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  2. History of prostitution in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada inherited its criminal laws from England.The first recorded laws dealing with prostitution were in Nova Scotia in 1759, although as early as August 19, 1675 the Sovereign Council of New France convicted Catherine Guichelin, one of the King's Daughters, with leading a "life scandalous and dishonest to the public", declared her a prostitute and banished her from the walls of Quebec City ...

  3. Prostitution in Canada - Wikipedia

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    There has long been a general agreement that the status quo of prostitution in Canada was problematic, but there has been little consensus on what should be done. [5] There is an ideological disagreement between those who want to see prostitution eliminated (prohibitionism), generally because they view it either as an exploitative or unacceptable part of society, and those advocating ...

  4. Category:Canadian female prostitutes - Wikipedia

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    Aggregate of articles pertaining to Canadian female prostitutes. See also: History of prostitution in Canada , Prostitution in Canada and Prostitution law in Canada . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prostitutes in Canada .

  5. History of women in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The History of women in Canada is the study of the historical experiences of women living in Canada and the laws and legislation affecting Canadian women. In colonial period of Canadian history, Indigenous women's roles were often challenged by Christian missionaries, and their marriages to European fur traders often brought their communities into greater contact with the outside world.

  6. Human trafficking in Canada - Wikipedia

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    As noted by the US report, some Canadian NGOs such as Vancouver Rape Relief [43] believe that making prostitution legal is the best way to prevent human trafficking, forced prostitution, child prostitution and similar abusive activities. They argue that a system that allows legalized and regulated prostitution inherently takes business away ...

  7. Sex worker movements - Wikipedia

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    The First World Whores' Congress which met on 14 February 1985, in Amsterdam, served as the impetus for the creation of the International Committee for Prostitutes Rights (ICPR). It included sex worker representatives from the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Germany, England, Sweden, the United States, and Canada and sex worker advocates from ...

  8. History of prostitution - Wikipedia

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    The Scarlet Mile: A Social History of Prostitution in Kalgoorlie, 1894-2004. University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 9781920694227. Murphy, Emmett (1983). Great Bordellos of the World: An Illustrated History. Quartet Books. ISBN 9780704323957. Otis, Leah Lydia (1985). Prostitution in Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in ...

  9. AP World History: Modern - Wikipedia

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    AP World History: Modern was designed to help students develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts as well as interactions between different human societies. The course advances understanding through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills.