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Title On the Street Off the Street: Women, Safety and Security in Urban places Day / Time Thursday, June 22nd / 16:30 - 18:30 Room MR01 Event Description This session will engage experiential women, youth at risk of exploitation and organizations who work within the spectrum of the sex industry. Topics for discussion include: improving working conditions; health and safety; public education; and sexual exploitation of youth and trafficking. The Vancouver Agreement, comprised of local organizations including PEERS, WISH, PACE, SWAN, along with representative organizations from Chile and Nairobi, will lead the session. This event hopes to share best learning practices and successes, as well as create enduring partnerships and linkages between groups and individuals to increase safety and security in cities worldwide. *** Moderater: Lauren Casey, Coordinator for the Canadian National Coalition of Experiential Women, a consortium of current and former sex workers advocating for the human rights and social justice of sex workers across Canada *** *** Opening remarks: Ardath Paxton Mann, Federal Chair- Vancouver Agreement, Assistant Deputy Minister- Western Economic Diversification Canada *** ****** KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Maria Hudspith Director, Community Engagement, Vancouver Coastal Health ****** Session Language English French Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Kyla Kaun (PEERS - Vancouver), Melanie Mark (Covenant House/Urban Native Youth Association) Eliana Dentone Verardi (Chilean Union of Sex Workers), Marcela Tchimino Nhamias (MOMIC) Hamza Ahmed (Vision Sisters Working Sisters/Interfaith Women - Kenya)   Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization Vancouver Agreement, Vision Sisters/Interfaith Women Host Organization Description   Website (Organizer and partners)

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