Global Issues

Canada – Ottawa

• At least six unsolved murders involving sex-trade workers in Ottawa.

• Ottawa police concerns to prostitutes in early 2012 about a pattern of violence targeting sex-trade workers.

 

Advocacy:

• Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work Educate & Resist membership is open to individuals of all genders who self-identify as former or current sex workers and to allies who share its vision.

Sources: CBC News, Compiled by J. Hainsworth