The law brings sex workers in Belgium to par with all other employees in the European nation.
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In 2022, Belgium decriminalised sex work, becoming one of the few countries to do so. Lawmakers in the Western European country voted in May to give sex workers the same employment benefits as other employees. Nevertheless, the criminalisation of her profession before 2022 presented formidable obstacles, forcing her to operate in hazardous environments, devoid of autonomy in selecting clients and burdened by exorbitant fees imposed by her agency.She worked in unsafe conditions, with no choice over her clients and her agency taking a big cut of her earnings.She went to a police station, where she said the female officer was “so hard” on her.
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