Underreporting of Violence to Police among Women Sex Workers in Canada: Amplified Inequities for Im/migrant and In-Call Workers Prior to and Following End-Demand Legislation

• Main Authors: Bronwyn McBride (Author), Kate Shannon (Author), Brittany Bingham (Author), Melissa Braschel (Author), Steffanie Strathdee (Author), Shira M. Goldenberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sex workers globally face high levels of violence. In Canada, im/migrant sex workers who work in indoor venues may be uniquely targeted by police due to immigration policies, racialized policing, and the conflation of trafficking and sex work. In 2014, Canada passed end-demand legislation that purpo...