Press Release Department: Non-Governmental - Women's Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution

The Women's Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution is an alliance of seven national, provincial and local women's groups that count prostituted women among their membership, decision-making structures, and participants. As the Supreme Court of Canada hears Bedford v. Canada, the coalition reaffirms its ongoing commitment to defending women's equality rights. More information is available … Read more

The Women's Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution, a partnership of seven national equality seeking groups intervening in June 13 in the Bedford case, will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to decriminalize women trapped in prostitution while simultaneously upholding the law against men who buy, sell and exploit women's bodies: the pimps, johns and traffickers. … Read more

The Women's Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution said that prostitution poses a fundamental threat to women's security and that the solution to the issue should be to decriminalize women and criminalize the demand. The organization also said that the government is responsible for ensuring the safety of women in prostitution by decriminalizing them and … Read more

The Women's Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution announced that it will argue in Court about the fact that the Charter does not guarantee men a right to the prostitution of women. The coalition said that it will ask the court to uphold the laws that forbid men from buying, selling and profiting from women's … Read more