Sex-trade workers are driven to the streets because current laws don’t allow them to work anywhere else, and they “don’t have the right of protection and security as any other citizen,” Laliberté said.
“The fact that our work is being criminalized puts us at risk to suffer violence any time, anywhere.”
Decriminalizing prostitution would allow sex trade workers to practise their trade in clean, safe areas behind closed doors, Laliberté added.
She suggested residents talk to local prostitutes about their concerns.
“If you bring your kid to the school, and the sex worker is there during the morning, you can just ask her maybe she can go to a corner more far away,” she suggested. “The key is communication. It’s not by bashing sex workers online that they’re gonna get what they want.”

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