Belgium's Green Light For Red Light Workers

Source: International Business Times

Sex workers in Belgium can, since December, access legal protections and labour rights AFP A police station in the historic sailors' quarter of the Belgian port of Antwerp is surrounded by sex workers' neon-lit red-light windows. The station in the Villa Tinto complex is a symbol of the push to make sex work safer in Belgium, which boasts some of Europe's most liberal laws -- although there are still widespread abuses and exploitation. Since December, Belgium's sex workers can access legal protections and labour rights, such as paid leave, like any other profession.