02-12-2024 (The Brussels Times Magazine Winter 2024/2025 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.
19-07-2024
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."