Patsy Sörensen (born 1 October 1952) is a Belgian politician and social activist. She was a member of the

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from 1999 to 2004, aligned with the

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. She was born in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

and worked as an art teacher before entering politics. She served on Antwerp's municipal council before being elected to the European parliament. She was one of the founders of the

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, which provides support for prostitutes and victims of

human trafficking Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extrac ...

. She later became director of Payoke.

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1952 births Living people MEPs for Belgium 1999–2004 Groen (political party) politicians Politicians from Antwerp {{Flanders-politician-stub