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Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam addresses concerns regarding the proposed Erotic Center's impact on young people, dismissing fears of increased drug use or involvement in prostitution due to its proximity to schools. She emphasizes that the dangers for vulnerable youth stem more from online influences and peer pressure than from the center itself. Halsema also brushes off worries about the influx of students passing through the area, asserting that exposure to various activities is part of city life.

Regarding sex workers, Halsema acknowledges displacement concerns but highlights support from certain groups, particularly male and transgender sex workers. She maintains that the Erotic Center offers opportunities for those marginalized in the licensed circuit, leaving the choice to work there to the individuals. However, she does not address the potential limitation of workplace options if more Red Light District windows are closed.

The city anticipates substantial foot traffic to the Erotic Center upon opening, with plans to manage traffic effectively. Despite concerns about parking and transportation, Halsema assures that the center's impact on existing bottlenecks will be limited. Plans to eliminate parking spots in the area are underway, regardless of the Erotic Center's construction.

Contrary to fears of party tourism, Halsema asserts that the center will not replicate the Red Light District's problems, as it won't cater to tourists or feature establishments on public roads. Additionally, she reassures that the center's design will deter onlookers, ensuring privacy for its activities.

While the center's opening is not expected before late 2031, Halsema reveals interest from various groups in financing and developing the project, keeping their identities anonymous until 2048. These include project developers, sex worker organizations, and entrepreneurs from cultural and queer communities. The selected operator will bear development costs, potentially including an underground parking garage, with the city handling land preparation and infrastructure expenses.

Amsterdam's proposed multi-storey erotic center has sparked controversy, with critics likening it to an "erotic prison" reminiscent of historical exploitation. At a recent meeting, over 40 speakers expressed opposition to the project, raising concerns about its impact on sex workers and the community.

While Mayor Femke Halsema sees the center as a solution to provide safer working conditions, reduce criminality, and alleviate nuisance in the red light district, many sex workers fear further stigmatization and safety risks if pushed out of the historic center.

Mariska Majoor, a former sex worker, voiced concerns about the center's size and location, emphasizing the need for smaller-scale, safer workspaces. Others echoed her sentiments, protesting against what they see as segregation and likening the center to a prison.

Huub Nelis, representing a trade school in the area, highlighted concerns about increased criminal activity and its impact on students' safety. Critics labeled the project as excessive and wasteful, questioning its effectiveness and allocation of resources.

Despite opposition, some voiced support for the center, citing the need for more workspaces and acknowledging the existing prevalence of sex work in the city. However, alternatives such as spreading out the red light district were proposed as more viable solutions to address nuisance and maintain Amsterdam's cultural identity.

Ultimately, the debate over the erotic center underscores deeper issues of urban planning, social stigma, and the rights of sex workers in Amsterdam's vibrant but contested landscape.

In a significant milestone for the welfare and financial security of sex workers in the Netherlands, Nationale-Nederlanden (NN) has emerged as a trailblazer by offering additional coverage to this professional community, provided they are duly registered with the Chamber of Commerce. This progressive decision, focusing primarily on coverage for fires and liability insurance, positions NN as the inaugural mainstream insurance firm to extend its services to sex workers.

The Netherlands, home to approximately 20,000 sex workers as reported by NN, has witnessed a transformative shift in insurance options for this demographic. Historically limited to De Vereende, which offered policies with elevated premiums as a form of last resort for those with limited alternatives, sex workers now have a more conventional avenue for insurance coverage.

Richard Weurding, Chair of the Insurers association VvV, expressed satisfaction at the introduction of a "regular alternative" for sex workers. He remarked, "This will hopefully contribute to removing the stigma for which this profession suffers."

Caretaker Justice and Security State Secretary Eric van der Burg welcomed NN's decision, highlighting the disparities faced by sex workers in comparison to their counterparts in other professions. He noted, "Too often, sex workers are not treated the same as other workers. This leads to distressing situations, such as sex workers being uninsured."

