Why India’s sex worker communities need support to survive the COVID-19 pandemic
On International Day of Sex Workers, SocialStory highlights the plight of the sex worker communities who have been rendered jobless during the lockdown and need support to survive the pandemic..
Yes, sexual exploitation and slavery exist. But they are not the same as sex work
In her recent piece, Sex work or slavery?: Why human rights discourse is no longer a tool for liberation, Nandita Haksar bases her entire argument on the faulty premise that “almost all women who have been in prostitution call it slavery”.
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Letter to Chief Minister of Karnataka
We, the representatives of the National Network of Sex Workers, representing over 15 collectives and federations of people in sex work across India.
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Final-Letter-CM-Karnataka-19-Oct-2014.pdf
Adult consensual sex work not in ambit of Section 370: Activists Welcome Move
Sex workers and Women’s rights activists across India welcome the Government’s move to
drop the word `prostitution’ as exploitation from the amended Section 370 of the Indian Penal
Code. The new formulation targets sexual exploitation and not adult consensual sex work.
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FINAL-PR-CrLawAmend-23-Mar-2013.pdf
REGIONAL MEETING ON SEX WORK(ER) RIGHTS, KATHMANDU, NEPAL
The South Asia Regional meeting on Sex Work(er) rights was conducted by Sex Workers & Allies
South Asia (SWASA) in Kathmandu, Nepal on 10 and 11 July, 2016.
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Final-Report-SA-Regional-Meeting-SW-Rights-Nepal.pdf
Report on the workshop on draft Bill
The introduction to the workshop was given to the participants and the participants were brief
about the expected outcome from the workshop.
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Full-report-on-Draft-Bill-24th-June.pdf
Rights Violations Cases And Recommendations
On June 23rd 2016, a raid and rescue operation was carried out in Satara’sMulanchaoddaarea.
6 girls and 2 brothels were picked up by the police.
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Rights-violations-Recommendations-UPR.pdf
Consultation on Engaging with the Universal Periodic Review Process
Summary: India will be reporting at the Human Rights Council in May 2017 as part of the
Universal Periodic Review. Sex work (er) rights has never been included in the previous
reporting process (2008, 2012)
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Workshop-report-final-UPR.pdf
