Pivot Legal Society

	ISSUES

	child welfare

	health

	housing

	policing

	sex work

"The best test of a civilised society is the way in which it treats its most vulnerable and weakest members."

Mahatma Gandhi

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Issues

Les enjeux

Child welfare The possibility of child apprehension looms particularly large for low-income mothers in the Downtown Eastside. In late 2006 Pivot launched an action-oriented research project to identify the key issues facing low-income families in relation to child apprehension. [more]

		Addiction & health There are approximately 5,000 injection drug users living in the 10 city blocks that make up Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Pivot believes prevention, treatment, support and harm reduction are the most effective solutions to drug addiction problems. [more]
		Housing Housing and homelessness issues in Vancouver are becoming increasingly urgent due to years of government cuts to welfare and shelter organizations, climbing real estate values and other aggravating factors. [more]

Policing Concerns around law enforcement practices in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have been a focus of Pivot's efforts since the lawyers began meeting with local residents shortly after Pivot was founded in 2000. [more]

Sex work Sex workers in Canada are subject to severe forms of discrimination and are extremely vulnerable to violence and exploitation. Nowhere is this more evident than in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. [more]

Updated Sept 1, 2010

Pivot Legal Society, 103 - 119 West Pender St, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1S5 Canada, Tel. (+1) 604 255 9700