Associazione Aura attends 4th World Congress for the Abolition of Prostitution
From 31 May to 3 June 2024, Associazione Aura attended Equality In Action: 4th World Congress for the Abolition of Prostitution in Montreal, Canada co-organised by CAP International, CLES – Coordination des Luttes contre l’Exploitation Sexuelle, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, EVA Center and Breaking Free.
After Paris (France, 2014), New Delhi (India, 2017) and Mainz (France, 2019), Montreal hosted the world’s largest abolitionist event and brought together survivors of prostitution, researchers on the field of women’s human rights, frontline workers, activists, parliamentarians from all over the world as well as Canada State officials.
The World Congress kicked off with the World Survivors’ March, attended by hundreds of people and specifically survivor of the system of prostitution and their allies.
The days following the March were spend inside the beautiful Marché Bon Secours, the host to the Congress and its diverse panels.