[news] What Is Change The Code/FYI

[sharai]

Essentially Change the Code is a National Coalition
and strategy lobbying for changes to prostitution laws
which criminalize sex workers and their places of
work.Moreover the police have historically used the
bawdy house section to selectively enforce the law
against those they deem top be committing Immoral
Acts.

We are hoping to reach consensus on striking down S
213 - the communicating law which police law
enforcement use routinely against Sex Trade workers.
As well we want S 210 struck down as the police again
routinely use this to discriminate against
marginalized individuals and groups. We will also look
at the Pimping law as it can be used to selectively
target spousal partners of those working in the trade.
Again we think a new law should be written into the
Code which makes it illegal to traffic in Women and
Male to be used as sex workers. This Trafficking law
we think is a much stronger one then the current
pimping law. Also we Want the Sexual Exploitation of
youth to be put in a different category because this is
not Prostitution!!

  Just a reminder of our founding meeting of Change the
Code on Thursday April 1st from 7pm-9pm at the Ray-Cam
Centre located at 920 East Hastings. The mtg will take
place in the Seniors Room. I along with Fern Jeffries
look forward to seeing you at this important meeting.