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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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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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NHRC seeks report from West Bengal govt on efforts to aid victims of Sonag
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 31 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Sunday directed the Chief Secretary of West Bengal to submit a detailed report on the policy framed to "check and prevent" the sex-trade and brothels in Sonagachi area in Kolkata within the next 1
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S Korean court orders Japan to pay damages to WWII sex slavery victims
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan's government to pay damages to the South Korean victims who were forced into sex slavery for Imperial Japan's military brothels during World War II.
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DCW seeks information on steps taken to enforce lockdown in brothels
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Taking suo-moto cognisance of the 'inhumane conditions' existing in the brothels situated at GB Road, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Thursday issued a notice to Delhi Police seeking information on steps taken to enforce coronavirus lockdown.
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Allahabad HC issues summons on plea seeking closure of brothels in Meerut
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 19 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court has issued summons to SSP, District Magistrate and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in connection with a plea seeking the closure of brothels in the district. The high court will hear the matter on April 23.
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11 minors rescued, 8 people arrested from brothels in Telangana
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): The Rachakonda police rescued 11 minor girls and arrested eight people from various brothels at Yadagirigutta town in Telangana's Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district.
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Police nabs Nepalese man for human trafficking in Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 20 (ANI): The Delhi Police crime branch has recently arrested a Nepalese man for running brothels and human trafficking in national capital's Garstin Bastion (G.B) Road.
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Police arrests duo running brothels in Delhi since 1999
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug.30 (ANI): A couple, along with six of their aides, was arrested by the Delhi Police on Tuesday for trafficking girls and running brothels in a red light area of the national capital.
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