Sex workers in Belgium are now entitled to formal employment contracts, which include sick pay and maternity leave, under a ...

A groundbreaking law, which gives some sex workers greater labor protections and social benefits than similar legislation ...

Consensual prostitution was already decriminalized in the European country but until now it existed under a legal gray area.

Belgium is granting sex workers full labor rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions, starting Sunday.

The new law guarantees fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an ...

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On Sunday, December 1, Belgium enacted its first-ever law granting sex workers labor rights equal to those of other ...

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 mother of five - ...

The Belgian Union of Sex Workers called the law “a huge step forward, ending legal discrimination against sex workers.” ...

Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with ...