Sex workers
- India
Special drive in Delhi to add transgenders, sex workers, homeless women in voters’ list
New Delhi: The office of Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer has initiated the process to set up special camps to enrol transgenders, sex workers and vulnerable women in the voters’ list, officials said…
- India
Children from non-marital relationships are not illegitimate: NCW
The chairperson of the National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma on Wednesday asserted that children born out of non-marital relationships could not be termed illegitimate. She was speaking at a seminar in…
- World
Indian-origin man arrested for allegedly stabbing sex worker in US
New York: A 26-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a sex worker at a New Jersey hotel following a disagreement over money, police said. Vineeth Ravuri of Jersey city…
- India
Children of Muzaffarpur sex workers find a voice in handwritten magazine
Muzaffarpur: Normally, the children of sex workers live an anonymous life in infamous streets, without acceptance and respect. But the scene is different in Muzaffarpur where ‘Jugnu’ – a quarterly handwritten magazine…
- World
Sri Lanka probes ‘auction of women’ as sex workers in Oman
Colombo: Following an alleged incident where a group of Sri Lankan women who were taken to Oman promising jobs but auctioned off as sex workers, a Minister on Friday said that a…
- India
Mukesh Khanna equates ‘girls asking for sex’ to prostitutes, DCW seeks FIR against him
Mumbai: Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna on Wednesday found himself at the centre of a row for his remarks comparing women who ask for sex to “sex workers”. Best known for playing Bhishma…
- India
Don’t arrest sex workers during raids: Madras HC
Chennai: Sex workers should not be arrested or penalized whenever a brothel house is raided by police, the Madras High Court has ruled. Citing a recent Supreme Court judgment, which had held that…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Gang of HIV-infected chain snatchers busted in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police have nabbed a gang of three HIV-infected chain snatchers, who had entered into physical relation with the several sex workers in Bengaluru, police said on Friday. The investigations…
- India
Sex work recognised as a ‘profession’ by Supreme Court
New Delhi: In a momentous order, the Supreme Court of India recognised sex work to be a ‘profession.’ The Court issued a slew of directions batting for the well-being of sex workers…
- India
Sex worker entitled to decline consent, but not married woman: Delhi HC verdict
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court, in its split verdict on criminalisation of marital rape, has observed that rape is rape and a rapist remains a rapist, and while every other woman,…
- India
Sex workers in Kolkata’s Sonagachi celebrate Holi after two years
Kolkata: Followed by a gap of two years during which the COVID-19 pandemic marred festive celebrations, the Durbar Mahila Coordination Committee, the largest organization of sex workers in West Bengal celebrated Holi…
- World
Jair Bolsonaro’s administration is hurting the lives of LGBTQ+ sex workers in Brazil
By Alberto C B de Souza, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, Carleton University Ottawa: (The Conversation) Brazil has achieved accomplishments related to the rights and visibility of marginalized communities in the last two…
