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“I had to work while I was nine months pregnant,” says Sophie, a sex worker in Belgium. “I was having sex with clients one week before giving birth.” She juggles her job with being a ...
Sex workers in Belgium are now entitled to formal employment contracts, which include sick pay and maternity leave, under a landmark law that went into effect Sunday. Under the law, which Belgian ...
(AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) From left, Marie-Jose Loshi, Monique Bitu Bingi, Lea Tavares Mujinga, Simone Ngalula and Noelle Verbeeken speak with each other as they look over papers in Brussels, ...
The Brussels Court of Appeal on Monday found the Belgian state guilty of “crimes against humanity” for kidnapping five mixed-race women when they were children in Congo under colonial rule.
By Amelia Nierenberg A new law gives some sex workers in Belgium more protection from exploitation and violence and more social benefits than any other similar legislation in the world ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Belgium has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the kidnapping of mixed-race children in the ...
Sex workers in Belgium will now be entitled to maternity pay, a pension, health insurance and other employment benefits under a new law that went into effect Sunday. The new law – passed by pols ...