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Belgium made history on Sunday by becoming the first country in the world to allow sex workers to sign formal employment contracts, granting them access to benefits such as sick leave, maternity pay, and pensions.

The new law also ensures fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set conditions for their work, and halt an act at any time.

Although the legislation was ed in May, it officially came into effect on Sunday.

“I am a very proud Belgium sex worker right now,” said Mel Meliciousss, a member of the Belgian union of sex workers, UTSOPI, in an Instagram post.

“People who are already working in the industry will be much more protect[ed], and also people who are going to work in the industry also know what their rights are.”

Belgium had already refrained from criminalizing the act of offering or paying for sexual services, focusing instead on penalizing brothels and third parties involved in ing sex work—such as landlords, bankers, and drivers—under accusations of “pimping.”

However, in 2022, lawmakers voted to decriminalize sex work and refine the definition of pimping, allowing sex workers greater access to essential services without legal obstacles.

The new law extends these efforts by providing sex workers with labour rights equivalent to those in other professions.

These include access to pensions, health insurance, unemployment benefits, family allowances, annual vacations, and maternity leave.

Employers must now obtain authorization, have no prior convictions for sexual assault, human trafficking, or fraud, and maintain clean and safe premises equipped with panic buttons. They are also prohibited from dismissing workers who refuse a client or specific act.

These changes reflect years of advocacy by Belgium’s sex worker union, UTSOPI, which highlighted the precarious conditions faced by workers before these protections.

Many were forced to continue working well into pregnancy or past retirement age due to a lack of benefits.

“This law is a huge step forward, ending legal discrimination against sex workers by allowing a full-fledged contract,” the union stated in May.

The protections apply only to sex workers with formal employment contracts and do not extend to self-employed workers or those involved in pornography or striptease.

Belgium’s reforms stand out even among other countries where sex work has been decriminalized, such as New Zealand, the Netherlands, and parts of Australia, as they provide a new level of comprehensive labor protections.

In the United States, Nevada remains the only state where brothels are legal, while prostitution outside of these establishments remains prohibited.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2024/12/belgium-becomes-first-country-to-give-sex-workers-maternity-leave-pension/amp/

They are rewarding evil.

Good. They are afterall humans and should not be discriminated against

LoL ...


Eno EZ..


They probably helping the tourism market .

As bad as its sounds. That's a country that cares for its citizens.
Not Nigeria where people in government care for their family and friends.

Perversion.

Nigerian sex workers will not be happy about this

Make that Nairaland olosho babe no see this one oo

I don forget her moniker sef

Tax benefits.....

As it should be. Most hypocritical bigots that will criticize this advancement are steady customers in brothels. You are a cursed person if you do things offline but condemn them online.

if there bring the law to nigeria some idiot here will be happy

Hoes gotta eat too

Well...if you can't change them or stop their activities, reduce the damage exposure. I don't know what to say

Europe is getting more stupid by the day

Hmm The oldest profession in the Western world

Breast and yansh is the best gift nature handed to man.

Prostitution is the oldest profession in the world.

Prostitutes have economic importance in the society sha.

Meanwhile, I hope all the Edo girls are aware of this news.

Anyone

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Urgent answer needed
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Wetin Musa no go see for gate?! Wawu!

Lolz
Oyinbo dey respect olosho?

Better country


Thunder fire pastor (Enoch) ill-Luck Adebayo

Na wa ooo


This is a welcome development and need applauds.

I will like our honorable Senate and house or Representative to also look into the matter in Nigeria.
Majority of them are already their customers (a good example my father in-law).

This hardworking ladies with the fear of god here in Nigeria need job security and pension too.
They work harder, smarter and dedicated than any of their colleagues found in any part of the world.

If not for hook-up business, Nigeria would have been fighting a civil war by now, the economy would have been more worst than this.
But our wonderful and hard working hook-girls have saved the economy and brought unity, peace and progress to our beloved nation.

HOW? their customers (Men) will hustle sweat under the sun to make money just to enjoy few rounds of Knacking, this ladies will collect their fee from their male customers and use the money to buy stuffs from shops, markets etc mostly owned by men, who will later go back again to give them the money for another wonderful services, therefore building the economy through trading, also making the men ignore, avoid or even forget about protest or any form of conflicts that may lead to up raising. Nigeria also export hook-up workers through Edo-ports to Italy and the rest, therefore increasing our IGR.

Hook-up business generate 95% of Lagos revenue and 97% of Abuja revenue and also 99% of all South-East and South-south revenue.
In the North it generate 94.5% of their revenue -Reno Omokri, 2024


After petroleum, Hook-up business and yahoo-yahoo is the next biggest mineral resource in the country presently.
The Government should do well by giving them job security and also tax them too.

bivic:
if there bring the law to nigeria some idiot here will be happy

Just as you are.
Pretender!

Good! Lol

Malroux:
They are rewarding evil.

People are patronising them. Even strong islamist dey nack opio.

Let the poor breathe.

DrAda:
Good. They are afterall humans and should not be discriminated

Carndidlaydid:
Anyone

Is Belgium visa easy to get

Iam asking for a friend please

Urgent answer needed
Kindly reach me on the number below
08137.6448.90

No dey play wayo, you this girl. Say the truth let's see how we can help you

The implications of this is that customers will reduce

It is finish

so Later olosho fit RETIRE in PEACE dey on D!CK fund.. e ku ise oo

nlfpmod:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2024/12/belgium-becomes-first-country-to-give-sex-workers-maternity-leave-pension/amp/

Wtf


Gomorrah

They been helping a lot of men out there to ward off tensions and stress,they need better treatments