Newsletter
- Selling Sexual Services: A Socialist Feminist Perspective
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
The current debate about sex work among feminists generates more heat than light. Accusations of bad faith fly back and forth across the two sides, research findings are mobilized to undercut the other side even when the research itself is limited by its methods and scope, different sex worker voices are authorized by each side as either genuine or manipulated, depending on whose position those voices seem to support.
- Sex Work
Writings by Women in the Sex Industry
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1987
- Sex Work Advocates Make Their Voices Heard While Ontario Considers Harmful New Sex Work Laws
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
Sex worker advocates insist that Ontario Attorney General Meillleur must meet with them and consider the mounting opposition to the misguided laws.
- SexSources.ca
Resource Type: Website
Published: 2017
A web portal featuring sexuality resources: articles, websites, books. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
- Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered
New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2005
This collection of essays underscores the interlocking relationship between prostitution, migration and trafficking. They reveal a deep seated anxiety about borders, economic resources and the fragility of the nation-state. Far from from helping women and children become free from explotaiton, the obession with women sex workers has led to the detriment of all by excluding the questions of human rights, freedon of movement, basics such as food and shelter and a living wage. The book is a call for all those involved -- governments, aid workers and trafickees -- to go beyond a paternalistic and colonial view of these issues and deal with them in a spirit of cooperation.
- Who Cares?
Resource Type: Film/Video
Published: 2012
Rosie Dranfeld captures the gritty and dangerous world of Edmonton's sex-trade workers. In this post-Pickton era where the unthinkable is now a gruesome reality, women voluntarily provide police with DNA samples for future identification.
- A Win for Sex Workers - A Win for Safety, Equality, and Justice
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
The Supreme Court of Canada has released a unanimous decision striking down all three prostitution laws, paving the way for more safety, justice and equality for sex workers in Canada.
- Working Girls: Prostitutes, Their Life and Social Control
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1991
An analysis of prostitution laws in Austrailia and a discussion of the need for decriminalisation.
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