Tag: Sex workers
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Two Treasured Children In India’s Capital Bring Hope For Sex Worker Community
Delhi: In the year 2020 and 2021, the Covid wave and lockdown had severely impacted the livelihood of the women of GB Road. Children, women and elderly people had no source of income which left them hungry for days without ration. Observing the helpless situation of his community people, Kunal Kumar and Akash decided to…
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Supreme Court directs Centre and State Govt to help sex workers, WB Govt allows them to have ration cards
Kolkata: Responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Kolkata-based Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) the Supreme Court finally instructed the central and state governments to urgently consider providing relief to sex workers in the form of dry rations, monetary assistance as well as masks, soaps and sanitizers without insisting on proof of identity.…
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Corona scares customers of Asia’s biggest brothel
Kolkata: When the city of joy goes to sleep, it’s dawn in Durgacharan Mitra Street in Chittaranjan Avenue. The place teeming with entrepreneurial life in row houses is ‘Sonagachi’ in north Kolkata. Sonagachi is known as the biggest red light district in Asia, as it is home to more than 11000 sex workers. Coronavirus and…