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flesh mapping: vancouver markets pacific women – the process

For 7 months we met, discovered, discussed and investigated links between the international trafficking of women and the Vancouver demand for prostitution. We settled on bed sheets as an artistic unit, a canvas and a bed as our uniting display. The artists worked with us to facilitate the transfer of thoughts and ideas onto the 50 sheets.

December 2008

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Prostitution Women's Movement

flesh mapping: vancouver markets pacific women – background

Starting from our position that prostitution is neither necessary nor desired by women and represents at best the “constrained choices” of women, we explore what are the links between the local demand of men for prostitution and the global traffic in girls and women.

November 2008

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Prostitution Women's Movement

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flesh mapping: vancouver markets pacific women – video

November 2008

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Women's Movement Prostitution

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Press Release: International Gathering Denounces the Promotion to Legalize Prostitution

May 29, 2008

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Prostitution

Routes of Recruitment: Pimps’ Techniques and Other Circumstances That Lead to Street Prostitution

A summary of Routes of Recruitment: Pimps' Techniques and Other Circumstances That Lead to Street Prostitution

2007

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Prostitution Statistics

Prostitution of Indigenous Women: Sex Inequality and the Colonization of Canada’s First Nations Women

Prostitution is intimately associated with sex inequality, poverty, racism and colonialism. Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, one of the poorest areas in North America, is referred to as the “urban reserve” by its First Nations residents.

By Melissa Farley, Ph.D & Jacqueline Lynne

2005

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Indigenous Women Prostitution

Resisting the Promotion of Prostitution in Canada: A View from the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter

Published in Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography, edited by Christine Stark and Rebecca Whisnant

By Lee Lakeman, Alice Lee, and Suzanne Jay

2004

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Front Line Prostitution

10 Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution

By Janice G. Raymond, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International (CATW)

March 25, 2003

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Prostitution

Reject Red Light Districts as a Solution to Violence Against Women

On paper, women may have achieved formal have equality. Feminists won laws on violence, affirmative action, and charter protection for equality. A government approved red light district will reverse that legal ground. Anti-Sexual harassment policies are impossible to apply when the woman’s job is to be nude and available to any man in the establishment.

By Suzanne Jay

March 1, 2003

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Prostitution Front Line

Prostitution: Where Racism and Sexism Intersect

Racism makes Black women and girls especially vulnerable to sexual exploitation and keeps them trapped in the sex industry. It does this by limiting educational and career opportunities for African-Americans in this country. It does this through a welfare system that has divided the poor Black family. If a mother works, or her children’s father contributes to their support, her check and food stamps are cut by that amount. Thus, poor Black women are left alone to find for themselves and their children on inadequate Aid to Families with Children grants.

By Vednita Nelson

1993

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Women of Colour Prostitution

Prostitution

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flesh mapping: vancouver markets pacific women – the process

flesh mapping: vancouver markets pacific women – background

Starting from our position that prostitution is neither necessary nor desired by women and represents at best the “constrained choices” of women, we explore what are the links between the local demand of men for prostitution and the global traffic in girls and women.

flesh mapping: vancouver markets pacific women – video

Press Release: International Gathering Denounces the Promotion to Legalize Prostitution

Routes of Recruitment: Pimps’ Techniques and Other Circumstances That Lead to Street Prostitution

A summary of Routes of Recruitment: Pimps' Techniques and Other Circumstances That Lead to Street Prostitution

Prostitution of Indigenous Women: Sex Inequality and the Colonization of Canada’s First Nations Women

Prostitution is intimately associated with sex inequality, poverty, racism and colonialism. Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, one of the poorest areas in North America, is referred to as the “urban reserve” by its First Nations residents.

Resisting the Promotion of Prostitution in Canada: A View from the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter

Published in Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography, edited by Christine Stark and Rebecca Whisnant

10 Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution

Reject Red Light Districts as a Solution to Violence Against Women

Prostitution: Where Racism and Sexism Intersect

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