30 January 2019

Cherry Smiley (Nlaka’pamux and Dine’) is a radical feminist and former frontline anti-violence worker from Canada. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Whilst in New Zealand, she is giving a public talk on prostitution and male violence against Indigenous women at the University of Auckland on February 1, 2019.

Smiley’s research aims to help end male violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

“Prostitution is a controversial issue, back in Canada, elsewhere, and here in Aotearoa New Zealand” says Smiley. “Overwhelmingly, it is men who pay for, and profit from, the prostitution of women - what does this say about capitalism, patriarchy, and male entitlement to sex on demand? What does the overrepresentation of Indigenous women in prostitution here, in Canada, and elsewhere say about processes of colonization? These are important discussions we should be having.”

Smiley will be sharing her insights from the Canadian context, and welcomes discussion on the New Zealand situation and the impacts of different prostitution legislation on Indigenous women.

Auckland Event

Prostitution and Colonization in Canada: An Indigenous Radical Feminist Analysis

Friday, February 1, 2019

Room opens at 6pm | Presentation begins at 6:30pm

Room 710, WF Building, University of Auckland City Campus

Please note: this event will be video- and audio- recorded

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