Susie 1472 Report post Posted January 20, 2010 these people are our opposition and do not care if they hurt women to save women. they are so well funded its almost impossible to keep up with them. they are extremely dangerous and many of the places they visit experience raids right after with police looking for "trafficked underage girls"....if you are in TO go down their and call them on their shit. ask them where their plans are to support exiting sex workers, or plans for our so called "decriminalization" under the swedish model. what by-law structure do they propose? how will they help decriminalized workers work more safely? after all they want to protect us...how do they plan to do that? i mean beyond making our bosses and customers into villans. what practical things do they propose for their ideas? these people have the ear of the prime minister, we must call them on their shit!!! STOP Human Trafficking...BUYING SEX IS NOT A SPORT As our nation is getting excited about the Olympic Games approaching in February 2010, many people are grieving the horrors that will take place during the 2010 Games. Large sporting events attract human traffickers, as they know there will be great opportunities to make huge money from (mainly) men who buy sex. I have been contracted to organize a panel discussion that will address how buying sex supports human trafficking, and the reality of what takes places to prostituted women and children. I want to personally invite you to come to one of the panels, this is a HUGE injustice in our world, and it is time that we become aware of, as Artist and Director Justin Dillon states, the "world's 27 million darkest secrets." Human Trafficking is the fastest growing crime on the planet today, and our nation, Canada needs to be a leader and an example to the world to join the movement to STOP Human Trafficking and the exploitation of people around the world. This is not a Christian issue, a Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, Hindu, Agnostic, or Atheist issue, it is not a black or white issue, nor is it a conservative or liberal, Canadian or Indian issue, this is not just a male or female issue...this is GLOBAL HUMAN ISSUE, and if you happen to fall in that category, it should demand your attention; but further it should compel our hearts, minds and souls to learn more and take action against this injustice. I urge you to come to the panel January 30th and/or February 1st at 8pm. As a nation, it is my heart to see Canadians take a firm stance to tell the world that Canada will not tolerate the sexual exploitation against women and children. *There are 27 million people in slavery today, (the current population of canada is 33.3 million people) *70% of people trafficked are for the purpose of sexual exploitation. *80% are women and children. I believe that the abolition of slavery can end within 25 years, but it will require millions of voices to unite together on this issue. I invite you to come to hear why we need your voice! TWO PANELS: ONE CAUSE! ON THE PANEL: MICHELLE MILLER DIRECTOR OF REED: is the founder and Director of Resist Exploitation, Embrace Dignity (REED), a faith-based organization that works with trafficked women and seeks to end sexual exploitation. For over ten years she has been standing in solidarity and struggle with women who have been sexually exploited and trafficked into the sex industry both in Vancouver and the Philippines. JANINE BENEDET: LAW PROFESSOR AT THE FACULTY OF LAW, UBC: She researches, teaches and writes about male violence against women and the law, including sexual assault, prostitution, pornography and sexual harassment in employment and education. She is a frequent lecturer on sex equality law and continues to explore how law can be used to oppose the sexual exploitation of women and girls around the world in pornography and prostitution. TRISHA BAPTIE DIRECTOR OF EVE: is the Director of Honour Ministries and Consulting and a founding member of EVE (formerly Exploited Voices now Educating), a group of former sex industry women who challenge the idea of sex as ?work?. In 2008 she received the Courage to Come Back Award for her role in covering the Robert Pickton trial from her perspective as an experiential woman. CHERRY SMILEY AWAN: * special guest: Cherry Smiley from AWAN (Aboriginal Women?s Action Network) *WITH OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE! SATURDAY JANUARY 30 8PM | WALMER ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH | 188 LOWTHER AVENUE.TORONTO MONDAY FEBRUARY 1 8PM | UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING | 155 COLLEGE STREET. 6TH FLOOR. ROOM 610 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
