Sex workers took part in a demonstration demanding the right to return to work
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Prostitution in Belgium is not prohibited by law, but the authorities have imposed a temporary ban on this activity as one of the measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the Netherlands, female sex workers have staged a protest against a government decision to bar them from reopening, while hairdressers, massage therapists and other human contact professions have been allowed to reopen since Tuesday. On Sunday, March 7, writes about this Notifications.
The action took place in the area of the North Station of the capital of Belgium, next to the Brussels analogue of the “red light district” in Amsterdam.
Demonstration organized by the independent Association of Sex Workers in Belgium was small
The Association of Sex Workers recalled that a temporary ban on prostitution was introduced on March 13, 2020. After the end of the first wave of coronavirus in Belgium, their work was allowed, but with the arrival of the second wave in October, a new ban was introduced, which is still in effect.
Already at the beginning of 2021, after an improvement in the epidemiological situation in the country, it was decided to allow work for representatives of the so-called contact professions. These include employees of hairdressers, beauty salons and tattoo centers. However, the decisions of the government did not say anything about sex workers who complain about discrimination by the authorities.
The authorities regularly hold meetings to review the restrictive measures, but the sex workers are ignored, the protesters say. In an interview with reporters, they said that about 30 thousand people are employed in Belgium in the field of sex services, but the lack of official status does not allow them to turn to the state for support.
Protests by service workers amid growing isolation fatigue are taking place not only in the Netherlands, but also in other EU countries, where governments are trying to curb new strains of coronavirus.
Recall that there are about a hundred people in the suburbs of Paris staged a massive orgy in a warehouse. Law enforcement officers arrived at the party site at about 9 pm, when “the action was in full swing.”
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