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As SIR begins in Bengal, Sonagachi sex workers demand inclusion in voter l
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area are urging the government to include their names in the voter list as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process begins in Bengal. Many sex workers fear being left out due to a lack of documentation, with some having no connection with their paren
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Hyderabad police busts brothel house; three including, two Ugandan nationa
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
According to the police official, "Based on credible information, the sleuths of the Commissioner's Task Force, North Zone Team, Hyderabad City, along with Osmania University Police and Woman Staff conducted a raid on a brothel house at Nagarjuna Nagar and apprehended both organizer and sub-
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Delhi: 14-Year-old orphan rescued from brothel, alleged trafficker arreste
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Acting on a tip-off received on July 12, 2024, authorities swiftly responded to reports of the minor's exploitation in the sex trade.
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Assam police rescues two abducted minor girls from brothel in Bihar
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Assam's Guwahati police on Monday busted a gang that was running a human trafficking and flesh trade racket and rescued two abducted minor girls from a brothel in Bihar's Rawta. Taking to their official X handle, Guwahati Police posted, "A CGPD team from Bhangagarh Police Station rescued two
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WB: Sex workers in Sonagachi taking up other work as well, since difficult
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Many women, who were working as sex workers in brothels in Kolkata's Red Light area in Sonagachi have changed their profession as they faced severe hardships during and after the Covid pandemic.
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Delhi Police rescue missing girl near brothel area
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A 17-year-old girl, who went missing from Jaunpur in UP after an altercation with her mother, was rescued near a brothel area in the national capital, informed Delhi police officials on Tuesday.
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Poverty compels few Sri Lankan women towards prostitution
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 31 (ANI): As Sri Lanka is gripped under a reeling economic crisis, numerous women in the country have changed their professions and turned to prostitution for daily meals.
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Makeshift brothels crop up in Sri Lanka as economic hardship pushes women
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 30 (ANI): In Sri Lanka, which is battling a crushing economic crisis, is now facing another predicament with its women, most of them who have lost their jobs in the textile sector, now forced to become sex workers to earn a livelihood.
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Anya is all set to hit theatres on June 10
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI/GPRC): In recent years Bollywood films prove that cinema is not only for entertainment but also for information, awareness and social change. There are many movies that bring light on the dark side of prostitution, brothels. Bollywood industry is all set to bec
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Every individual including sex worker has right to dignified life, SC obse
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The Centre in Supreme Court has raised certain reservations in respect of the recommendations made by the panel that sex workers should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised as voluntary sex work is "not illegal" and only running the brothel
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GiveIndia joins hands with Guria in its fight against sex trafficking
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI/GPRC): Ajeet Singh was all of 17 when he first came to the rescue of a sex worker's children.
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China: Social media users slam state media over failure to report sex abus
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 8 (ANI): Social media users in China have criticised the state-owned media, controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), over its failure to report on a jailed Shanghai citizen who raped women and held them captive in a brothel for the rich people.
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