The 49-year-old sex worker couldn’t recollect the exact date but the Dura puja festivities had just ended and it was work as usual in Sonagachi, one of Asia’s largest red-light districts in north Kolkata, where she lived. Little did the woman and her co-workers know at that time that the man, Dr Smarajit Jana would shape the sex workers’ rights …
The Covid-19 pandemic has left sex workers dealing with serious mental health issues with their livelihood severely impacted with each surge in coronavirus cases. Ravi Kant, President of the Delhi-based NGO Shakti Vahini, said several sex workers started Internet-based solicitation through using various social media platforms and smartphone applications such as WhatsApp and Facebook. Speaking to indiatoday.in, DMSC president Bishakha …
