Please refresh the page and retry. The first is simple: closing the curtains of the window brothels so that sex workers are no longer visible from the street β and their number remains the same or decreases. The second is to close a proportion of the windows in the city centre, and relocate brothels elsewhere, potentially in a sex work hotel. T he fourth option is to create even more window brothels or workplaces in the current area β although it is unclear how this would meet the aim of protecting the dignity of sex workers, and commentators believe it is highly unlikely to pass.
In some cases this is accompanied by disruptive behaviour and a disrespectful attitudeβ¦At the same time, there has also been a major increase in unlicensed, invisible prostitution. This month, the mayor will hold meetings with residents, businesses and sex workers and in September the proposals will be discussed by the city council, lawyers and the finance team.
L yle Muns, spokesman for My Red Light, a brothel collective run by sex workers and initiative of the late mayor Eberhard van der Laan, stressed that sex workers need to have a central role in the discussions. Bert Nap, a resident of the red light district who has campaigned for change, said that voluntary policies have not worked.
A lot has changed in the world: you can order everything via the internet, and prostitution is no different. H e added, though, that the city still needed to ensure vacant red light windows were not filled with night spots drawing marauding tourists. The cause is overtourism, and the sort of tourism, not the prostitution.
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