Brussels: Those working in prostitution will be given health insurance, maternity leave, pension, and sick leave. That is, all the facilities like normal jobs will also be given to sex workers. Belgium has become the first country in the world to make such a law. In 2022, Belgium declared prostitution legally valid (decriminalization).

Now after two years, Belgium has made such a law for the first time in the world, which can become an example. This will lead to official employment contracts for sex workers. With its help, sex workers will also be able to get all the facilities that are available in other normal jobs. This will make the lives of sex workers easier.

30 thousand people benefited

According to the Daily Star report, this law treats sex work like any other job. Those working in this industry are given facilities like health insurance, an maternity leave. It is estimated that now about 30,000 sex workers will get basic employment rights.

What did the sex worker say

Sophie (name changed), a sex worker and mother of five, said: “I had to work while I was nine months pregnant. I was having sex with clients a week before I gave birth.” She had to return to work immediately after the cesarean birth of her fifth child because she needed the money. But under the new law, Sophie and others in the industry will get paid for maternity leave.

An alarm will be installed in the room.

Under this Belgian law, an emergency alarm button will be installed in the rooms where sexual services are provided. Its purpose is to increase the safety of sex workers. Victoria, head of the Belgian Union of Sex Workers (UTSOPI), also believes that this law can change negative perceptions about the sex work community. At the same time, Erin Kilbride of Human Rights Watch has described the new law as revolutionary. He said, this is the best step in the world so far.