May 2, 2013

PRESS RELEASE: Canadian and international sex workers denied leave to intervene in Supreme Court Case on Prostitution Laws

April 17th, 2013

BEYOND PIMPS, PROCURERS AND PARASITES:
MAPPING THIRD PARTIES IN THE INCAll/OUTCAll SEX INDUSTRY

April 17th, 2013

For the Community:

MANAGING SEX WORK
INFORMATION FOR THIRD PARTIES AND SEX WORKERS IN THE INCALL AND OUTCALL SECTORS OF THE SEX INDUSTRY

English (PDF)

French (PDF)

March 5th, 2013

Open Letter from POWER to Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau

November 2nd, 2012

POWER releases The Toolbox

Click here for the PDF

September 6th, 2012
10 Reasons to Fight for the Decriminalization of Sex Work
Reposting in French and English

English (PDF)

French (PDF)

July 8th, 2012
OPS's Aggresive Tactics Continue to Put Sex Workers at Risk
POWER Responds to "Street Sweeps" that the OPS are conducting against the clients of street-based sex workers.

Press Release (PDF)

Jan 20, 2012
Letter to the Ottawa Police Services
Six community-based organization joined forces to express concern about the continued aggressive policing of women involved in street-level sex work in Ottawa in light of the warning issued by the Ottawa Police on December 9th, 2011.

Letter (PDF)

Dec 6, 2010
POWER asks OHRC for public inquiry
Help us by writing a letter to the Ontario Human Rights Commission to ask for a public inquiry on police and sex worker tensions.

Call for letters (PDF)

Dec 1, 2010
Ottawa Sex Workers Demand Inquiry into Police Mistreatment
In conjunction with the release of the Challenges report, POWER demands that the Ontario Human Rights Commission investigate abuses of police power.

Press release in English (PDF)
Press release in French (PDF)
Request to the Ontario Human Rights Commission (PDF)