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Street To Be Named After Nigerian Sex Worker In Brussels

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Brussels has decided to name a street after a murdered Nigerian sex worker to recognize the rights of women in Belgium.

Eunice Osayande, 23, was murdered in June 2018 by one of her clients who is a 17-year-old boy. The murderer stabbed her 17 times in the Gare Du Nord district.

The street will be connecting the Quai de Willebroeck and the Quai des Péniches.

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Belgium broadcaster RTBF reports that this is the first time a street is being named after a sex worker.

Osayande journey into the world of prostitution began five years ago when some men promised her a better life in Europe.

She arrived in Brussels in 2016 after crossing on a rubber boat to Italy. When she got to Brussel she was immediately forced into prostitution and had to pay her handlers €45,000 for the smuggling.

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In January 2021 her smugglers were given prison sentences. Before Osayande was killed she called a sex worker charity and told them she was getting workplace intimidation but she could not go to the police because she was not a documented migrant.

After her death, sex workers hit the street in a protest and demanded that the government should give them better working conditions.

Though prostitution is not illegal in Belgium but there are no national rules restricting it.

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