The SWAD, an alliance dedicated to destigmatizing sex work since 2021, expressed pleasure at the newfound protection for sex workers against unforeseen events. They emphasized that empowered sex workers are better shielded against exploitation and human trafficking.

The industry garnered additional support from key financial institutions, with the Dutch banking association, NVB, and De Nederlandsche Bank, the country's central bank, endorsing the notion that it should be more accessible for sex workers to open business bank accounts. This collective recognition underscores a broader societal shift toward fostering inclusivity and equal treatment for individuals engaged in diverse professions.

Ah, how splendid! Dutch banks have decided to extend their warm embrace to our hard-working friends in the sex work industry. With great pomp and circumstance, they've unveiled a magnificent solution to a dilemma that's caused many a furrowed brow in the banking world!

Banks, as we all know, have been puzzled for ages by the complexities of handling cash-related businesses. Those clever bankers, with the assistance of the dutiful regulator DNB, have finally cracked the code for our dear friends in the sex work industry.

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So, fear not, for the days of struggling to open a business bank account are waning for sex workers. Thanks to this 'Sector Standard,' a stroke of brilliance, which graciously permits the submission of tax returns to smooth the way. Huzzah!"

Please note, while the tone here is light-hearted and sarcastic, it's essential to maintain respect and empathy towards individuals and industries involved in such matters.

On the imminent horizon of municipal transformation in Amsterdam, a confluence of key stakeholders, including sex workers, business proprietors, and neighborhood residents hailing from the Wallen district, alongside the Zuid and Noord regions, are poised to stage a collective protest on Thursday. This demonstration is explicitly designed to articulate their dissension with the municipal government's proposal to migrate the window brothels, a hallmark of the Red Light District, to a novel establishment denominated as the "erotic center," strategically situated within an alternate sector of the city. The orchestrators of this protest march, notably led by Mariska Majoor, the distinguished founder of the Prostitution Information Center, seek to vociferously manifest their opposition to this urban development initiative.

The conceptualized erotic center, at the heart of this discord, is envisaged as an operational hub to accommodate approximately one hundred sex workers, predominantly earmarked for either the Amsterdam-Noord or Zuid district, thereby signifying a consequential substitution for a subset of window brothels currently existing within the Wallen district. The municipal authorities contend that the primary rationale behind this paradigmatic shift is multifold, encompassing the enhancement of the occupational conditions and societal position of sex workers, mitigation of the escalating inconveniences and superfluous influx of tourists experienced in the Wallen district, and the curbing of illicit activities within this precinct.

Nevertheless, the proposed paradigm has elicited apprehension and objection from the local residents residing in the Noord and Zuid regions, as well as the sex workers themselves, who remain steadfast in their preference for the city center as their professional milieu. A public survey conducted in June substantiates the widespread skepticism, revealing that only one out of five residents of Amsterdam endorses the municipal blueprint for the erotic center. The Amsterdam branch of the hospitality association KHN has also unambiguously expressed its dissenting stance. In an emphatic display of dissent, a petition containing over 22,000 signatures contesting the intended erotic center was tendered to the Amsterdam Mayor, Femke Halsema, in the preceding month. This formidable coalition, coined as the "monsterverbond," encapsulates a diverse assemblage of commercial entities, educational and cultural institutions, residents' associations, and interest groups.

The organizers of this protest collectively implore the municipal government of Amsterdam to instigate a comprehensive dialogue with all pertinent stakeholders, with the aim of collectively devising mutually agreeable strategies that address the issues of disturbance, congestion, and criminality. They harbor the conviction that the preservation of the rich tapestry of the Wallen district, while concurrently safeguarding the professional domains of sex workers and the cultural milieu of erotic entertainment, is a pivotal endeavor.

