Prostitution is now one step closer to becoming a recognized industry in Canada. In Edmonton, “massage” parlours and escort services are being licensed. The people who work for these agencies will have to take a three hour sexual exploitation information session. They will also have to prove they’re over 18. This means that actual massage parlours ...
Sex work could well become legal in Canada in the next month if an Ontario Supreme Court ruling that struck down laws against brothels is upheld. In the hope of gathering support for that legalization, sex workers united in Halifax at a conference to discuss the many ways regulation would help their working conditions. The ...
Hundreds of sex workers and pimps took to the streets of Seoul’s red light district yesterday to protest the police crackdown of brothels. The crowd of 400, mostly women, came out wearing baseball caps, masks and sunglasses, chanted slogans like, “Guarantee the right to live!” during a four-hour rally. They were protesting police stationing patrol ...
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