The Brussels Times Magazine N°57 (December 2024/January 2025 Issue)
Why Belgium's new sex worker law has yet to change life on the street
Belgium became the first European country to decriminalise sex work when its parliament approved a new sexual penal code on March 18, 2022, a bold political choice aimed at reducing stigma and giving sex workers access to social rights and employment law. However, for sex workers themselves, life remains largely unchanged.
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Yves Coppieters, the newly-elected male Minister for Women’s Rights
The decision to appoint a male Minister for Women's Rights has triggered sharp criticism. But Coppieters himself was resolute: "Men can be feminists, and I consider myself one."