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Belgium grants labour rights to sex workers

2024/12/2
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Katya Adler:报道了比利时成为全球首个为性工作者提供劳动合同的国家,性工作者将获得健康保险、养老金和产假等福利。这被视为对性工作的规范化,但同时也引发了争议,即新法是否真正保护性工作者,以及是否应该将性工作与其他工作同等对待。 Katya Adler还关注到新冠疫情期间性工作者因工作非法而得不到政府援助,这成为他们抗议的导火索,最终促使比利时出台新法。她还谈到了社会对性工作的负面态度以及性工作者在社会中的边缘地位。 Katya Adler最后总结说,新法是一个积极的步骤,即使性工作行业存在许多问题,性工作者也应该享有基本劳动权利。新法可能改变社会对性工作者的态度,为他们争取尊重和被平等对待提供机会。 Sofia Bettiza:作为BBC性别与身份记者,她详细解释了比利时新法的具体内容,包括性工作者可以签订正式合同,获得医疗保险、养老金、产假和病假等福利。她指出,新法旨在将性工作视为其他工作,并尝试规范性产业。 Sofia Bettiza还采访了多位性工作者和雇主,了解他们对新法的看法。一些性工作者对新法表示欢迎,认为其能更好地保护他们免受剥削,并改善工作条件。一些雇主也对新法表示欢迎,认为其能使他们合法经营,并获得更多发展机会。 然而,Sofia Bettiza也采访了一些对新法持批评态度的人,他们认为新法会使剥削合法化,无法解决性工作中暴力和虐待的根本问题。一些人认为性工作本质上是剥削性的,新法无法使其安全。 Sofia Bettiza还讨论了全球各国对性工作的不同监管方式,以及新法在实践中如何实施和监管等问题。她指出,新法虽然是一个积极的步骤,但其效果还有待观察。

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Belgium has passed a law granting labor rights to sex workers, including health insurance, pensions, and maternity leave. This unprecedented move aims to regulate the sex industry and protect workers, but raises questions about its effectiveness and potential impact on societal attitudes.
  • Belgium is the first country to offer employment contracts to sex workers.
  • The law aims to treat sex work like any other job.
  • The BBC's gender and identity correspondent, Sofia Bettiza, explores the law's implications.

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Belgium has become the first country in the world to pass a law to give labour rights to sex workers. They will be entitled to health insurance, pensions, sick days and maternity leave. Prostitution involves millions of people worldwide but will this new law protect these people from abuse and exploitation? Katya Adler speaks to the BBC's gender and identity correspondent Sofia Bettiza.

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