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SC directs states to continue sex worker identification, continue dry rati
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed all the states to continue the process of identification of sex workers and to continue distribution of dry ration.
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SC directs Centre, states to start process of issuing ration, voter ID, Aa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre, all the states and union territories to commence the process of issuing voter ID, Aadhar and ration cards to sex workers and keep providing dry ration to them.
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Siliguri: Sex workers, AIDS patients light up candles on eve of World AIDS
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], December 1 (ANI): Sex workers, health workers and HIV-AIDS patients lit candles on Tuesday in the memory of those who died due to the disease on the eve of World AIDS Day.
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Vijaya Dashami: Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachhi perform Sindoor Khela,
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 15 (ANI): Sex workers in Sonagachhi in Kolkata, said to be Asia's largest red-light area, performed Debi Boron, Sindoor Khela and Dhunuchi dance on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami on Friday.
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NHRC asks Bengal's secretary to conduct fresh survey on plight of Sonagach
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a reminder to the West Bengal's Secretary of Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare to expedite the work of conducting a survey along with Indian Institute of Science over the con
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Sex workers celebrate Independence Day waving Indian flags
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): Sex workers at GB Road in Delhi celebrated Independence Day on Sunday.
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Pandemic-hit sex workers in Nepal get help, training for reintegration in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 29 (ANI): Many sex workers in Nepal, who found themselves without work during the COVID pandemic, are receiving packets of ration and other assistance from an NGO for integrating them into society.
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COVID-19 vaccination camp organised for empowering sex workers in Kolkata'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): 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.
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British national distributes food to medics, policemen, sex workers in Pun
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 29 (ANI): Aakanksha Sadekar, a British national, has been distributing food doctors, medical students, policemen and destitutes in Pune in the conditions created by COVID-19.
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West Bengal election: Sex workers in Sonagachi express discontent, say no
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 25 (ANI): As the entire state is gearing up to brace for 2021 Assembly elections very soon, the sex workers residing in dingy lanes of Sonagachi -- Asia's oldest and largest red-light area -- are not very hopeful for some tectonic shift in their liv
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Covid-19 management causing delay in finalising policy related to sex work
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): The Delhi government informed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday that policy related to prevention of trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children is on hold in the national capital as the final policy document has to be pla
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COVID-19: SC directs state govts to ensure dry ration is provided to sex w
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all state governments to ensure dry ration is being provided to sex workers, identified by the National AIDS Control Organisation during COVID-19 pandemic, in an adequate amount and uniformly.
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