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Finding a voice: Snapshots of sex workers soliciting at brothels in Delhi’s GB Road

Health Clinic For Sex Workers, Their Families Opened In Delhi's G B Road

The clinic was inaugurated on Sunday. It has been started in a part of a non-functional school by some civil society groups.

01 January 2023

Women in sex work and their children

A Vicious Trap: Women In Sex Work And Their Children

The process through which ordinary helpless women and children are drawn into this horrendous organized crime world-over, more prominently in poor countries like India, appears to have been lost sight of while creating an...

07 June 2022

Explained: The Supreme Court Order On Sex Work, How It Changes Things, And Laws On Sex Work

While voluntary sex work is legal, running a brothel is illegal in India, as per existing laws covering sex work and human trafficking.

02 June 2022

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Delhi Court Acquits 2 Women On Charge Of Soliciting For Prostitution 14 Years After FIR

The court noted that the prosecution's case had 'material omissions' and 'missing links' in the chain of circumstances. The verdict read that the state has failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused Afsana or...

30 December 2022

Sex workers holding banners and placards.

International Sex Workers' Day: A Movement To Uphold The Rights Of Sex Workers

What is International Sex Workers' Day and what does it signify?

02 June 2022

Sex workers have the right to lead a dignified life

Sex Work Not Crime: SC Tells Police To Not Abuse Sex Workers In Landmark Order

The apex court was hearing a plea that has raised the problems faced by sex workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The plea has highlighted the destitution faced by sex workers on account of COVID-19 and sought relief...

26 May 2022

Sex And The City: Down Jasmine-scented Alleys Of Memory

A short film that chronicles Calcutta’s rapid transformation into a megalopolis after colonisation, through the unique lens of sex work

24 June 2022

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Scenes from Kamathipura

‘Ten Rupees’: Manto’s Short Story Explores Sex And Gender Binary

Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story ‘Das Rupay’ is the tale of a 15-year-old pushed into the flesh trade by her mother. In his early days in Mumbai, Manto lived in a chawl near Kamathipura, editing a film magazine called...

08 March 2022

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08 March 2022
Kamathipura Redevelopment: Will Govt Pay Heed To Sex Workers And Their Vulnerable Children?

Kamathipura Redevelopment: Will Govt Pay Heed To Sex Workers And Their Vulnerable Children?

For nearly four decades, Priti Patkar has been working with trafficked women in the sex trade and their children in Mumbai’s red-light area, Kamathipura.


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