Sex workers in Belgium have gained employment rights including the right to sick days, maternity pay and pension rights under the first law of its kind in the world.
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PRO CHOICE: Seminary Pilot Fired For Offering Flights To Women For Medical Care
A pro-choice pilot who offered flights to women needing medical care shortly after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion was fired a week later from the seminary where he worked for advocating a “position contrary to the official teaching of the Catholic Church.”
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SPAIN: Europe’s First Paid ‘Menstrual Leave’ Of Absence
Spain has become the first European country to enact a law allowing women with painful periods paid “menstrual leave” of absence from work.
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POLAND: Outrage Over New ‘Pregnancy Register’ Law
Poland’s government is facing criticism over a new provision that requires doctors to record each pregnancy in the country.
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UK: Teenager Murdered By Stalker Fined By Police For ‘Time Wasting’
The murder of a 19-year-old by her stalker after she reported him to the police five times has been described as ‘avoidable’ by the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).
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JAPAN: Ruling Party Offer Women A Sit In Cabinet Meetings To Be Seen But Not Heard
A week after Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizing committee, resigned in disgrace after complaining that women talk too much at meetings, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party has propose allowing five female lawmakers to join the party’s all-male board meetings as observers only.
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