Longtime legal advocate steps down as director of B.C.'s Pivot Legal Society - News Summed Up

Longtime legal advocate steps down as director of B.C.'s Pivot Legal Society


After 17 years with the Pivot Legal Society, Katrina Pacey is moving on. Pacey has spent her entire legal career with the Vancouver legal advocacy group, signing on in the first few months of her law degree. Advocate for sex workersDuring her time with Pivot, much of Pacey's work has involved advocacy for sex workers, particularly in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. "When I spoke to sex workers about what they needed, they [said they] needed the laws to change," Pacey said. They needed control over the conditions of their work, and they needed to be able to access safety."


Source: CBC News December 22, 2017 02:48 UTC



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