Photo via swop-tuscon.org
Candlelight vigils and images of red umbrellas are popping up all over the world today, The International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers. There are three Canadian events marking the event that I know of and a full list of International activities can be found here. Nothing happening in Sask, unfortunately. So light a candle and donate to one of the sex workers’ rights organizations below (this list is from the Ottawa event):
Chez Stella (Montreal)
Maggies (Toronto)
Don’t Need Saving Aboriginal Women and Access to Justice
Sex Worker’s Rights A Public Service Announcement From FIRST
Sisters (and Brothers) Doing It For Themselves Report from Kolkata, by Robyn Maynard
How to be an ally to Sex Workers
‘Hey Baby, How Much?’ Stop blaming sex workers for street harassment by Juliet November
Sex Work, Migration and Anti-Trafficking Interviews with Nandita Sharma and Jessica Yee
