New sex workers in Geneva may be obliged to follow courses on prostitution law, health prevention and how to deal with clients, under a draft bill. The initiative follows a recent rise in the number of prostitutes travelling to work in the region. Those taking the minute daily courses must also learn about their obligations to their clients and the people running their massage salon or escort agency, he told the GHI newspaper on Wednesday. In Switzerland, prostitution has been legal since When carried out voluntarily, it is considered a form of independent economic activity and the proceeds are subject to tax.
But those who do this need to have their papers in order, hold work or residence permits and declare their occupation to the cantonal authorities. Madame Lisa owns the largest erotic salon in Geneva.
She has written an autobiography to show that there are also prostitutes who to take up the Geneva has witnessed a large rise in the number of prostitutes travelling to work in the area in the past five years, mainly from Spain, Hungary, France and Romania. In , 10, prostitutes were officially registered on the Geneva police database. But in reality only practice on a daily basis, Bolle explained. Many work occasionally in massage salons for three months and do not tell the police to take them off the database when they leave the canton.
Under the proposal, the courses will be managed by Aspasie, a group that has advocated for prostitutes in Geneva since , and led by health and social work specialists as well as former sex workers. Social workers will also be available to provide information on avoiding exploitation and human trafficking, as well as professional reorientation programmes.
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