Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez Vows To Ban Prostitution Saying It “Enslaves” Women
Prostitution in Spain, which is estimated to employ about 300,000 women or more, stands to be abolished according to the country’s PM’s latest speech.
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Rajouri Police Rescues 12-Year-Old Girl Who Was Sold For Prostitution
A prostitution syndicate operating over 150 Whatsapp groups has been unearthed by Rajouri Police said DCP West, Urvija Goel. Here’s how they found the suspects
Did Jawaharlal Nehru and Gangubai Kathiawadi Know Each Other?
Nehru and Gangubai Kathiawadi reportedly met for a chat that touched upon everything from sex workers’ dignity to marriage.
Today I Learnt: SWERF And Why Feminism Needs To Recognise Sex Workers
Some feminists often disregards sex work’s contribution towards gender empowerment.
Delhi Court Hands Sex Racket Operator Sonu Punjaban 24-Years In Prison
Sonu Punjaban is charged with trafficking young girls across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
Legalizing Prostitution? Here’s What Grassroots Workers Think
Whether the government should legalize prostitution is a huge debate among intellectuals and activists working for the cause. While some countries have legalized prostitution, where the government has decriminalized brothel-owning, pimping, buying and renting of women’s bodies, India still stands far from it, both legally and culturally. Legalization of prostitution means that government regulates how, […]
Teen Files FIR Against Parents ‘settling’ her Rape Case with Convicts
How pathetic as a human being you have to be to strike a deal with your daughter’s rape convicts? A rape survivor from Aman Vihar area of the national capital has lodged a complaint against her own parents for allegedly accepting a sum of Five lakh from the people who raped her. The girl who […]
Mumbai Cop’s Poem On Prostitution Selected For Literary Event
Nandkumar Sawant, a Mumbai policeman, has penned down a poem in Marathi on the plight of women who are forced into prostitution. Moreover, he will be reading out his poem at the All India Marathi Literary Meet in Vadodara on Saturday (Feb 17). Sawant was posted as a hawaldar at a police chowki in Kamathipura, Mumbai’s redlight area. After […]
NHRC Directs Rehab Policy for Sex Workers
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has instructed the Secretary of the capitals Department of Women & Child Development to provide Rehabilitation policy for sex workers living in Delhi’s GB Road. The state government sent the report with inputs from DCW about the state’s initiatives to tackle this issue. Based on the report, the NHRC directed […]
Woman Escapes From Brothel, Helps Police Rescue Others
A 26-year-old woman from West Bengal recently escaped from a brothel in Budhwar Peth in Pune. Not only this, she also helped the city police rescue four other persons forced into prostitution. One of the rescued women is a minor and the police suspect that she is from Bangladesh. The police have taken the brothel-keeper and […]
