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‘No Brothel Soil For Durga Idols’: Sonagachi Women's Committee Amid Outrage Over Kolkata Doctor’s Murder
4 months ago

‘No Brothel Soil For Durga Idols’: Sonagachi Women's Committee Amid Outrage Over Kolkata Doctor’s Murder

ABP News  

The rape and murder of the trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, shook the entire country to its core, sparking widespread protests. Now, sex workers in Bengal have unanimously refused to give brothel soil for the Durga idols due to the Kolkata doctor's rape-murder. Vishakha Lashkar, Secretary of Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, Sonagachi …

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Teenaged boy sells minor ‘girlfriend’ for ₹40,000 in Sonagachi
1 year, 10 months ago

Teenaged boy sells minor ‘girlfriend’ for ₹40,000 in Sonagachi

Op India  

In a shocking incident in Kolkata, a teenage boy allegedly sold his teenage girlfriend into prostitution for ₹40,000 in Sonagachi, the red-light area in the city. After a missing complaint was filed by the mother of the girl, police launched a probe and rescued her, while the boy and two others involved in the crime have been arrested. The juvenile …

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Sex workers from Sonagachi call SC verdict ‘step towards life of dignity’
2 years, 6 months ago

Sex workers from Sonagachi call SC verdict ‘step towards life of dignity’

The Hindu  

Winding by-lanes and the narrow streets of Kolkata’s Sonagachi, one of the largest red-light districts in Asia, came alive amid music and merry-making on Friday as sex workers rejoiced over the recent Supreme Court verdict that recognised sex work as a profession. Coloured powder was smeared on faces and sweets distributed, with sex workers terming the court order as “a …

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Kolkata: Vaccination camp organised for empowering sex workers in Sonagachi
3 years, 5 months ago

Kolkata: Vaccination camp organised for empowering sex workers in Sonagachi

India TV News  

The Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, in association with Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Monday organised a vaccination camp for empowering sex workers at Sonagachi in Kolkata. "On Monday, vaccination program for sex workers in the age group of 18-60 has been conducted, in Sonagachi wherein around 300 sex workers were vaccinated against COVID-19. Based on the list we have, we are …

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Lockdown Impact: Sex Workers At Sonagachi Reeling Under Debt Trap, 73% Can't Quit Trade Due To Loan: Survey
4 years, 1 month ago

Lockdown Impact: Sex Workers At Sonagachi Reeling Under Debt Trap, 73% Can't Quit Trade Due To Loan: Survey

ABP News  

Around 89 per cent of the sex workers of Sonagachi Asia's largest red-light area - have fallen into a debt trap during the COVID-19 pandemic as most of them have taken loan during the lockdown as they were out of business, a survey has revealed. Conducted by an NGO - Anti Human Trafficking Organisation, the survey revealed that post-pandemic - …

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After Fall in Business amid Lockdown, Experts Say Sex Workers from Kolkata's Sonagachi Have Gone ‘Missing’
4 years, 3 months ago

After Fall in Business amid Lockdown, Experts Say Sex Workers from Kolkata's Sonagachi Have Gone ‘Missing’

News 18  

With business failing due to the Covid-19 lockdown, many sex workers from Kolkata’s Sonagachi are missing, say experts working in the area. Experts say they have lost contact with many sex workers who used to live in the neighbouring areas of Sonagachi. “We work with more than 16,000 sex workers of Sonagachi, Chetla-Lakhar Math, Kalighat, Kidderpore and Boubazar. Of the …

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Sex workers are partners in fight against trafficking, says NNSW
4 years, 4 months ago

Sex workers are partners in fight against trafficking, says NNSW

The Hindu  

Growing poverty due to COVID-19 is likely to compel more women to choose sex work and enforcement agencies must engage their collectives to “prevent, identify and redress” perpetrators of human trafficking who force children and women into flesh trade instead of criminalising adult consenting workers, says the National Network of Sex Workers on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. …

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