Brussels festival ending stigma around escorts and sexwork
2023-12-16
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The bustling Saturday night at Beursschouwburg arts center in downtown Brussels was a whirlwind of excitement and energy. A captivated crowd packed the theatre, with eager attendees standing in the corridors and perched on the stairs, all eager to witness the main performance at the SNAP! (Sex Worker Narratives and Politics) Festival. Amidst this fervor, a woman adorned in an '80s disco bodys .....
Brussels to name a street after a sex worker
2021-09-19
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Brussels is to honour a sex worker with a street named after her. The Nigerian escort Eunice Osayande was murdered after being forced into prostitution to pay back her trafficking fees and rent. She had approaced a sex work charity for help, but failed to contact the police because of her immigration status. She was killed by a 'customer' who stabbed her 17 times.
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How the coronavirus impacts prostitution in Brussels
2020-03-20
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The police have closed three hotels in Brussels after sex workers in the area ignored the government measures instructing people to stay inside to the further spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19).
On Wednesday morning, the police closed ‘Studio 2000’, ‘Studio Europe’ and ‘5th Avenue’, three hotels in Brussels Alhambra district known for prostitution un .....