The municipal authorities have officially confirmed the registration of the impending demonstration. The protest is set to unfurl its course, commencing at Oudekerksplein, coursing through Oudezijds Achterburgwal and Nieuwmarkt, culminating at the Stopera located on Waterlooplein. The denouement of the march will witness the presentation of a formal manifesto to the members of the city council at the city hall. Mariska Majoor, the protest's vanguard, has expressed optimism regarding the anticipated turnout, hinting at "sufficient interest" from diverse strata of the community, encompassing sex workers, business entrepreneurs, and residents alike. She conveys the expectation of drawing forth "a few hundred people."

The municipal council is slated to unveil a comprehensive proposal pertaining to the ultimate location of the erotic center, with a definitive resolution slated for the conclusion of the current calendar year. This forthcoming decision will undoubtedly wield a profound impact on the urban landscape, the profession of sex work, and the sociocultural fabric of Amsterdam.

Hey, do you know what’s going on in Amsterdam? The city’s sex workers are standing up for the British tourists who go there for wild weekends. You see, the Dutch government is trying to stop the lads from having too much fun in the red light district. They even made an advert telling them to ‘Stay Away’ from Amsterdam. How rude is that? But the sex workers are not having it. They say the Brits are not worse than any other visitors - and they don’t want to lose their business. They held a big protest outside the City Hall and gave the mayor a piece of their mind. One of them, Tessa, has been working in a window on a canal for 17 years. She says it’s unfair to blame just the English. She says men can be nasty and drunk from anywhere in the world. She says she saw two guys throwing up outside her window today - but they could have been from any country. She says men come from all over the world to drink and have sex - and most are well behaved. She admits the British can be terrible when they are drunk, but so can the Dutch, Germans and Spaniards.

Amsterdam is trying to reduce the crowds of tourists and stag parties in the red-light district. One way they hope to do this is to ban the use of Cannabis in the red-light district. They are also reducing the opening hours of the bars, restaurants, cafes and brothels in the district.  The local community is upset by the rising tourism and drunkards in the streets. Stag parties are one such fly in the ointment the city wishes to stamp out.

Municipalities in the Netherlands will soon be required to register people who are participating in sex work to determine if they are doing so voluntarily, and if they meet minimum age and language ability requirements. The measure is meant to guarantee that people earning money from legal sex work have not been coerced, and are protected from abuse

It is not at all good for municipalities to register who is playing the role of the whore,” Van Dorst told the newspaper. It is “a useless solution, to the disadvantage of prostitutes who lose an important piece of privacy.” The measure is only meant as a show piece for municipalities to say they have their house in order.

The redlight district of Amsterdam is well known for its windows. Potential clients can wander up and down the street viewing the women and deciding on who to spend some time with. The curtains are drawn when I client enters to make a purchase. Amsterdam council wants to move the redlight district away from the canals, and clean up the district. This was not acceptable to the women who work in the windows.  The council still want to clean up the image, and have proposed the following. Under the proposal by the D66 liberal party, window brothel curtains will stay shut and clients will be asked to book via a QR code on their smartphones rather than directly to the sex worker behind the glass.

Sex works oppose this, and argue it will make their work less safe because it will be harder to assess potential clients and any danger they might pose.   Another said, How can I attract clients with the curtains closed?

Amsterdam is planning on bringing in tough measures for tourists visiting the city, which is known for it’s legal cannabis use and brothels. A destination associated with partying, it’s introducing new rules in an effort to crack down on “nuisance and overcrowding”.

Included in the campaign are plans to stop the sale of cannabis on weekends and even banning the consumption of cannabis in certain areas of Amsterdam. Stricter rules could be in place for Airbnbs and short-term holiday lets, with owners encouraged to turn them into homes for residents.

Tourists could also be taxed when visiting the city at busy times in the future. 

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Karin, 57 from Amsterdam was a nurse. She quit ger job and started working for an Amsterdam escort Agency which caters for clients who have disabilities and health issues. She saiid, working as a nurse inspired her to become a sex worker. She worked as a district nurse trating patients at home or care centres. She became to realise her patients had physical or mental disabilities, but also had sexual needs. She felt sorry for these people and could not help them as a nurse.

