Belgium grants labour rights to sex workers
It's the first country in the world to give sex workers maternity leave, pensions and sick pay.
Belgium has become the first country in the world to pass a law to give labour rights to sex workers. They will be entitled to health insurance, pensions, sick days and maternity leave. Prostitution involves millions of people worldwide but will this new law protect these people from abuse and exploitation? Katya Adler speaks to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's gender and identity correspondent Sofia Bettiza.
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