9 Oct '12
New law for Ghent sex workers
Summary
“We are not against prostitution,” surprised BBC viewers heard last week from Ghent mayor Daniël Termont, interviewed about his council’s new rules on sex workers in storefront windows.
“We are not against prostitution,” surprised BBC viewers heard last week from Ghent mayor
Daniël Termont, interviewed about his council’s new rules on sex workers in storefront windows.
In Ghent’s red-light district, as in many other cities, prostitutes sit in windows to attract potential clients. According to the new law in Ghent, women must wear something in addition to lingerie and may not dance or make suggestive gestures. “Prostitution has a social value, and it’s necessary in a city like Ghent,” Termont told the BBC World Service. He stressed that the measures were intended to reduce the nuisance caused by customers in the red-light district, rather than to victimise the workers.
