Tag: sex workers
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5 NGOs for women in India promoting social justice
ON World Day of Social Justice, it is important to support the crucial work that NGOs for women in India are doing to advance social justice for women in India and promote women’s empowerment. These NGOs for women act as catalysts for change by focusing on providing comprehensive support to women in need, particularly in…
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Snehalaya: providing a cradle of love to silent sufferers – the children of sex workers
WHILE much has been debated and discussed about the women ensnared in the vicious cycle of forced prostitution, an equally heart-wrenching story, which often goes unnoticed, is that of their children, the silent sufferers. Their voices are often muffled, their lives shadowed by the brutalities their mothers face, and their futures jeopardised even before they…
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Sex workers and their children long for freedom
SULEKHA was just 10 when she ran away from an abusive father who beat her and her mother regularly. At the railway station the hungry young girl was lured with food and work by two men… and thus began a nightmare she will never forget. Sold to a brothel full of trafficked sex workers, Sulekha…