On the occasion of IDNP 2024, the Womenโs Equality Coalition marks the 10th anniversary of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, 2014, which recognizes prostitution as an exploitative practice and criminalizes those who purchase sexual services and the third parties who profit from those offences, while immunizing those selling their own sexual services from prosecution.
The Coalition particularly rejects the cruel logic that the overrepresentation of the most marginalized
women, including Indigenous women, in the prostitution industry, is akin to an employment equity
program, rather than a reflection of profound sexism and sexualized colonialism.
Trisha Baptie, EVE (formerly Exploited Voice now Educating): "The vulnerable and marginalized were finally seen and heard in this decision. Sex buyers, pimps, and traffickers, the root of the issue, were told that in fact they are predators who should be stopped."
