Sex work on trial

Le Journal Métro interviews Viviane Namaste, professor in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, about the Institute being accorded official intervener status before the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Canada V. Bedford, on prostitution. Namaste appeared on CBC News Montreal (appearance begins at 5 minutes and 20 seconds) on Friday, June 8 to discuss the decriminalization of prostitution. It will be presenting its main arguments in Montreal during a press conference at the Institute on June 11 at 10 a.m.: CNW Telbec.

La Presse, Le Devoir, Le Journal Métro and La Presse+ also feature articles about the Institute’s involvement in the case. Namaste also appeared on Radio-Canada’s Téléjournal midi (no link currently available), TV5 (also aired on Radio-Canada network television news and RDI) and CBC Radio's Daybreak.

Le Devoir published an article written by Namaste,in La page de philo, a special section and was promoted on the front page of Le Devoir.  The article discusses the decriminalization of prostitution from the perspective of the late philosopher and feminist, Simone de Beauvoir.