Coronavirus Impacts Prostitution As Sex Workers Have Fewer Clients Due To Outbreak
2020-03-23
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Coronavirus is holding the world hostage right now. Every walk of life is being affected and its like being held for ransom and nobody is there to pay the money.
One profession that has taken a hard hit is prostitution. No, we are not kidding. One of the most lucrative industries in the world has been badly dented thanks to the outbreak.
The number of clients have gone .....
Coronavirus: India’s travel restrictions delay rescued sex workers’ return to Bangladesh
2020-03-23
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Six Bangladeshi women rescued from four years of forced prostitution in India were stuck in limbo on Thursday as coronavirus prevented their long-awaited return home. Their ordeal, following years of enforced prostitution, prompted calls for a relaxation in tangled bureaucracy so trafficking victims can head home to their families. .....
Sex Workers Shut Shop in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi Due to Coronavirus Threat
2020-03-23
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No customer would be allowed to enter the locality during this period. More than 300 sex workers operate in the Hanuman Tekdi area of Bhiwandi, and the centre, which is affiliated to Shramajivi Sanghatana, cares for their children. .....
Maharashtra: In Kamathipura, sex workers get masks but find social distancing laughable
2020-03-23
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The women, most of them with smartphones, many with earphones plugged in, say they are aware that the virus has spread in India. They said they know that they need to keep washing their hands to protect themselves but they find the thought of ‘social distancing’ laughable. .....
Coronavirus outbreak: Women step up to feed sex workers Read more at: https://punemirror.indiatimes
2020-03-23
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Devoid of kitchens at most of the homes, occupants of the red light area in the city, Budhwar Peth, have been suffering a lot amid the COVID-19 lockdown with only a little help coming from a motley group of women, who are cooking meals and distributing them free of cost among commercial sex workers (CSWs). Incidentally, these women previously worked as CSWs and understand the need in s .....