Bengal Sex Workers

The Supreme Court Monday rapped the West Bengal government for not filing status report on proving dry rations to sex workers in the state, observing that fundamental rights are guaranteed to all citizens irrespective of vocation.

Only 75 sex workers have benefitted from the West Bengal Government's Muktir Alo ('light of freedom') scheme since its inception in 2016, an RTI query by a Kolkata advocate has revealed.

Celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters, a group of transwomen from West Bengal observed 'Bhai Dooj' with street children in Kolkata today.

In a first, the West Bengal government has decided to provide rice at Rs two per kg to sex workers and poor HIV patients in the state.

Over a hundred cyclists, including transgenders and sex workers, pedalled off on Sunday from this eastern metropolis to the Bangladesh border in West Bengal to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in the remote areas.

Retired sex workers from Asia's largest red-light district of Kolkata's Sonagachi would soon be rehabilitated in a new home.

The six-day Alternative International AIDS Conference kicked off in Kolkata on Sunday with hundreds of sex workers from all over the world gathering to oppose USA's decision of not granting them travel visa.

Thirteen-year old Sajjak Ali, the son of a sex worker, dreams to play football for India one day.Durbar Mahila Samannaya Committee, an NGO of 65,000 sex workers in West Bengal, helps such kids realise their dreams.

The Supreme Court Monday rapped the West Bengal government for not filing status report on proving dry rations to sex workers in the state, observing that fundamental rights are guaranteed to all citizens irrespective of vocation.

Only 75 sex workers have benefitted from the West Bengal Government's Muktir Alo ('light of freedom') scheme since its inception in 2016, an RTI query by a Kolkata advocate has revealed.

Celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters, a group of transwomen from West Bengal observed 'Bhai Dooj' with street children in Kolkata today.

In a first, the West Bengal government has decided to provide rice at Rs two per kg to sex workers and poor HIV patients in the state.

Over a hundred cyclists, including transgenders and sex workers, pedalled off on Sunday from this eastern metropolis to the Bangladesh border in West Bengal to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in the remote areas.

Retired sex workers from Asia's largest red-light district of Kolkata's Sonagachi would soon be rehabilitated in a new home.

The six-day Alternative International AIDS Conference kicked off in Kolkata on Sunday with hundreds of sex workers from all over the world gathering to oppose USA's decision of not granting them travel visa.

Thirteen-year old Sajjak Ali, the son of a sex worker, dreams to play football for India one day.Durbar Mahila Samannaya Committee, an NGO of 65,000 sex workers in West Bengal, helps such kids realise their dreams.