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Belgium gives sex workers same employment rights

Sex workers in Belgium now have maternity leave and sick pay in world first for employment rights

Sex workers in Belgium are now entitled to formal employment contracts, which include sick pay and maternity leave, under a landmark law that went into effect Sunday.

The New York Times · 23h

Maternity Leave and Ongoing Consent: New Rights for Belgium’s Sex Workers

A groundbreaking law, which gives some sex workers greater labor protections and social benefits than similar legislation elsewhere in the world, is now in effect in the European country.

Belgium Becomes the 1st Country to Give Sex Workers Pensions and Maternity Leave

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5 Women Win Reparations From Belgium

The New York Times · 23h

5 Women Win Reparations From Belgium for Crimes Under Colonial Rule

In a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian Congo, were victims of a crime against humanity.

The Guardian on MSN · 1d

Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo

The Belgian state has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the forced removal of five mixed-race children from their mothers in colonial Congo. In a long-awaited ruling issued on Monday, Belgium’s court of appeal said that five women,

Victims Win Reparations Over Abduction By Colonial-era Belgium

The Belgian state was ordered Monday to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly placed in an orphanage 70 years ago under a colonial-era practice that judges said constituted a crime against humanity.

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Belgium's Evenepoel suffers multiple fractures in crash during training

Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel suffered fractures to his rib, shoulder blade and hand, his team Soudal-QuickStep ...

The Africa Report5h

Activists hail Belgium’s conviction for mistreatment of métis girls in colonial Congo

In its ruling Monday, the Brussels Court of Appeal held the Belgian State responsible for the abduction and systematic racial ...

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England hold off spirited Belgium fightback

England hold off a spirited fightback by Belgium to claim their first victory in the women's Pro League with a 3-1 win in ...

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Cycling-Belgium's Evenepoel suffers crash during training

(Reuters) -Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel has been hospitalised, his team Soudal-QuickStep said on Tuesday, ...

Justice for the Forgotten: Belgium's Colonial Reckoning

A Brussels appeals court identified Belgium's colonial actions as a crime against humanity in a case involving five ...

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Belgium loses case over babies stolen in former colonies

It said that Belgium had carried on "an inhumane act of persecution." The five women at the center of the case are Simone ...

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Remco Evenepoel crashes during training and is taken to hospital: "His bike was completely wrecked"

Remco Evenepoel crashed during a training session, causing considerable damage. The Belgian time trialist / GC rider was ...

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