Karin said there's a misconception that all sex workers are victims of human trafficking, which is defined by the United Nations as people being forced to work through "force, fraud or deception" for a profit.

It's not clear how many sex workers in the Netherlands are victims of human trafficking. Depending on the definitions used, the estimates could range drastically, between 10% and 90%, according to figures shown in the Red Light Secrets Museum during my visit.

The Amsterdam Arena will host four fixtures at Euro 2020 - and the influx of supporters could herald a significant boom for the city's sex workers and coffee shop owners

But over the last six months, the city’s famous brothels have fallen silent with Covid-19 restrictions forcing them to close.

“I’m extremely happy that we are back open again after such a long time without having work,” a sex worker who identified herself as Kelly told the India Times.

This has come almost immediately after the nation recorded its highest levels of the year in April. So clearly, the vaccines are doing something!

From this week sex workers in the Netherlands are allowed to receive clients again.

A sex show, bars, 100 small rooms and 5,000 square metres of space will form Amsterdam’s new erotic centre, according to a council report. The ‘market consultation’ document, to be discussed with both sex workers and interested commercial parties, suggests the shape of the future erotic centre and nine possible locations from the edge of the Oud Zuid/Rai exhibition centre to Hamerkwartier in Amsterdam North.

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Several cafes and bars in Amsterdam and Breda opened their doors for a time on Tuesday afternoon, in protest at the current lockdown measures. Cafes are currently closed, but many owners say there is little difference between sanctioning sit down outside spaces, which is banned, and queuing for takeaways – which is allowed.

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Meanwhile, in The Hague, a group of sex workers were planning to protest about the government’s refusal to allow them to reopen on Tuesday afternoon. Hairdressers and masseurs can start work again from March 3, but sex work remains banned

Health minister Hugo de Jonge told reporters on Tuesday that he did not expect there to be any change in the situation soon. ‘It’s very sad, but it just can’t be done,’ De Jonge said, ahead of a cabinet meeting to discuss the latest situation.

Social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees also confirmed that there will be no more financial support for sex workers either. ‘We can do very little for them,’ he said. ‘They are in a very difficult position.’

 

The city's mayor says relocating sex workers will improve their safety. Sex workers disagree.

Amsterdam’s iconic Red Light District may soon disappear. Known locally as De Wallen, in non-pandemic times the central neighbourhood packed with coffeeshops and brothels is usually crowded with tourists gawking at sex workers. The area contains some of Amsterdam’s most valuable properties, but, as residents protest, has been degraded by mass tourism.

Mayor Femke Halsema, from the Green Party, now wants to relocate sex workers from De Wallen to a large building outside the city centre. The exact location is still unknown. Halsema said it would take another three to ten years to build it, but plans are underway since most of the city council supports the motion. 

It’s feared a proposal to close brothel windows and create an ‘erotic centre’ in the suburbs will put sex workers in danger

This week (February 1), Amsterdam city councillors announced that they would be closing the brothel windows in the renowned Red Light District, instead setting up an “erotic centre” somewhere in the suburbs.

The proposal was first put forward by Amsterdam’s mayor, Femke Halsema, and is said to be part of a “tourism reset”, which also sees a potential ban on tourists buying cannabis from the city’s cafes.

Amsterdam officials are set to vote on whether to radically change its historic centre to relocate the famed red light district and attract 'better quality' tourists. 

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the city attracted 20 million tourists per year and was known for its thriving nightlife and cannabis-selling cafes and bars. 

Cannabis has been readily available in coffee shops in Singel, Amsterdam, where the red-light district is located and prostitution is also allowed, but Mayor Femke Halsema is seeking political support to stop foreigners visiting to get high

Under the new plans she has put forward, Halsema is hoping to turn the focus away from sex and drugs and make the inner city more livable for locals.

Her proposals include moving the Red Light District to a purpose-built erotic centre outside of the main hub. 

