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, in now in effect in the European country.

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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, in now in effect in the European country.
The New York Times - 2h
Belgium gives sex workers the same employment rights as other workers

Consensual prostitution was already decriminalized in the European country but until now it existed under a legal gray area.
CBS News - 5h
Maternal Mortality Is a Crisis. This Founder Is Training a New Generation of Doulas to End It

Latham Thomas’s Mama Glow is fighting for birth equity and, in the process, supporting thousands of new entrepreneurs.
Inc. - 2h
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 New York Times - 2h
Sean "Diddy" Combs denied bail again ahead of sex trafficking trial

Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyers again asked the rapper be released on bond ahead of his trial, but the request was denied.
CBS News - 4d
Israel Accuses World Central Kitchen Worker of Role in Oct. 7 Attack

The Israeli military said it killed the worker in a strike in Gaza on Saturday. “To the best of our knowledge, no WCK team members are affiliated with Hamas,” a spokeswoman for the aid group said.
The New York Times - 1d
'It hurt I had to leave' - Van Nistelrooy reveals Man Utd pain

New Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy reveals his pain at leaving Manchester United but vows to stamp his authority on the Foxes.
BBC News - 19m
Pressley: Biden 'must act' on clemency before leaving office

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is renewing calls for President Biden to grant clemency to thousands of Americans serving time in federal institutions following his bombshell pardon of his son, ...
The Hill - 33m
Protests in Georgia leave over 40 hospitalized as EU talks suspended

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the parliament Saturday night, throwing stones and setting off fireworks, while police deployed water cannons and tear gas.
CBS News - 1d