Organizing for Sex Workers Rights in Montreal - Resistance and Advocacy

This book explores how a group of ostracized female-identified sex workers transformed themselves into a collective to promote the health and well-being of women working in the sex industry.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Montréal's Sex Industry, 1810-2000

Chapter 2: Stella: The Story Recalled and Analyzed from 1992 to 2000 Within the Socio/Medical and Cultural Context

Chapter 3: Sex Work and the Metropolis: The Pilot Project Initiative

Chapter 4: Stella's Forum XXX: Celebrating a Decade of Action and Designing our Future

Chapter 5: Transformation of the Landscape for Sex Worker Organizing in Canada

Chapter 6: The Trouble with Sex in Sex Work

About the author

By Francine Tremblay

Summary

This book explores how a group of ostracized female-identified sex workers transformed themselves into a collective to promote the health and well-being of women working in the sex industry.

Product details

• Authors: Francine Tremblay
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781498593915
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9391-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, Social issues & processes, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Sexual Behaviour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, Criminal law: procedure and offences