Tours of the legal prostitution zone, which have been deemed 'disrespectful' to sex-workers, by deputy Mayor Victor Everhardt, were already banned from April 1, 2020. 

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Sex workers in Amsterdam must stop working for the next two weeks because brothels and window prostitution are included in the local definition of sex clubs which have to close as part of new coronavirus measures. The government’s new lockdown announced on Tuesday included a two week shut down of sex clubs, but prime minister Mark Rutte had said that professions which require direct contact, such as hairdressers, could remain open.

 

Twenty years ago brothels in Amsterdam left the half-legal status of being tolerated and became fully legal and licensed businesses. By the anniversary the city might have curbed one of its top tourist attractions. Proposed changes include banning women from advertising themselves in the red light windows.

Mayor Femke Halsema has presented four scenarios for the district, which range from reducing the number of brothel windows to moving sex workers to a new location.

She has also suggested opening a "prostitution hotel" outside the centre and said in May that the search for a new location was well underway. The council will hold a vote on the scenarios after the summer, a spokesperson told CNN.

New rules have already been introduced. Tour guides are no longer allowed to stop in front of the windows and tourists are banned from taking pictures of the sex workers.

Sex workers fear the district will be closed down and that they will be moved to a remote location outside the city center.

Anna* is a sex worker in the red light district. She’s relieved to be back at work and is taking precautions to keep both herself and her customers safe. The small table in her work space holds a bottle of Yakult and a small package of crackers, plus a bag of face masks, disinfectant and an infrared thermometer she's invested in to test visitors for a fever. "Yesterday, a customer measured 36.5 degrees Celsius when they entered. When we were done, it was 36.7,” she laughed.

To minimise risk, Anna currently only has sex with customers doggy style. “As soon as a customer comes in, he and I wash our hands together,” she explained. She also asks all of her customers to wear a mask. She said some of her customers ask her to do the same.

The decline in coronavirus cases in the Netherlands has prompted health officials to allow sex workers in Amsterdam to resume meeting clients much earlier than expected.

About half of migrant sex workers in Holland returned home to their own countries. This survey was based on a sample of 108 workers organised by the Prostitution Information Center and the SekswerkExpertise network.

Over half of the respondents to the survey applied to the Government for income support. Only 8 were successful. Twenty-six sex workers were rejected outright. The respondents to the survey, 77 were Dutch estimated half the migrant workers left the country for their home states.

This survey confirmed that sex workers fell between the cracks, and were is desperate need of support.
 

The red light district in Amsterdam is to reopen on Wednesday with prostitutes expected to wear gloves and avoid oral sex. 

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte gave the sex industry, which is deemed as a 'contact' profession, the green light to restart after the number of coronavirus deaths fell into single figures. 

The news has been welcomed by sex workers, many of which have faced financial hardship when they were unable to work during the lockdown. 

Sex workers will be allowed back to work on July 1, the first time they will receive financial income since the 'intelligent' lockdown began

It was a surprise to everyone – especially sex workers – when Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte announced that from July 1 they could return to work.

Of all of the “contact” professions, this was dogged with most concern in the Netherlands, which is now reopening after seeing daily corona deaths fall to single figures.

A large number of restrictions, such as the current maximum number of 30 people to gather together, the closure of gyms, saunas, casinos, sex work and contact sports are set to be lifted from July 1, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced at a press conference on Wednesday. Local governments will have more control over the restarting of carnivals and events, because of the permit application process that those organizers will be required to complete. However nightclubs will still remain closed likely into September, he said.

A group of organizations representing sex workers submitted a hygiene protocol with which they believe they can limit the spread of the coronavirus enough that sex workers can start working again. Measures include things like changing the bed linen after every customer, and sex workers only working one-on-one or with a couple that shares a household, ANP reports.

SekswerkExpertise, a platform that stands for improving the position of sex workers, based the protocol largely on existing protocols for other contact professions that were allowed to start up again a month ago, like hairdressers and beauticians. As the coronavirus measures currently stand, sex work will be banned until September. But with this protocol, the sector hopes to be able to start up again on Monday.

