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Sex work is work: Rights groups demand courteous, inclusive language for sex workers
February 01, 2024 11:05 am
Desist from using terms 'prostitute, 'prostitute women.'
District Legal Service Authority to bear education expenses of 140 children of Sonapur sex workers
January 12, 2023 1:01 pm
The official said DLSA has also made arrangements for alternative accommodation of the children. “The mothers also want a bright future for their children. So, we told them about the opportunities and scope the children would have and they readily agreed,” he said.
Supreme Court directions on sex workers: history of the case, and where it stands now
May 28, 2022 4:33 pm
With the Centre yet to come up with a law on sex workers, the Supreme Court, in exercise of its powers under Article 142, has issued a series of directions on their “rehabilitation”. What is the case, what has the top court directed to be implemented?
No law yet, Supreme Court asks cops to treat sex workers with dignity
May 27, 2022 5:37 am
A bench presided by Justice L Nageswara Rao also asked the Centre to spell out its stand on recommendation by a panel appointed by it in 2011 to exempt sex workers — who are adults and participates with consent — from criminal action.
Legally, sex worker can say no, not married woman: Delhi HC judge
May 12, 2022 11:12 am
State cannot have a plausible 'legitimate interest' in saving a marriage when that marriage is 'tyranny', says Justice Rajiv Shakdher
South Korean K-pop star Seungri jailed for 3 years in sex scandal
August 12, 2021 4:41 pm
Seungri, once part of South Korea's K-pop 'royalty,' was convicted on charges related to arranging sex workers for potential investors in his entertainment firm.
Sex workers in India on the verge of debt bondage and slavery, says a study
December 24, 2020 11:46 am
Between lockdowns and slow business, sex workers may be compelled to push the next generation into the trade
No bank account or Aadhaar card, most sex workers in Mumbai won’t get financial aid
November 26, 2020 10:59 am
With the state making bank account and Aadhaar card mandatory to avail the direct benefit transfer, of the 14,000 estimated commercial sex workers in the city, the Mumbai District Aids Control Society (MDACS) - which is making a list of beneficiaries - has managed to come up with only 5,600 names for registration so far.
Maharashtra to give rations, aid to Mumbai sex workers during pandemic
November 25, 2020 11:09 am
Each sex worker will receive Rs 5,000 per month along with three kg of wheat and two kg of rice.
In search of a better life, sex workers in Amalner hone their entrepreneurial skills
October 08, 2020 12:38 am
Meanwhile, Rosie (name changed), another CSW from the region, said she was interested in becoming a retailer of centering plates, which are used in the construction of buildings.
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