The European Parliament held a series of events on sex work and legislative issues together with sex workers (photo report)

From October 14 to October 18, 2019 in Brussels, under the roof of the European Parliament, a series of events are helded devoted to sex work generally and the problems of legislative regulation of sex work in Europe in particular. For the first time, such events are helded with the active participation of a large international delegation of activists who are protecting the rights of sex workers.

Nataliia Isaieva, Director of the CO “Legalife-Ukraine”and board member of SWAN, represented Ukraine within the international delegation and took part in the session.

This discussion was initiated by Renew Europe, the one of the largest 9^th call Parliamentary group, which was founded by the European Democratic Party and the Liberal and Democratic Alliance for Europe.

Work began on October 14 with the opening of the photo exhibition “The Lives of Sex Workers Around the World”. A book by the legendary Dutch activist Mariska Majoor “United under a red umbrella” was also presented at the opening.

Photo report from the opening of the exhibition.

On October 15, a round table was held to discuss the problems of protecting the rights of sex workers in Europe and the problems of legislative regulation of sex work in Europe.