AMSTERDAM - The red-light district is one of the main tourist attractions in Amsterdam. While coronavirus lockdown restrictions are starting to ease, sex work is not allowed to resume until September. Advocacy groups say the lack of support for sex workers has exposed how vulnerable they are under Dutch law.

Hella Dee, not her real name, has been working in brothels in and around Amsterdam for the past 10 years, but she hasn't had any income since COVID-19 restrictions were enforced in March.

It’s 8pm on a Sunday night and my husband Matt* and I are lying on a hotel bed in Amsterdam. I’m wearing a see-through lace top, schoolgirl miniskirt and knee socks. He’s in a shirt and jeans. Both of us are watching the clock, nervous. Any minute now, Dita, the high-end escort we met online, will arrive.

Matt and I high-five like freshers as she takes both of us at the same time (me with her strap-on, he with his cock – condom-clad, of course). Then I’m the one getting double-teamed. As I’m riding her, she nestles a vibe against my clit. We’ve been at it for more than an hour and I realise I should probably come, but I’m overstimulated. It’s as if I’m experiencing the whole thing as performance rather than pleasure.

Sex workers in Amsterdam who are open to trafficking and abuse after the shit down of the sex industry in Amsterdam. Those who do not have savings will have to work on the black market, putting themselves at risk.

The St Patrick’s Day event, cancelled over the Covid-19 crisis, was due to see prostitution-style windows occupied by an Irish dancer.

Such booths are usually filled with women selling their bodies to passers-by. Tourism Ireland’s Dutch office announced the planned event on March 11.

Declaring on its official Facebook page: “Tuesday March 17, we will colour the Amsterdam Red Light District Green for St Patrick’s Day!

In a statement, anti-trafficking organisation Ruhama said: “We are surprised and disappointed Tourism Ireland would plan to ‘Green the Red-Light District’ in Amsterdam.

The event did not take place.

Sex for sale has long been a staple part of the German capital's freewheeling nightlife. But amid concerns over the new coronavirus, even the world's supposedly oldest profession is suffering a sudden slump.

By Saturday, authorities had pulled the plug entirely, ordering the temporary closure of all entertainment venues, including brothels. The city has registered 332 confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far. Several dozens of infections have been traced to bars and clubs.

In the Netherlands, Amsterdam's famed red light district was similarly hard hit after the government on Sunday night ordered the closure of schools, bars and restaurants for three weeks and made a point of mentioning that sex clubs also were affected.

A Dutch sex worker has set up a crowdfunding page to raise money for prostitutes hit by the closure of brothels in Amsterdam due to coronavirus as campaigners raised fears over the loss of income and putting workers at greater risk.

The Dutch Government has also ordered the closure of sex clubs in the Amsterdam red-light district. This forces the closure of the windows,

The local government in Amsterdam has banned guided tours that take groups past the famed windows in the city’s red light district where visitors watch semi-naked sex workers pose.

From CNN travel.

The De Wallen red-light district is under review to protect sex workers from the huge increase in tourists or is to to be restructured and closed down.  What is it like to live there? CNN interview 6 residents.

A 70-year-old woman has lived there since 1979.  She experiences nuisance from loud tourists and would like the Red Light district moved.

49 year old moved to the area. She says she could not walk there because of the drug dealers. Now it is better and her 6-year-old child can play in the streets. Tourists though are a problem. I don't mind the sex workers here, it helps regulate sex work.

Long term couple in their 40-50s, loves the buzz of the streets, though the female partner hates the tourists.

51year-old Paul moved here 15 years ago and has never looked back. His daughter knows all the girls and thinks of them as friends. There is something about the place that makes it beautiful. It can be busy, but the behaviour of some tourists leaves a lot to be desired.

41-year-old boutique hotel keeper. I know so many of my neighbours. The We Live Here campaign has had no effect. There are no police enforcing the warnings, and all the signs are in Dutch. Most of the time I love living here.