20-07-2008, 03:59 PM
Oslo - Foreign prostitutes working in the Norwegian city of Bergen are to be offered language courses and information about their legal rights, reports said Sunday.
'With better knowledge of Norwegian it will be easer to cope in society and have a better life,' Red Cross official Lene Steimler told the online edition of the Bergens Tidende newspaper.
More than half the estimated 400 to 550 prostitutes in the city come from outside Norway, many from eastern Europe and Nigeria.
The courses are due to start in September. Steimler is coordinating them with city officials. One of the aims is to increase the sex workers' trust in the police and health services.
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'With better knowledge of Norwegian it will be easer to cope in society and have a better life,' Red Cross official Lene Steimler told the online edition of the Bergens Tidende newspaper.
More than half the estimated 400 to 550 prostitutes in the city come from outside Norway, many from eastern Europe and Nigeria.
The courses are due to start in September. Steimler is coordinating them with city officials. One of the aims is to increase the sex workers' trust in the police and health services.
Is this universal?
Auhttp://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/e...418195.php