we have been taking part in this.....i will be speaking to council tomorrow.
ps- i have reached 1000 posts!!!lol
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/work+report+uses+input+stakeholders/9295079/story.html
The final report of City of Vancouver's Sex Work and Sexual Exploitation Task Force goes to council on Wednesday. For the past year, stakeholders have assisted in implementing recommendations made in the City's 2011 Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Protecting Vulnerable Adults & Neighbourhoods Affected by Sex Work: A Comprehensive Approach and Action Plan. Replicating the Living in Community model of community engagement, the city convened provincial and municipal government, law enforcement, health, legal, business, housing, sex work support, Aboriginal, children and youth and sex workers, along with other community organizations. The report to council will summarize the accomplishments of five task force working groups: services, supports and exiting; youth; housing; bylaws; and training and awareness. The city and its community partners have focused on collaboration and pragmatism to address the health, safety and well-being of all community members, including sex workers.
Perhaps the single most progressive action is the creation of two permanent social planner positions as recommended by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. These sex-work liaisons will work to increase understanding and cooperation between the community, the City and the Vancouver Police Department. The positions are the first of their kind in North America.
Key to the success of the collaborative model is that it does not focus on the ideology and morality of sex work but rather the shared goal of improving the health and safety of everyone affected by sex work either directly or indirectly.
On Dec. 20, the Supreme Court of Canada will decide on Bedford v. Canada, a case that challenges the constitutionality of Canada's prostitution laws. The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry has recommended that other communities be encouraged to undertake the type of collaborative community engagement approach employed by Living in Community to develop an integrated strategy.
Patricia Barnes Co-chair, Living in Community
ps- i have reached 1000 posts!!!lol
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/work+report+uses+input+stakeholders/9295079/story.html
The final report of City of Vancouver's Sex Work and Sexual Exploitation Task Force goes to council on Wednesday. For the past year, stakeholders have assisted in implementing recommendations made in the City's 2011 Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Protecting Vulnerable Adults & Neighbourhoods Affected by Sex Work: A Comprehensive Approach and Action Plan. Replicating the Living in Community model of community engagement, the city convened provincial and municipal government, law enforcement, health, legal, business, housing, sex work support, Aboriginal, children and youth and sex workers, along with other community organizations. The report to council will summarize the accomplishments of five task force working groups: services, supports and exiting; youth; housing; bylaws; and training and awareness. The city and its community partners have focused on collaboration and pragmatism to address the health, safety and well-being of all community members, including sex workers.
Perhaps the single most progressive action is the creation of two permanent social planner positions as recommended by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. These sex-work liaisons will work to increase understanding and cooperation between the community, the City and the Vancouver Police Department. The positions are the first of their kind in North America.
Key to the success of the collaborative model is that it does not focus on the ideology and morality of sex work but rather the shared goal of improving the health and safety of everyone affected by sex work either directly or indirectly.
On Dec. 20, the Supreme Court of Canada will decide on Bedford v. Canada, a case that challenges the constitutionality of Canada's prostitution laws. The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry has recommended that other communities be encouraged to undertake the type of collaborative community engagement approach employed by Living in Community to develop an integrated strategy.
Patricia Barnes Co-chair, Living in Community
