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Sonia Lawrence

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Poster Text: Osgoode Institute for Feminist Legal Studies Please RSVP for space & catering reasons: https://bit.ly/feb26aat Wed, Feb 26 2025 12:30PM - 2PM Osgoode Hall Law School IKB2027 Faculty Common Room against anti-trafficking: How “anti trafficking” endangers Asian & Migrant Massage Workers & Sex Workers and how they are pushing back Elene Lam School of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Health, York University Executive Director, Butterfly, the Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network, Co-author of Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice Sandra Ka Hon Chu Co-Executive Director at HIV Legal Network, Osgoode LLM 2004 with Members of Butterfly, the Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Topics policy from the international to the municipal advocacy and community action sex work migration anti-Asian racism gender Sandra Ka Hon Chu and Elene Lam will describe the carceral web created by anti-trafficking laws and policies in Canada, and recent cases and test cases which challenge these rules. We will from members of Butterfly, the Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network about their work mobilizing and advocating as part of Toronto’s ongoing review of municipal bylaws covering body rub parlours, highlighting this often-overlooked regulatory regime and the way it singles out sex workers in punitive and dangerous ways.
"scales of justice" with a bottle of maple syrup on the left pan. Black and white clip art style. Maple syrup is not tipping the scales one way or the other.